Akamai Marketing

APRIL 4, 2011

Now, adults ( who make up the largest segment of social media users ) accept brand presence as part of the social media experience, but here’s some bad news: According to a recent study by Forrester Research, just 6 percent of 12-17-year-olds who use the Web desire to be friends with a brand on Facebook.

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Akamai Marketing

JUNE 28, 2009

The Weinermobile is big news for bloggers in the Aloha State and Oahu specifically as moms and Hawaii residents and tourists alike love to see it and write about it. Hawaii is celebrating its 50th year as a state this year, the Weiner mobile started in 1936, making the Weinermobile the older of the two. Put it in perspective.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 28, 2010

Ive recently have been thinking about this a lot lately while looking at my Twitter stream or Facebook News Feed. I think Story Telling has become such a forgotten art in todays hyper-connected world. Even when I am reading blogs or catching up on Reader. So much noise with so little purpose. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 25, 2010

My iGoogle page has RSS feeds from blogs that I read regularly along with email, news, calendar, dictionary, and even translation tools! Since you seem to like Google tools - do you customize [link] to create a "dashboard" of items that you want to keep handy? It helps my productivity when everything I need is in one place. Read All About It!

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Image: jbcurio via Flickr , Creative Commons For the few who don’t know or recall, an “ advertorial is an advertisement written in the form of an objective article, and presented in a printed publication – usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news story,” according to Wikipedia. Read All About It!

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

He got coverage in The Australian (Oz’s biggest national newspaper) along with a number of different news outlets. He also got a job out of it. The number of ways you can set yourself apart are far too numerous to mention in one post. Read All About It! Greenbanana - Heather Yaxley Jon (Newman)'s PR 1.5 These fine folk did: Jan.

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Bare Feet Studios

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Barriers and Gate-Keepers Are Being Removed One of the most exciting accomplishments for me professionally occurred 5 years ago when one of my clients had her blog added to Tom Peter ’s blogroll. Mary Schmidt was a marketing consultant who had a common name in a crowded profession, along with the usual limited budget of a solo-preneur.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 4, 2010

Depending on the size of your network, it’s a similar story on Facebook, which also applies sophisticated, even mysterious, algorithms to determine whose updates show up more frequently in your news feed. Reply Rate Up div.livefyre-comment).removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" Mark as read Approve comment Thank you, Shelly! Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 21, 2010

I could spend all day reading, commenting and sharing news and posts (LOVING every minute of it) yet not get any "work" done. Like you I am trying to get a little conversation going on my own blog, so redirecting traffic elsewhere seems counterproductive. Plus there are too many networks. Read All About It! These fine folk did: Jan.

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Bare Feet Studios

DECEMBER 12, 2007

But once you want to do power blogging, you’ll want to know about ping servers , trackbacks, blogrolls, how to find A-list blogs, and so much more. Using blog software is easy if you want to do the basics. Strategy makes a huge difference too. We appreciate the connection and hope you will leave a comment or let us hear from you.

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Akamai Marketing

MARCH 29, 2011

If you can’t think of what to blog about, get inspiration from the news, industry occurrences, message boards and other communities where your customers are hanging out. Be disciplined: develop an editorial calendar, leave room for newsy items that your company should be commenting on. Blog regularly 1-3X minimum per week.

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Akamai Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

The good news for small business is that app creation is likely to get more affordable, but that also means there will be increased “noise&# in the space, think very carefully about how you will promote your app to its intended users; it still isn’t a build it and they will come environment.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Who owns the news? Mark Storys The Intersection of Online and Offline Mary's Garden Party - Mary Barber, APR, Fellow PRSA Measurement Matters Media Bullseye More With Les (Potter, ABC) NetWits Think Tank New Media Lisa - Lisa Hoffmann Occam's RazR - Ike Pigott PR Conversations Sean Williams' Communication AMMO!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 27, 2011

removeClass(livefyre-hidden)" class="livefyre-show-comment livefyre-button"> View comment pts moderator punchakpr Getting info Pending approval share On Facebook On Twitter flag Delete Hide Unhide Ban user New! Im wrapping up my MA in PR and I find writing news releases incredible frustrating because everyone has their own formula.

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

We were mentioned in the New York Times. We were written about by bloggers and news sites. I follow their company news, monitor the #ATTSUCKS hashtag on Twitter, and pay close attention to my own user experience. People have been playing along since we started, and continue to. Actually, not much time at all. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 25, 2011

The news of these offensive cards has gone viral, and I expect the company will begin to see a dent in their sales figures from sellers shutting down shops and buyers boycotting the site. I dont think Id even signed up for Flickr at the time and when that news hit, I really didnt want to use it at all. and now Flickr is.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

.&# The unit will give brand-related action such as a “like&# or a check-in a lot more visibility on Facebook by adding them to an ad unit in addition to users’ news feeds. These “sponsored stories&# will only appear in the news feeds, and sidebar ads, of your Facebook friends, based on your privacy settings.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 20, 2011

North Africa has of course been in the news a lot recently as Tunisia struggles to find a way through its political crisis. Meanwhile the world’s media, caught by surprise, struggled to get their news teams into the country. It was a two-way street with messages of support and, occasionally, news flowing back. Read All About It!

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Waxing UnLyrical

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Today, your news release can reach audiences you never expected it see in the past. Notice before I said news release and not press release. When a company or organization issues news today, that news reaches a wider audience than just the press. Today, a regional story can be seen by international audiences.

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