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PR vs. Journalism: Why Rivalry Hurts Both

Waxing UnLyrical

For as long as journalism and public relations have existed, there’s been rivalry between them. He also blogs. PR vs. Journalism: Why Rivalry Hurts Both. Journalists generally feel like they hold the moral high ground; PR’s generally feel like they hold the keys to the stories that reporters cover.

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5 Ideas to Start the Perfect Lifestyle Blog

SocMed Sean

As lifestyle blogs continue to grow as a popular medium for distributing content, there’s never been a better time to start one of your own. However, the versatility of lifestyle blogs can also make narrowing down the perfect topic overwhelming. What does it mean to create a lifestyle blog? What is a lifestyle blog?

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How To Start A Blog For Your Small Business

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Creating a successful blog really just requires being passionate about a certain topic — a characteristic you already possess as an ambitious entrepreneur! A blog can also be a low-cost way to elevate your small business’s reach and also build credibility with your followers, making it a win-win situation.

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How Journalism School Taught Me To Be a Better Blogger

Socialized

I went to journalism school, which just might make me a “better” blogger. When I reference someone else’s blog, or an article, I’m very thorough and conscientious about clearly pointing out where the information came from. What else did I learn in journalism school? So there’s a bit of what I learned in journalism school.

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The New Journalism

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This is an amazing story (and you can watch the video that started it all below), but it's also another shot against the bow of traditional journalism as we've known it to date. It's based on who passes the story around (and well beyond YouTube and into other channels like Twitter , Facebook , Blogs, etc.). This is the new journalism.

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Convergence of Marketing and Journalism is a Recipe for Better Content

Convince & Convert

In this week’s Baer Facts, Kyle Lacy from ExactTarget and I talk about a recent blog post by social business smartie David Armano that illustrates an emerging marketing team structure that includes journalism/editorial guidance.

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What does it take to start a career in professional blogging?

SocMed Sean

One of these content-creating jobs is blogging. And blogging is big. Big enough to provide a legitimate career in professional blogging. More people than you realize are blogging today. Sports fans, stay-at-home moms, fitness enthusiasts, chefs, financial gurus, and many more enter the blogging world every day.

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