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Media Insights: Interview With Christopher Zara, News Editor at Fast Company

Walker Sands

photo: Jason Woodruff) The New York media world is dominated by people with Bachelor’s degrees from elite colleges and universities. Most of the reporters and editors at your average Manhattan-based new media company are from middle class or old-money families. The 272-page book is engaging, honest and funny. and Fast Company.

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How to write for social media

Biznology

This video with Paul Gillin is about the basics of writing engaging social media messages. With so many posts, tweets and chatter filling social media, it’s almost impossible to get a message through. The post How to write for social media appeared first on Biznology. You need to be distinctive.

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UNcanny Insights From UnMarketing | Book Reviews | Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Here’s what makes UnMarketing an unusual, yet worthy use of your marketing education time: UNpretentious Unlike so many marketing books, Stratten doesn’t overcomplicate the subject matter. UNstructured Like Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It , Stratten dictated some of the book, and it reads very conversationally.

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How To Use the Hero’s Journey for Content Marketing: A Good Story Goes A Long Way

Marketing Insider Group

Joseph Campbell, a renowned mythologist, introduced the concept in his book “ The Hero with a Thousand Faces.” Here is another example from the world of blockchain: Prompted by the financial crisis of 2008, an anonymous developer (hero) seeks an alternative (journey) to traditional finance (enemy). Social media campaign.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Social media marketing is all about potential audience. Social Supports Email in the Interactive Marketing Hub Indeed, email marketing and social media marketing are spiritually and procedurally similar. Social media connectivity is digital bumper stickering. Email is all about actual audience.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

I presented today at Social Media AZ , a new conference for Arizonans interested in, and practicing social media. This presentation: “Why Before How: The Keys to Developing a Social Media Strategy in 7 Steps&# also formed the basis for my recent MarketingProfs Webinar. Because tools will change.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

While my social media speaking engagements vary enough that I alter my material quite a bit from event to event, there is definitely a batch of one liners that I tend to incorporate. Everyone says social media is a unicorn, but maybe it’s just a horse? Focus on how to be social, not on how to do social.