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50 Ways Marketers use Social Media to Improve Their Marketing

Harp Interactive

Learn which bloggers might care about your customer. Download the Social Media Press Release (pdf) and at least see what parts you want to take into your traditional press releases. Consider a Lijit Wijit or other aggregator widget. Learn all you can about how NOT to pitch bloggers.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As bloggers, we’ve all experienced it: the completely off topic pitch. There are even more bloggers. There’s no effort in adding thousands of email addresses to an address book, performing a mail merge, and sending off a generic press release. There are thousands of public relations professionals. Guess what?

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A blogger might say that he wants to write for a specific publication, sending emails and instant messages asking, “Hey, I really like that you write for this publication. &# Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog.

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Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Which brings up the whole “viral&# aspect of the platform. Here’s how it works: People come to PitchEngine to get the word out about something.

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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Sorry, guys, it’s five years later. That’s not so much “news&# anymore.

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Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. Bloggers have to weed out the crap and PR pros need to find the right people for the job. The job of someone who does blogger outreach can be difficult. We both have difficult jobs. That’s just fine.

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