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5 Strategies to Build a Network of Bloggers and Journalists

Waxing UnLyrical

Look for online communities of bloggers and contribute to their conversations to begin building contacts in your focus area. Here are a few ways to find topically relevant sites: Follow blogrolls. Find directories ( alltop.com , technorati ). Do you have a great community building strategy? Utilize Social Media.

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Nuggets from Social Media workshops as of late. : Community Group Therapy

Buzz Marketing for Technology

I’ve done a number of workshops the past few months with clients designed to do two primary things: Land a common understanding across the teams involved around what social media, communities and influencer programs really are and more importantly why it matters to a business. I wish that could be enough said.

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The Nightmare Public Relations Professional and How to Stop Him

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

If you are going down the free route, use Google Blog Search, Technorati, and blogrolls to find relevant blogs. BuzzStream is a brilliant new tool that lets you gather contact names and addresses and chart your history of communications with each individual blogger. Many are not patient enough to wait that long. Mom & pop.

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Social Media is Driven by the Person, Not the Position

Social Media Strategery

[link] Water ionizer Hi, Thanks for the information,just found this post my technorati news feed section! Thanking you much Martin [link] Water ionizer Hi, Thanks for the information,just found this post my technorati news feed section! I was searching for this since past 3 months and i am glad to see it here. Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Successful Blogging for Small and Medium Businesses

Akamai Marketing

Blogs for business are an outstanding tool for business, they can build community, be the backbone of your social media program, and drive traffic to your website, just for starters. Its so easy to think that because their are millions of blogs (and if you check out Technorati you’ll see that I am write right.) Then live it.

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Identify the Right People to Manage Your Social Media Initiatives.

Social Media Strategery

Not whether that’s the Chief Marketing Officer or the Director of Public Affairs or the Community Relations Lead, but actual names of people. It might be that new guy over in community relations, or maybe it’s your webmaster. Remember, social media is driven by the person, not the position. It might be Kim over in HR.

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Social Media in Action: Twitter and Emergency Response | Social.

Social Media Strategery

link] sradick @Jon-Erik – yep, they not only mentioned it, but the CEO of Technorati was there, and did a whole keynote session on it! bwe08 101 bah best practices blog boozallen booz allen buy-in change management communications community conference DC DHS E20 education enterprise 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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