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Journalist Social Media Usage Increases, Concerns About.

Adam Sherk

A similar difference exists for microblogging sites like Twitter. Newspaper journalists were the most likely to report using no social media tools (21%). Newspaper journalists were the most likely to report using no social media tools (21%).

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Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

As she notes in her introduction, Li’s book is organized around four main themes: Research: start by using search and social media monitoring tools to discover where your customers and prospects are congregating. Don’t automatically assume they use the most popular social networks. Social Events (e.g.,

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The New Media Relations

Proactive Report

A national survey conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University’s Master’s Degree Program in Strategic Public Relations found that an overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

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The New Media Relations

Proactive Report

A national survey conducted by Cision and Don Bates of The George Washington University’s Master’s Degree Program in Strategic Public Relations found that an overwhelming majority of reporters and editors now depend on social media sources when researching their stories. 65% to social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

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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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Social Media Newsrooms-nonsense or necessity?

Proactive Report

Three years ago the idea of a social media press release was first discussed at the inaugural meeting of Social Media Club in Palo Alto. Press Release Die! Soon after that meeting Todd Defren of Shift Communications created the first Social Media Release Template , which got tons of downloads.

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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.