RT @dannysullivan Pew Research: Portals (like Google News) Most Commonly Used News Sites http://selnd.com/a3b1SR #
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RT @bernsteincrisis Internet has surpassed newspapers and radio as primary news source, TV's lead will fall soon http://bit.ly/aiZY5t #
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This is from a discussion on LinkedIn…from Phil Davies of BigNews.biz I’m impressed with his knowledge and will use this in a future webinar along with some stats I got from PRWeb. I was wondering how Google chooses images to go with news stories in Google News.
I could tell that it wasn’t usually [...]

Last time I went over the many benefits of using the free press release web site PRLog.org Today I’m going to go over the drawbacks.

The stats are new and need some work. Let me tell you what I mean. They track my own clicks to view and manage the press release. They need to not [...]

Word of Mouth Marketing Association lays out disclosure guidelines for social media – http://ow.ly/19gY3 RT @SchwartzMedia @PRwise #
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Great coaching call this morning about SEO press releases with @michaelsmartpr – I love that his branding is built into his name. Smart. [...]

Lesson number one in the OPRApprentice world, never take the bloggosphere world for granted! I first became introduced to the terms, “blog carnivals,” “memes,” and “Mr. Linky’s” during the first week of my internship. If I thought I was blog savvy before but I can certainly say that this changed that thought instantaneously. Call me [...]

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When it comes to online distribution, here’s a mistake a lot of PR pros make. They write the words FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE at the top of their press releases. In most cases they write the words FOR IMMEDIATE DELETE.
I cringe when I see this on press release templates. You won’t find [...]

I’ve become a big fan of PRLog.org for the incredible amount of value the site offers free. Many businesses don’t send out press releases – but should. Why not get some free publicity? PRLog plays out well in Google News (google.com/news). It’s not a fancy site but it’s powerful.
The home page has a PageRank of [...]

Check out my newest @OPENForum column: 3 Online PR Trends to Follow http://bit.ly/dqYdlD #
Here's a #PR scenario I hate: Respond promptly to a press release e-mailed by PR person get autoreply with out-of-office message. RT @jojeda #
My new best practice: when someone retweets me, find something they wrote to retweet back (unless its a spam [...]

Kim Rowley from I Work in my Pajamas is wearing my shirt. I met Kim last month at Affiliate Summit and she agreed to feature it on her tshirt Friday. I always wear my tradeshow shirts to work out in, but maybe I should feature them on the site. I think she looks smashing in [...]

Marsha Friedman of EMSI writes how your press release doesn’t stand much chance of getting media coverage. In fact, chances are pretty low. Is that discouraging? In a way, yes. However, if you want traffic for your web site and more content online that links to your brand name it doesn’t matter.
In fact, most stories [...]