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User-Generated Content: How to Use It for Good and Avoid a PR Crisis

Contently

It’s high time businesses tap into the power of user-generated content (UGC), a form of content marketing where your customers take center stage. You might be surprised at how much it can benefit your business. The post User-Generated Content: How to Use It for Good and Avoid a PR Crisis appeared first on Contently.

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It’s time for CMOs to talk business

Martech

months — the lowest since 2009, and far below the 80-month tenure for CEOs. In my view, most CMOs don’t embrace a business mindset. They need to act as “business leaders” first and “chief marketers” second. CMOs build the business — they don’t just market it. Serve the clients, not the organization.

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You’re the culmination of what you’ve shared and kept online

Biznology

You’ll be happy to know that unlike emerging technologies, the pace of marketing and PR is a little slower. While I have been writing about digital marketing and PR every week for at least 9 years on sites like Socialmedia.biz and Biznology, I have been writing about digital PR and marketing since 2002 and blogging since 1999.

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MarketingSherpa Seeks Case Study speakers for 2009 B2B Demand Generation Summits

markempa

If you have a great B2B story to tell, think about sharing it with other B2B marketers at MarketingSherpa’s 6th Annual B2B Demand Generation Summit 2009. These summits feature case studies based on real-life marketers’ actual lessons learned about what is working at this moment in advanced business marketing. Click here to learn more.

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Glassdoor.com: Social Media Tool or PR Nightmare?

Marketing Craftmanship

For many of the 65,000 companies it currently covers, Glassdoor.com can be a PR nightmare waiting to happen. The most notorious of these early sites included RateMyEmployer.com (currently on life support), F**kedCompany.com (died in 2007) and JobVent.com, which was acquired by Glassdoor.com in 2009.

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The 8 Wrong Questions PR Firms Are Asking About Social Media | PR.

Convince & Convert

But, under pressure from digital and advertising agencies each looking to be the driver of the social media express, PR firms are sometimes turning over inquisitional rocks that do not portray them as strategic caretakers of brands’ social presences. What’s the hot new trend in social media that we can bring to our clients?

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Best Marketing Strategy Insights of 2009

Webbiquity

What strategies and tactics should you employ to maximize business results online? 101 Tips from 50 Small Business Bloggers by Open Forum. 7 Free or Cheap Ways to Effectively Promote Your Business Online by Dumb Little Man. In Social Media, It’s Not Just Business, It’s Business-To-Business by Brian Solis. ** 5 Stars.