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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

With others who address me as Jennifer or Dakash, I wonder if these individuals representing both small and large companies really realize that their lack of research reflects poorly on their clients. Some have gone as far as outing the companies who have trodden down this path. I’m sure you can relate. Guess what? His response?

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What Kind of Online Community Do You Have Behind Your Firewall?

Social Media Strategery

As CIOs and Chief Knowledge Officers bring tools that have been used on the Internet – blogs, wikis, microblogs, profiles – behind the firewall, they tend to expect the same results. "We'll The Social Media/Web 2.0/New "We'll have our own Wikipedia!" The Intranet development team.

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Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Effectively, they’re porting their press release information to the wide open, and perhaps going a little more granular by featuring content specific to elements of iTunes. .&# If it was a Comcast product, you’d get a near immediate response from Frank Eliason , the company’s Director of Digital Care.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Granted, some companies use MySpace quite efficiently , but I feel that it targets a different demographic. Twitter, Pownce, and other “microblogging&# platforms really don’t fit in the type of social networks that I intend to illustrate here. I just don’t think there’s a lot to do with it. Great article.

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The Blogger and Marketer's Cheat Sheet to Getting High Profile.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Marketing type folk, especially those representing a company’s service or product offerings, turn to blogs and ask to be mentioned in the blog. Some blogs cover software only by being voted upon by the user , for example, and your press release won’t even fly for that category. Can you get me a job too?&#

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Blogging Etiquette in the Face of a PR Pitch: What Miss Blogging.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As someone who does public relations for companies, I’m sure you carefully pick your bloggers for the pitch. They’re tasked with contacting bloggers about different initiatives, sending out story ideas and “press releases&# (hopefully with a social component, since those are preferred by many bloggers).

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Social Media Strategy from A to Z » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

That’s one of the biggest reasons for companies not to engage in social media at all. I’ve seen press releases, non-English releases, and everything else in between. I’m just starting our company blog and great rules to live by! Nurture Perception. It’s hard work. Best of luck, Kristi.