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Social Media and the Blurring of Professional Roles

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Obvious or not, what made his statement today interesting was the way he said it: Not, “I don’t blog much anymore,” but “I’m not a blogger anymore.” It’s no longer as meaningful as it once was to say you’re a blogger, or a journalist, or a marketer. You can be a blogger one moment, a marketer or journalist the next.

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Is a Blog Just a Container?

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Today I came across a comment from Adam Tinworth on the reignited debate, in certain UK circles at least, over whether bloggers can be legitimate journalists. And prior to indulging in what might appear like criticism, let me state for the record that Tinworth is one of my favorite and most respected bloggers.).

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Time to Surf the Wave of the Personal Brand

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Mathew Ingram’s recounting today of blogger Nate Silver’s leap from the New York Times into the welcoming arms of ESPN underscores a trend B2B journalists and editors ignore at their peril. The Perils of Corporate-Personal Twitter Names. Related posts: Keep an Eye on Google Wave.

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Three Ways to Turbocharge Your New-Media Career

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There are probably an infinite number of effective approaches to doing so, but, based on my recent reading and on my experience this month as a blogger, I’d start with these three: 1. If you choose Twitter, for instance, you might pick a number of tweets to do each day and a number of people to retweet.

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Why Publishers Need Early Adopters, Annoying or Not

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Yesterday, B2B editor and blogger Maureen Alley wrote a provocative post declaring that early adopters are annoying. But they’ll also bring to light valuable new platforms as well, like Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps even Google Plus. I’m not sure she means it.

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Nine Keys to a Robust Editorial Career in Social Media

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One journalist who’s already experienced this shift is the well-known B2B editorial consultant and blogger Paul Conley. Although LinkedIn is the most obvious one for business purposes, Twitter and Facebook may be more valuable, depending on the industries you’re involved in. Be a blogger. Be uniquely essential.

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Social Media and Ethics: An Interview with B2B Editor Maureen Alley

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Like Steve, she is an outspoken advocate of social media and an active blogger and Twitterer. Do you use your personal twitter account (@MaureenEditor) in your professional role as editor of Residential Design + Build ? I do manage RD+B ’s Twitter account plus my @MaureenEditor account. And I stand behind all my tweets.

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