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Don't They Know Who You Are? Why Reputation Management is Critical

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You can link to other blog posts, published articles, white papers or other informational content your company has produced about the topic. Consider writing a Wikipedia page about yourself. Write an article (or articles) for Google Knol on topics pertaining to your product or service.

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Google and the Parable of the Turkey

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That's a tremendous amount of information to know about any company, much less about a lot of companies. Remember KinderStart above, and there is the case of Wikipedia: there's no question that it wouldn't have become the seventh-most visited site on the Web without serious help from the #1 site. Actually, an unprecedented amount.

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Web 2.0 and the Evolution of Marketing

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He recommends that marketers reward their best customers with valuable information (something I've said before ) and use Web 2.0 The article notes that Wikipedia has already become the dominant reference website -- outdrawing Encarta by a 3400 to 1 ratio -- and quotes Bill Tancer of Hitwise as saying, ""It's the participatory aspect of Web 2.0

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The 4 C's of Social Media

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Social media "are primarily Internet- and mobile-based tools for sharing and discussing information" according to Wikipedia. It is "the use of technology combined with social interaction to create or co-create value" according to John Jantsch , a "shift in how people discover, read, and share news and information and content.a

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Generating Word of Mouth Buzz through Interactive PR

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Wikipedia also provides a pretty good definition. Give your readers a way to respond to you and share your information. WebMarketCentral now includes a more complete guide with links to related web marketing strategies. It's also been embraced by the Council of Public Relations Firms. Distribute and promote your news through Web 2.0

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Using ALL the Tools of Social Media Optimization

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Wikipedia is the best known but also the most difficult to work with ; that leaves an opening for alternative wiki sites such as Google's Knol , open-site.org , Freebase and others which are less contributor-hostile. Paradoxially, the investment required is inverse to company size.