Since I wrote my original post on PR and Blogging Outreach: 8 Practical Tips , I've noticed a deluge of postings by bloggers about how to pitch bloggers. Ochman's WhatNextBlog: She posted her MaketingSherpa article on How to Pitch Me - and Other Bloggers - with PR . highlighted a good pitch and more pointers for bad pitches . Lee Odden's Online Marketing Blog discusses How NOT to pitch a blogger I had been updating my original post with any posting that I came upon regarding this topic.

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Blogger Social 2008   In this fifth installment, I discuss blogger relations.   “Blogger Blogger Outreach” Bloggers are writing to communicate their distinct perspective on a topic. I’ve reviewed what I wrote and updated based on what I’ve learned This is the fifth post in a 6 part series on how I using social media. While I would consider blogs an integral part of any “traditional” public relations strategy, blogs are somewhat unique compared to reporters at traditional publications.

This post is about corporate public relations and understanding bloggers. One of those people who believes this image is suggestive is also a blogger, Amy Jussel . By responding to concern about the billboard with that statement, the issue shifted from a tiny ember (concern over the image) to a burning torch (a blogger scorned). OK, here’s the picture, literally: This is the picture from a billboard ad from the Target Corporation . Some people, namely Flickr user Bennett4Senate, suggested that this image is suggestive.

In today’s economy, many companies are limiting travel in order to save a few bucks. Now to get down to work. I then received a direct message (DM in Twitter lingo) via Twitter from a client in my segment in the Atlanta area asking me what my role at my company was and if I service clients in the area. If you’re a manager or higher up, get others in your company to use it as well. I get a few blank stares at times when I talk about social media technologies with friends and colleagues but I’m starting to win people over day by day. How am I doing this?

Despite the fact that several smart PR bloggers, including Cece Lee , Laura Moncur and Elge Premeau have written about what works in blogger outreach for PR, there are still a lot of agencies and PR people who just don't get it. Their efforts at appealing to bloggers are awkward at best, counterproductive at worst. Want bloggers to write nice things about your product, service or company? First, it helps to understand how to get bloggers to write about you . Second, here are 6 practices to avoid. 1.

Yet many PR people stumble badly when reaching out to bloggers, with blog outreach efforts a mix of good, bad and ugly . As previously noted here and elsewhere, making pitches both personal and relevant is the first step to getting a blogger to write about you. It's also helpful to provide bloggers with useful assets such as images, video, audio and research findings (with original source links if it's not your own material) that they can incorporate Getting blog coverage for your product or service is now just as (if not more) important than getting written about in traditional media.

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Other Twitter Topics:      Marketing at Twitter Speed       Multiple Account Layering Strategy       Social Media: Not Just for Kids       Email The Scoopdog Team +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (Read time = ~3 minutes) Following on its last May promise to further clarify Fair Trade Commission guidelines regarding disclosure rules and paid endorsements/testimonials, the FTC Monday issued notice of changes to its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising ,  calling out behavior specific to blogger engagements