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Blogging for Tickets. Am I Selling Out?

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You may be aware that journalists and bloggers are sometimes offered free stuff in exchange for media coverage of some sort. Often, you may not even know that the blogger had received something in exchange for writing the post or article, although this is changing due to a relatively recent FTC ruling requiring such disclosure.

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Blogging – Just Do It!

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In my last post, I invited you to share your questions about blogs and blogging and promised that I’d seek out various bloggers to share their thoughts and advice. Rather than listen to just my take on things, I invite you to listen to a number of amazingly talented and generous bloggers I talked with at the conference.

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Creating Evangelists: Social Media the Cirque du Soleil Way

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A key part of a successful social media business strategy is identifying those with influence and an interest in your brand, and then finding a way to engage them turning them into fans and evangelists. With six completely different Cirque shows in Las Vegas, choosing just one proved a daunting task, but I eventually selected LOVE.