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How to Screw-Up a Blogger Pitch in 4 Easy Steps

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As I was listed as one of the LeWeb Official Bloggers , I received a few requests to meet from those interested in obtaining coverage for their product or for one of their clients. If the reason you want to get in touch with a blogger is to tell them about your totally life-changing product, let them know that up front.

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What Would You Ask a Blogger?

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I’m excited to be attending BlogWorld in Las Vegas this year, along with thousands of other bloggers. Bloggers with a huge following, bloggers just getting started. Mommy bloggers, military bloggers, real estate bloggers. Lots of social media bloggers. What would you like me to ask them?

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Guess Who's An Official Blogger for LeWeb 09!

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That is exactly how I felt when I first received the email that began, “I’m happy to let you know that you are one of the lucky (and talented) bloggers who are receiving an accreditation to attend the conference LeWeb ’09 in Paris, December 9-10th, as Official Bloggers.&# look to someone right behind you?

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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. Excellent questions poured in via email, Twitter, the AlmostSavvy Facebook page , and comments on my blog. You certainly didn’t disappoint! LinkedIn-apalooza!

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Your Brand Screwed-Up On Social Media, Now What?

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Among the millions of debate-related tweets on Twitter, there was a completely insensitive and inappropriate tweet about President Obama’s grandmother. Within minutes of the now-infamous tweet from the KitchenAid account, it was deleted and reappeared on an individual’s personal Twitter account. Targeted apology.

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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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Dear Netflix: While You’re Huddled Under the Table, I’ve Got One More Thing

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Many thousands of customers posted messages on the company’s blog post, Facebook page and Twitter , only to be met with deafening silence. That poor blogger and one more thing. Since this broke yesterday, I had been feeling bad for the blogger, the woman who had the unenviable duty to post that now infamous blog post.

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