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Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category

Need to Know How to Build a Better Blog List? Start Here.

July 19th, 2010

Let’s face it. Niche is the new norm. That’s great news for organizations that want to deliver highly targeted messages, but it can pose a challenge for PR and marketing professionals looking to build their blog lists. There are more than 130 million blogs on the Internet. And although there are many useful online tools [...]

Using Facebook for Background Checks: Not a Smart Move for Employers

June 24th, 2010

In the age of all things social media, we’re offering up more information about ourselves than ever before. From where you’ve worked, to pictures of the party you went to last weekend, to what you ate for dinner last night—if you posted it on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog, it’s out there for people to [...]

Mother May I? Know This Before Contacting Mom Bloggers

June 23rd, 2010

In the movie “Fight Club,” Brad Pitt’s character says, “The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club.” Equally strong, yet on the complete opposite end of the spectrum, the first rule for talking to mom bloggers is you do not call them mommy! For a majority of women who [...]

Are We Rats in the Maze of Privacy?

May 20th, 2010

Look around the communications/technology blogosphere and you’ll probably see an absurd amount of articles about Facebook and their latest, and greatest, privacy changes.  Well, since it’s a network that 400 million of us are a part of, we should hope that there are millions of opinions about the privacy changes, and how they affect us [...]

Has Legal Slammed Your ‘Social Media’ Door? Here’s a Window.

March 24th, 2010

You’ve spent hours researching what makes a successful blog. You understand the need for transparency and frequent posts. You believe in the power of two-way conversation. You may even have management’s green light to proceed. But then you have a conversation with your legal department, and they shut it down. Understandably, legal departments, particularly at [...]