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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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4) #Blogchat is a chat on Sunday nights from 8-9pm CT that was started by @ MackCollier to discuss blogs and best practices. Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans. Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans.

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The Problem with the Social Web

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In the larger picture of the social web though-there is Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, YouTube and blogs. I’m generalizing blogs, but if you insist, I could go with WordPress, Typepad and Blogger. Consider the following statements: “We have a blog, come read it and find out cool stuff about our company&#.

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This weeks #SocialMedia Tweetchat Topic: Destruction of the Media Industry: Will We Be Better Off In the Long Run?

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No one had heard of blogs. People used mobile phones to talk. million blog entries every day. The iPhone became the first mobile phone to be used more for data than for voice. Q3: Can armies of bloggers and citizen journalists fill the void left by the loss of media institutions? Fast forward to 2009.

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