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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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. If the post does not allow commenting, send a relevant press release to the editorial team showing that you have done your research and understand what the blog is looking for.

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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

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). The job of someone who does blogger outreach can be difficult. There is supposed to be a wall between the two.

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Why You're the Key to Social Media Success

Convince & Convert

The problems with that are clearly one of culture (truly believing that every customer is a reporter), and of definition (thinking that social media is somehow driven by Twitter and Facebook). It is important that, as marketers and business-owners, we know what business we are in and we are in the communications business.

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Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2009

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Online Consumer Engagement Value report idea is a good one. SEOmoz has looked at what works and reported on their findings. How to Write Effective Press Releases in the Age of Twitter (OPEN Forum): It’s not really just the “age of Twitter&# – it’s the “age of social.&#

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11 Characteristics of Highly Influential Blog(ger)s

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

People don’t actively return to those press release sections of a website because they’re written in corporate jargon. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! The viability of the medium really depends on humanizing the company.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Would love to do it after work, but I'll be writing press releases until the wee hours. Maybe once a month everyone can report one new thing they learned about using online media… Cheers! So, until it becomes something I can bill and include in my review, I'll leave it to the other department.&#

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Best Internet Marketing Blog Posts of 2007 » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The Lowdown on Press Release Optimization (Top Rank Blog): Lee Odden knows a lot more about press releases than I do, and he talks about what you can to do optimize those PRs. I will use this list while marketing [link] and report on the different activities on our blog [link]. What are the challenges?

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