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PR Through Bloggers

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To add a few of my own thoughts to the last post by Cece Lee , "blogger relations" are becoming as important as media relations in PR strategy. Connecting your content with bloggers is increasingly important for several reasons: Bloggers have increasing influence. Bloggers are passionate about their subjects.

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Viral Marketing for B2B Lead Generation, Part 2: Viral Promotion

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Getting mentioned by relevant and influential bloggers is one of the most productive means of viral promotion (and free, other than the outreach effort). Independent bloggers don't want to be corporate shills, but they do love to write about cool stuff. are the most effective means of spreading viral content.

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4 Ways to Use Social Networking for B2B PR

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As noted here previously, from both the B2B vendor perspective and buyer perspective , social media is becoming an increasingly important channel for B2B communication. With that in mind, here are four ways B2B vendors can use social media to spread their messages. Get connected on Facebook and LinkedIn.

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Best of 2009 (So Far): Social Media Marketing, Part 3

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How are b2b buyers actually using social media in their research and buying decisions? As the release notes, "Despite the fact that 77 percent of business technology decision-makers engage with social media on the job, most B2B marketers are not effectively using social technologies to influence the purchasing decisions of their customers."

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Viral Marketing for B2B Lead Generation, Part 1: Viral Media

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Viral marketing campaigns can be effective for B2B marketers—but they aren't easy to pull off. The next three posts here will offer some ideas about programs, promotion, and pitfalls to avoid that may help in developing successful B2B viral marketing campaigns, based both on my own experience and research by MarketingSherpa.

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Book Review: The New Rules of Marketing and PR

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The second group is the diminishing number of old-school PR and marketing practitioners, those who still believe that press releases are only for the media, that you have to interrupt people with your marketing message to get their attention, and that campaigns aren't real unless they are on TV. It teaches you precisely what interests them.

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B2B PR - Social Media and Press Release Optimization

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Melodramatic and obvious perhaps, but news sites, online press release distribution and social media tagging have radically altered the PR landscape. All press releases and news releases need to be search-engine optimized. Rob brings all of the elements together in one excellent, concise post.

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