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Citizen Journalism: Who is a Journalist Today?

Proactive Report

People on the ground who witness events are sending images and video to the news stations. Citizen journalism doesn’t only apply to major political events or disasters. Citizen journalism is one of the hottest buzzwords in the news business right now. What does that mean? Newsrooms are under financial pressure.

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Why You Should Have a Secondary Twitter Account

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

You may find people who are surfing outside your social circle who might be potentially interested in your products. At business networking events, try to get to know people outside your group of trusted colleagues. Topical profiles are what I’d call the new norm. not so much sports fans). What’s the catch?

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Personal accounts of everyday events is what made Dooce and the Bloggess so successful. Go to local or national face-to-face events to meet other bloggers. If you open a newspaper and take a look, even within the Sports section, their’s specific writers who consistently tackle specific topics. How does one do this?

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7 Truths About Social Media Marketing

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you write for a sports blog, you have hundreds of similar sports blogs to choose from. If there’s one recurring theme that I feature here on Techipedia, it’s the fact that social media marketing relates to dealings with other individuals. There’s no shortage of opportunity to connect with the right people.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2011

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Networks. A How-to Guide for Submitting Content to Fark : Chances are if you’re reading this, you may never see the need to submit something to Fark, a social news site for funny/odd news. The big investment in this case is time. Local SEO 101 Guide : Want to learn the basics of local SEO?

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Ask Buffer: What is the Best Way to Grow on Twitter?

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But sports brands, who posted an average of 41 tweets a week, received the highest twitter engagement of any other industry. Here, Asian Law Caucus – a nonprofit organization focused on social justice amongst minority communities – regularly shares updates on political and social news items in the Bay Area.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reputation Management SEO: 6 Advanced Tactics (SEOmoz): This post by Rand Fishkin has a great amount of tips for helping you with reputation management, including managing a handful of strong social profiles, speaking at events, and starting an alternative blog. Ever see a press release become popular on Digg?! C’mon.

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