I know you. You’re spending all of your social media marketing budget on promoting your brand, products, and services; that’s fine except you’ve either forgotten — or never knew —…
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Employees represent their companies online, like it or not
In the social media age we desperately want to have our cake and eat it too. In fact, we would love to have everyone else’s cake as well but when…
Read MoreTips for next gen digital marketing and PR pros
What’s the future of digital media marketing and social public relations? What trends are we, as seasoned digital media marketers, seeing in the marketplace? What advice can we give the…
Read MoreDon’t let your social media hypothesis dictate your conclusion
While neither marketing nor social media are sciences, one needs to use scientific principles to be most effective when it comes to both branding and prospecting online. It doesn’t take…
Read MoreBeing pretty isn’t enough for social media marketing
I always tell clients that it is no longer enough to be beautiful when it comes to marketing online. The Internet has become more like an Oscar after-party than it…
Read MoreBe a big fish in the blogger outreach pond
It’s always a tough question: would you rather be the smallest fish in a big pond or the biggest fish in a small pond? Would you prefer to be the…
Read MoreDon’t be afraid of fake reviews
Last week, I talked about how you really do know what to say in social media. I got lots of nice feedback on that post, but I know that some…
Read MoreDo you appreciate your blogger network?
Last week, I talked about using the long tail of blogger outreach–the idea that you can’t pin your hopes for most public relations efforts on only the A-list bloggers. For…
Read MoreThe long tail of blogger outreach
I had breakfast with John Bell of Ogilvy a number of years ago. He didn’t see the value of investing limited budget, time, and resources on the long tail when…
Read MoreHow to pitch a blogger
So last week, I told you how NOT to pitch a blogger in your PR outreach, so it raises the pregnant question of what exactly should you do? We at…
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