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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

Posterous, Amplify and Quora had yet to be founded. Image: familymwr via Flickr, CC 2.0. To the Army, engagements often mean meeting with people in the community. If we engage the community, build trust, and demonstrate they have a vested interest in the outcome, we might tip the scale of favor. An extended community.

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The Digital Five Tool Player

Adam Cohen

One of my favorite examples of this application is the Converse Domaination effort (it’s worth the watch, go ahead, I’ll wait). Understanding the Community. Understanding the needs, attitudes and behaviors of the community a digital player is trying to reach or interact with is a fundamental key to being relevant.

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Making the Leap: Why Companies Struggle with Social Media

Adam Cohen

Three Industry Examples. They have a great brand promise around community and customer service, and when they do make the leap they will be unbelievably prepared. Photo credit: clickflashphotos via Flickr. Post this to Posterous. What’s holding them back? Related Posts. 7 Inputs to a Social Media Strategy (22).

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How To Get Your Blog Project Approved

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Heather Phillips via Flickr, CC 2.0 Our community was now creating the bulk of our content. Someone sitting in Brazil, for example, likely won’t randomly search out our institution. Image: Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr, CC 2.0 Perfect example of that. Good for you! then promotion for the site ie.

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3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A response came from a business owner who had the perfect answer on her website and directed the original poster to the website for a detailed reply. When I reviewed the poster’s account, I understood why. Just do it while giving back to the community as well. Have you read The New Community Rules ?

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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The examples you gave of people copying full text of a story somewhere else is in the very slim minority from my experience. Josh’s examples relate to sites like Digg, which allows a short description, and FriendFeed, which is similar in that respect. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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7 Reasons To Add Amplify To Your Social Networks

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Matthew Smith via Flickr, Creative Commons Can you say “love at first byte&# ? There are several other options, such as Flickr, Tumblr, WordPress, Blogger, etc… even Ping.fm. Just like Posterous, you can use Amplify as your primary blogging platform, as well as auto-post to your own blog.