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6 Things The Army Taught Me About PR

Waxing UnLyrical

While I was an early adopter of social sites like LinkedIn, most PR pros weren’t generally using social media for PR purposes. It’s the title of a popular book on social media. To the Army, engagements often mean meeting with people in the community. An extended community. Sphere of Influence.

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What the Playground Can Teach you about Social Media

Convince & Convert

Guest post by Stacey Acevero , social media community manager at Vocus and PRWeb. Integrating social media into your online marketing mix can be a lot like the first day of school. Go beyond writing a press release , a blog or posting company content into social streams.

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How (and Why) to Map Your Company’s Digital Landscape

Webbiquity SMM

With more than 90% of companies now using social media to find employees and 82% having a Facebook page , there’s no question that business use of social media has become commonplace. What your competitors are doing in social media. Evaluate how your competitors are using social media.

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Best Social PR Guides, Tips and Tools of 2010

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing, online PR and SEO are three tactics that are all powerful on their own, but have far more impact when used in a coordinated, synergistic manner. How can you amplify and extend new releases through social media? Vocus and Cision ) to the obscure ( Butterfly Publisher ). Pitching on Twitter?

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The Nifty 50 Top Women of Twitter for 2011

Webbiquity SMM

Few phenomena have ever spread as far and grown as rapidly as social media; obviously, this has tapped into something essential to our nature. That is what has driven social media adoption. This list will be posted on Cheryl Burgess’ Blue Focus Marketing Blog. What is it? Jennifer Aaker. Allison Mooney. allimooney.

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Amplify Your Content Strategy with Influencer Marketing

Convince & Convert

Our community site, OpenView Labs, features new content from influencers every week about the topics our target audience cares about , such as sales and marketing. Likewise, you can search on Twitter and LinkedIn as well as use PR tools such as Vocus and Cision to find influencers. Let me use OpenView Venture Partners as an example.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

Wanting to be at the center of a new way to communicate to customers and prospects is a worthy objective. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients? Better question: How can we optimize and improve our existing social media programs? What do you think?

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