Biznology

APRIL 5, 2016

Almost three years ago I wrote Blogger outreach is more PR than social media. In it, I go through my process and talk about the value of earned media versus paid post. Much along those lines, earned media is still the best policy. Make sharing, posting, and blogging your pitch is as easy as possible (premasticate!).

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Biznology

MAY 2, 2017

It used to be thousands of dollars-per-post, but now brands and agencies are signing partner contracts with digital, social media , and online influencers. And then there’s earned media marketing. The good old fashioned PR pitch to the good old-fashioned, scruffy, died-in-the-wool, bourbon soused, reporter. It’s not.

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Biznology

MARCH 2, 2016

I thought this was just something that happens with video, but I was actually at a museum exhibit recently that showed that video is just the latest example of emotionally-charged media. What this means is that we are living in a period where this new media of candid video is reaching emotions that the old media did not arouse.

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Biznology

APRIL 9, 2021

But if you manage your company’s social media accounts, this is actually a risk that you should consider. But would you really rather explain to your boss – or worse yet, the media – why you accidentally tweeted “;l;;gmlxzssaw” or something worse from the company account? I know, that sounds really dramatic and mean.

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Biznology

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Press releases are a popular tactic to gain media attention for your brand. Remember that the media professionals you are trying to reach are very busy and read thousands of headlines a day. This idea goes back to the busy media professional you are targeting; a list catches the eye and is easy to read. Image Credit: Isentia.

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Biznology

JULY 10, 2013

Have you spent all this time and money building the perfect social media and content marketing campaign and now feel all dressed up with nowhere to go? In this free 30-minute Biznology® webinar, Chris talks about earned media marketing: how to get off your duff and get out there online. Did you build it and no one came?

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Biznology

APRIL 9, 2012

What’s the future of digital media marketing and social public relations? What trends are we, as seasoned digital media marketers, seeing in the marketplace? What advice can we give the next generation of digital media marketing or PR pros for landing a job in digital marketing or communications? Photo credit: Wikipedia.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

We’re doing this because influencers generally are the most generous with their time and most responsive to our email PR pitches when they’re on someone else’s clock. According to Putting Downtime to Work , a new report from Bambu by Sprout Social , we’re geniuses: Seven in ten employees use social media at work.

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Biznology

AUGUST 22, 2016

This is my first post – the introduction to a series spotlighting leaders in social media strategy. The “social media manager” – job title was not common ten years ago. But in 2016, organizations have a real business need to put someone in charge of listening to social media.

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Biznology

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Here’s the deal: your inability to crack the social media code and get more likes, retweets, and shares may not be you. Instead, Avinash Kaushik , a well-known analytics guru and Digital Marketing Evangelist for Google , says it’s time to “ stop organic social media altogether.” Let’s break this down.

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Biznology

MARCH 20, 2018

“The reason why blogger outreach is way harder than it needs to be is because most of you are doing sales instead of doing PR , you’re being a pitch artist instead of a publicist. ” The state of earned media blogger outreach. ” Blogger outreach is more PR than social media. I may well be mistaken.”

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Biznology

OCTOBER 6, 2017

You are ready to start implementing all those techniques you discovered from those social media gurus. Wouldn’t you rather be building your business in alignment with your vision than using social media to market it? You may need a social media marketing consultant to help you, but there are some workarounds. DIY Option : Okay.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Has the public relations specialist, that professional who focuses on one particular area of PR, marketing or communications, been replaced by the “holistic communicator”? The PR, marketing and communications functions have been shaped by rapid changes in technology and tools that make sharing of news and content almost instantaneous.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Too many companies try to outsource their social media in hopes that a social media expert, like me, will care about their brand just as much as they do. Sure, social media consultants may have the best of intentions, but most of them are juggling multiple clients. When does it make sense to hire a social media consultant?

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The dirty little secret of media relations is that the commenter is basically right. There are millions of businesses worthy of media coverage, yet only a select few receive it every day. It’s what I do for clients, it’s what every PR person is (or should be) doing, and it is how the game is played. Information you can share.

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Biznology

JANUARY 4, 2016

Are you using social media listening as one of them? If all you’ve ever done with social listening is detect PR crises, you are missing a lot. Social media listening can go broader. The post Are you using social media for search keyword research? But what are you doing about it? Like this post?

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Biznology

DECEMBER 24, 2013

Do you have a social media early-warning system set up to warn you if a crisis is mounting against you, your brand, your company? The Internet then piled on, initially amongst the world of communications and PR, then to the world of A-list tech and media, then, finally, to CNN, Forbes, ABC News, et al. And, it happens.

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Biznology

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Are all of your conversations meta, meaning do you only discuss social media and social networks, the platforms and vehicles, rather than about content, narrative, story, experiences, expertise, and insight. Before you were a social media guru, social media expert, online community manager, or blogger extraordinaire, what were you about?

