B2B Memes

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A Look Inside a B2B Editor’s Head

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Although there is plenty of online debate and discussion of journalistic issues, the mass of it concerns the daily press. Sponsored by the ethics committee of ASBPE, an association for trade press editors and writers, the chat showcased the issues that particularly worry them.

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Managing Your Career in the Social Media Era: Sources

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The webinar, “ Enhancing Your Career in the B2B Press ,” is sponsored by the American Society of Business Press Editors.). I cited Guillebeau’s personal manifesto as an example of one kind of e-book B2B editors could aspire to. Joe Pulizzi’s Blog: Seven Ways to Position Yourself for Unlimited Work. “I

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Journalists as Buzzword Killers

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In his post, he reports on an effort by PR strategist Adam Sherk to enumerate the frequency of 98 marketing buzzwords in current press releases. Now as Gordon notes, such words are bad enough when they appear in press releases. Here are the top 12 offenders: leader. innovative. award winning. Here are the top 12 offenders: leader.

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No Monopoly on Lousy Content

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But bad writing and reporting are readily found both on and off the Internet, from personal blogs to city papers. Bardella suggests that his job is much easier than it should be: “‘Some people in the press, I think, are just lazy as hell. There are times when I pitch a story and they do it word for word. That’s just embarrassing.

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

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Maureen Alley: Never tweet what you wouldn't say in person. Though it’s true that the trade press in general is decidedly behind the curve in this respect, there are notable exceptions. Do you use your personal twitter account (@MaureenEditor) in your professional role as editor of Residential Design + Build ? Absolutely.

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Transparent vs. Opaque: Six New-Media Principles, No. 5

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Related posts: Personal vs. Corporate: Six New-Media Principles, No. The FTC and Press Junkets. But it’s something of a Hobson’s choice. In the new-media era, there’s no long-term alternative to transparency. New Ethics for New Media? Dialogue vs. Monologue: Six New-Media Principles, No.

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Worried That Journalist Robots Will Replace You? Say “I”

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It doesn’t take very long for rewriting new-product press releases to evolve from informative introduction to an industry to stultifying drudgery. The way forward for journalists is not commodity content but uniquely personal content. That doesn’t mean journalism shouldn’t be conversational or personal. Who Needs Editors?

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