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Raking for Relationships

Aug. 4, 2009

Imagine you are outside with a rake–or a broom or a snow shovel or a hammer or a paint brush or any other workbench tool–and during your task, you strike up a conversation with a passer-by. Sally, the woman walking by, admired your front lawn flowers or architectural style of your porch–or she asked you [...]

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Eyeballing the News in 140 Characters

Jun. 15, 2009

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the talk of the town with his reelection victory on June 12. Commanding 63 percent of the electorate, many voters and political onlookers believe a scam occurred and votes were rigged, expecting former Prime Minister Mir Hossein Mousavi to take more than 34% of the total.
Protesters took to the streets [...]

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How Citizen Journalists Scoop Newspapers

May. 26, 2009

If a newspaper prints an edition every day, aren’t you curious how citizen journalists scoop the news? If so, keep reading for I’m about to share one of many strategies.
With this blog post, I am beating the Newburyport Daily News at its own game.
Here’s one way:
I receive a number of Google Alerts daily; some, several [...]

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How BlogBurst Increases Your Blog Readership

Mar. 1, 2009

If you write a blog and are not part of the BlogBurst network, what are you waiting for? Don’t you want your next blog post picked up by Reuters, Ziff Davis, the Chicago Sun Times, and other well-known mainstream media outlets?
A service of Pluck, I joined BlogBurst nine months ago and I’ve noticed anywhere between [...]

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Why is Social Media About Media?

Feb. 10, 2009

I’m as guilty as anyone else–after all, my blog is subtitled strategies and tips on social media and online marketing–but why the focus on media?
Social networking makes sense, typically alluding to online versions of the community center bulletin board, printed restaurant review guides, telephone “party” lines, suggestion boxes, and assorted customer service modules.
While its Wikipedia [...]

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Thomas Jefferson on Newspaper Delivery

Feb. 4, 2009

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers, stated Thomas Jefferson.
What would Jefferson think of social media?
Might his words be stemmed in part from the competitive fight for journalistic integrity and the battle over print and digital media?
You only need to read Mitch Joel’s perspective [...]

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Twitter Porn and Why I’d Like to Help

Jan. 8, 2009

Referring to a $5 billion appeal announced yesterday that they expect to file before the U.S. Congress, Hustler Magazine boss Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis said they want to “rejuvenate the sexual appetite of America.”
Ridiculous or not, I don’t blame them for trying.
Regardless how you feel about pornography, surely you agree [...]

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