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Ever since the days of MySpace , it became pretty clear that social media platforms have a bright future ahead. In other words, the social media world has expanded rapidly in the past few years. Social media trends. In fact, many businesses used their official social media profiles to provide a better customer service.

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Biznology

AUGUST 8, 2016

90% of marketers say social media is important to their businesses. 68% analyze their social media activities. Social Media Examiner ). The numbers indicate almost all businesses now rely on social media for marketing, but less than half can measure if it’s working. Only 41% are able to measure their social activities.

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Biznology

APRIL 18, 2017

Magic in the form of Shel Holtz , godfather of Digital PR and Social Media Communications, asking me to join him on his globally-popular communications podcast, For Immediate Release (FIR). And since I am in PR and marketing, I might have personally taken myself off the invite list based on my past bad behavior. Can we even?

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Biznology

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Managing a social media presence is not the same for marketers as for teenage digital natives. Selfies are pretty much out, for one thing, but so is the self-absorption that seems to dominate a lot of personal social media activity. Here are some ideas for getting the most from your social media marketing efforts: Be Human.

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Biznology

APRIL 1, 2015

And when they see something new and risky on the horizon–like this social media thing–they react. But they don’t understand that they are actually increasing the risk of a social media crisis. The lawyers are making social media MORE risky. Because you are not using social media very much, you have few friends.

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Biznology

APRIL 22, 2015

Isentia’s social media report sheds a great deal of insight into social media usage for individuals and businesses. We explore how social media influencers and media use social media and why. As you can see from the initial graphic, so much of the time we spend online is on social media. Social Media Use.

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Biznology

APRIL 20, 2011

I'm starting to hear more an more people despair of being able to determine return on investment for social media. For some uses of social media, such as public relations, they might be right, because there are precious few companies that can calculate ROI even for offline PR.

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Biznology

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Social media is the new way of communication and it is everywhere; its influence is far-reaching and deep. While adults still have control over the use of social media, young minds find it more captivating. Internet and social media open doors to different career opportunities. There needs to be a self-imposed limit.

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Biznology

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

I have a stock answer whenever I’m asked why I’m good at PR: “It’s all about the relationships.” In PR, your success or failure is 90% driven by the types of relationships that you have with the media. Digital media marketing, especially the social side, is not much different. ” Really?

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Biznology

DECEMBER 13, 2011

In response to Inside a Social Media News Release , Jonathan Rick asked me , “Isn’t this essentially the same thing than what Pitch Engine offers?” Pitch Engine and WordPress are best-of-breed application platforms that make creating a Social Media Release and Blog seamless, removing the technology hurdle from the process.

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Biznology

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Despite all your sleek brand activations, customers will develop their own understanding of your brand based on what they encounter online, not only the experiences that you have designed for them, but everything your employees, partners, advocates, detractors and others say about you in social media, review sites, etc.

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Biznology

AUGUST 29, 2012

Monday, I talked about the Convey API , a new offering from Converseon that earned DataWeek’s Innovator of the Year on Social Media. To me, the bigger opportunity for accurate sentiment analysis is how it can be used for entirely new applications that go way beyond social media monitoring. And for good reason.

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Biznology

MAY 5, 2014

Historically, media has been broken into three categories: Paid. Paid media is exactly what it sounds like: You pay someone to share your brand’s message. Paid media also powered broadcast and print’s business models for decades, with broadcasters/publishers enjoying a comfortable living from fees charged to advertisers.

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Biznology

JULY 26, 2016

Back in January I had the honor of being a guest on Shel Holtz ‘s premier PR podcast, For Immediate Release. It must have gone well because I was back on a panel of PR professionals yesterday , joining Shel, Zeno Group EVP Frank Eliason , and Cision SVP Heidi Sullivan. Is it earned or paid media? He specializes in Web 2.0

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Biznology

MARCH 11, 2014

Before you take the next step of using social media for business purposes, realize that it’s a life sentence. Like your Imuran and Azasan, your social media content is your daily bread and not just a special treat. At least social media is a two-way street. Don’t Freak Out. Are You Chilling Out?

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Biznology

MARCH 27, 2017

Welcome to the next post in a series celebrating leaders in social media strategy. With a background in communications and public relations, Sarah has been at QuintilesIMS for almost three years now in several roles touching social media. This includes our company public websites, intranet, SEO, social media, and more.

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Biznology

JANUARY 17, 2017

How has your education and career brought you to where you are now, a leader in social media strategy? I am the Director of Social Media for the Harvard Business School Office of Alumni Relations. It was in the graduate school office at Tufts that I started working in social media. Next I launched a blog.

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Biznology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Has your boss started asking you the so-called “tough questions” about social media yet? Or improve your PR efforts? Not only is it good for those, but social media can do lots more, too. That lack of focus leads to the sort of backlash against social media you’re starting to see. Tweet This Post. Image via Wikipedia.

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