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Blogs, Message Boards and Social Networks Now Daily Destinations for Many Women

Proactive Report

Social media is playing an increasingly important role in the everyday lives of Americans, particularly when it comes to getting advice on consumer products with many consulting blogs or message boards before making purchases. So don’t discount the sometimes considered old-hat message boards and forums. .

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Changes in News Delivery Give New Power to Press Releases

Proactive Report

Ten years ago the Internet was in its infancy and most people got their news from newspapers and TV and the public, journalists and PR people alike were all accustomed to a 24-hour news cycle. This has wrought some major changes in how journalist go about news gathering and reporting. No one was wirelessly connected.

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

Webbiquity SMM

Many organizations, having now realized that the “build it and they will come” model doesn’t work in social media and that it isn’t just another channel for promoting news releases and marketing brochures, are stepping back and retooling their social media strategies.

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Community Bootstrapping: Tools & Strategies To Build A Community.

Jason Yormark

In addition, WordPress’ sister offerings, BBpress and Buddypress offer message board and social network features as well that all integrate well with each other. They offer the standard fare including profiles, groups, message boards, multimedia, etc. The most affordable of the 3 options with a free version and a $12.99/month

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How to Know if Your Niche Idea Will Be Profitable

Twenty4 Social

^ Look at Forums and Message Boards. A profitable niche will have easy to find hubs where the target audience hangs out, which allows you to network with the owners and drive traffic from those sites. ^ When people are passionate about something, they are almost always prepared to spend money on it.

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Visibility is More About Social Than Search

Proactive Report

If you’re able to woo them with your message or pitch, they’ll spend an inordinate amount of their own sweat-equity promoting their own content across their own social media platforms and profiles — including cross-posting onto LinkedIn, Medium, and other aggregator sites like Business2Community, Google News, and Yahoo! It’s worth it!

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How to Know if Your Niche Idea Will Be Profitable

Twenty4 Social

^ Look at Forums and Message Boards. A profitable niche will have easy to find hubs where the target audience hangs out, which allows you to network with the owners and drive traffic from those sites. ^ When people are passionate about something, they are almost always prepared to spend money on it.

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