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Why Should You Comment On A Blog Post?

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I was reading an article today titled, Behind the Wheels: An all-too-real Cinderella story it had 12 comments. Which got me to wondering: How come useless throw away blog posts and articles have tons and tons of comments and the good stuff gets next to nothing? Do you share it, save it, or comment? Why should you comment?

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Social Media Specialists Are No Longer Needed

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We all could mildly claim that we are or were bloggers at one point in time, except that it’s now merely part of what we do for our clients and respective companies. or starting blogger outreach campaigns ? There was a time where I hated hearing the comment, “Yea but there is no ROI in social&# ; Now?

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17 Tweetchats for Social Media, Marketing and PR folks

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If I have left any out, please drop me a line and include it in the comments section. Journchat Conversations between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks started by Sarah Evans. all archived and easily searchable. 2) #4change is a monthly tweetchat on how social media is helping to create change. 10) #pr20chat PR 2.0

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Content Fatigue and Whatever Happened to the Snake Oil folks in Social Media?

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There are some good kickass, up and comer, social media bloggers and writers hittin’ the space every day; but I still think that, “Does anyone have anything new to say in this space?” Look, we all want to hit that home run of a post that gets commented on and shared out the wazoo. The good news? ” Seriously.

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The secret sauce of social is selfishness-and that’s not a bad thing

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Bloggers were considered outlaws. Essentially it boiled down to a “if you show me yours I’ll show you mine&# mentality of reading, commenting, and sharing each others blogs. But what Linkedin really is, is it’s our vetting tool. It’s our way to learn more about others, and have others learn more about us.

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