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The Brand View When Looking For a PR Pro

Waxing UnLyrical

We were looking for someone who could get the client placed in national publications as well as local press outlets like newspapers, to-do papers, community outlets, etc. I had been given a test drive of Vocus which some of the applicants used. Four of the six told me they’d used such a platform, which I gave them points for.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

Angela Connor Author, “18 Rules of Community Engagement&# [link] jaybaer I agree Angela. Obviously, results will vary, and thinking through these issues is more important than being correct, per se. Obviously, results will vary, and thinking through these issues is more important than being correct, per se.

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The Top #Nifty50 Women in Technology on Twitter for 2012

Webbiquity SMM

Not only leaders in their professional lives, nearly all these women use their social profiles to express their passions outside the workplace, which range from NASCAR, art, travel, billiards, wine and music to community service, politics and, of course, family. Stacey Acevero. Air Force auxiliary 2nd Lieutenant and Mission Scanner.

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3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website | Social Media Marketing.

Convince & Convert

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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RIP 3 Ways Facebook is Killing Your Website

Convince & Convert

I have actually heard this exact sentiment from several companies and agencies recently, wondering whether they should increase their Facebook efforts because the size of the member community is just so overwhelming. If your community is there, then you should be too, and the question is really rhetorical, isn’t it?

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The Future of Social Media

Webbiquity SMM

Still, distribution was an issue. The Internet, and specifically blogging software, solved these issues. But blogging takes work, as people discovered, which is why of the more than 150 million blogs that have been launched, PR and social media monitoring software firm Vocus tracks only about 20 million.

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The Most Overused Buzzwords and Marketing Speak in Press Releases

Adam Sherk

You should issue a challenge to write a media release with all words/phrases included. Feel free to hit me up offline if you are interested — fstrong-at-vocus-dot-com. Coming at this problem as someone who works in the nonprofit and health care sectors, let me add “community wellness&# to the list.