What is Techmeme Telling Us?
PR Squared — A lot of PR people I know – particularly those affiliated with the tech and social media industries – make frequent daily visits to Techmeme. What is Techmeme? Here’s their “ABOUT TECHMEME” blurb: “At this moment, the hottest stories in technology are... More »
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You Need to Get Out More
Conversation Agent — It happens in every company, eventually the internal dynamics become more important than what happens with the customer, what he wants to talk about, what he's thinking about. Often, in fact, we prefer the detached rooms of research to a human contact. Asking while you're eyeball to eyeball, knee... More »
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InLinks.com - TLA Launches In Links, an Inline Link Buying Program
SEO Book.com — Just in time for the holidays, Media Whiz's Text Link Ads launched a new links product named InLinks, which puts text links inside the content of sites powered by Wordpress, MovableType, and Drupal. Rather than links sticking out like a sore thumb by putting a rail of paid links in the sidebar or... More »
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Thinking About Branding
Chris Brogan — Tell me what you think of this idea: “branding is a behavioral expectation.” I’m presenting with Jody Gnant today at the Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference about “branding and social media.” Honestly, after reading Branding Only Works on Cattle, I’ve been... More »
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Normally, It's a Good Thing to Get Featured on Techcrunch
SEOmoz Blog — Posted by randfishWell, not this time. New York-based advertising firm MediaWhiz, never one to worry about gray areas when it comes to advertising, has launched a new product today called InLinks. It’s fairly straightforward - advertisers who want their sites associated with specific... More »
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How David Murray found a new job via Twitter
Web Ink Now — On Monday I posted on something I’ve been thinking about for a long time: The New Rules of Marketing & PR also apply to the job search. In my post Downsized? Fired? Here are the new rules of finding a job I talked about how those looking for a new opportunity need to think not just like the... More »
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Direct Response on Social Media
Conversation Agent — "The most important word in the vocabulary of (direct response) advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace." Lee Odden at Top Rank Blog has written a very thoughtful post on direct marketing and social media... More »
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Which Social Media Platforms Work Best For Your SEO Efforts?
SEOmoz Blog — Posted by randfishThe SEO world, particularly the blogosphere and forum chatter, is overwhelmed with talk of how to leverage social media sites for SEO value. Tonight, I'm curious - which types of social media platforms do you actually get the most direct SEO benefit from? Think classic SEO -... More »
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