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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. Further, it’s “simply unrealistic&# for him to tailor his press releases to bloggers, and it’s “close minded&# for bloggers to expect this of him.

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Journoggers – Journalists that blog

Laurel Papworth

While some journalists adapt to the new writing style well, understanding the media shifts and blogging well as part of the blogosphere, other journalists that blog – let’s call them journoggers – stand apart from the blogosphere, raiding it for content, and disturbing equilibrium. Two extremes. The new analytics (2).

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Go Beyond Blogging – Multi-Channel Marketing via Online Media

ProBlogger

I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. Send out press releases. Contest is an effective way to generate buzz around the blogosphere, especially if you are able to have other bloggers and influencers blog about it. They have to be news-worthy. Hold a contest.

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How to Go Beyond Blogging and Harness Multi-Channel Marketing

ProBlogger

I’ve written about content filtering and keeping up with industry news in previous post. Send out press releases. Contest is an effective way to generate buzz around the blogosphere, especially if you are able to have other bloggers and influencers blog about it. They have to be news-worthy. Hold a contest.

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To answer some questions, Industry connections are those I know through the search industry (primarily) but I have not yet met in person. Industry colleagues are those I have met in person (typically in a casual atmosphere or at conferences). LinkedIn is a industry tool. The chart below accounts for my 200 connections.

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6 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started My Blog

ProBlogger

Despite that, and even with a lot of in-depth research on marketing, the blogosphere and online business, there are a number of things I wish I knew when I finally took down my ‘Coming Soon’ page and opened for business. My blog is in the photography niche, and when new products are released I will publish a post about it.

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Don’t make me gag by posting press release after press release on your blog. Press releases are for journalists, blogs are for people. Seriously, the blogosphere is different, you are allowed and even encouraged to experiment and be creative. Why should your customers care? Exclusive Insight.