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Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

For example, just the other day I stumbled upon an Apple press release from 2003. Using one or two of these methods may work in getting your news, but I’d say that a healthy combination of blogs and these social networks ends up giving me what I want. Sorry, guys, it’s five years later.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A few months ago, Brian Solis talked about an off-topic pitch about a social network for plants. Somehow, I think nature lovers would be more interested in socializing shrubbery.) 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.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

by Tamar Weinberg on December 19, 2007 Share How do you leverage different social networks? I am fascinated by the amount of social networks that I’m part of, but better yet, I’m intrigued to find that I assume different “personas,&# at least in terms of choosing friends (and using the networks), on each social site.

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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. First, I’m going to say kudos to Apple for trying involve themselves in the world of social media.

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Co-op SEO and the Future of Websites | Guest Posts | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Then came social networks that were great places to deliver and share messages – but not really that great for telling your story. Unlike your blog, which is on an island, the Pitch is mobile and travels around to all the places you need it to – email, social networks, search engines, etc., Im Jay Baer.

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Social Media Network - Marketing: How To Know If Social Media.

Social Media Network Marketing

There are lots of [PR] press release sites that enable you to submit your information and publish the same. Target Audience looks at search and other Social Networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and others?:

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Social Media Isn't Always the Answer

Social Media Strategery

Another important issue you raise (to paraphrase you) is that social media is not about technology but what it enables. Keeping an eye to content rather than technological gimmicks is crucial to developing a sound agency presence and being part of a community, as opposed to another press release outlet.

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