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

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Kirtsy and Other Niche Social Networks. Did you know there’s a social news website catered to women called Kirtsy ? I think that where we are will continue to evolve, but we’re seeing that face-to-face connections have a role in social media marketing as well. You need to keep your current customers happy.

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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). Yet I get from 2 to 10 press releases per week and several PR inquiries per month.

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