Monthly Archives: August 2011

Aug 10, 2011

Webinar with Rebekah King: Hey Influencer: Try Influencing Your Boss!

When social media first hit the marketing world, says Kelley Blue Book’s Rebekah King, she was told that its true value couldn’t be measured. Her reaction: hogwash. With the right tools and perspective, you can measure it – and, with the right language, you can use that measurement to increase your influence with your boss and the ‘number people’. On August 16th, Rebekah will explain how in her first Vocus webinar.
Aug 9, 2011

Social Signals: Morphing the Search Engine Outlook

Can you believe that people now spend 25% of their time online using social sites like Facebook and Twitter? Search […]
Aug 9, 2011

Peter Shankman Guest Post: Announcing HARO’s New Features!

“When HARO was acquired by Vocus in June of 2010, I promised that there'd be no changes to the HARO. It'd still be free, it'd still do everything we told you it would do, and that when we did have changes, they'd benefit you, and you'd hear it here first. And today, we've got some really, really great news.” Read on for a special guest post by HARO founder Peter Shankman on the future of the service.
Aug 9, 2011

What to look for when hiring a social media community manager

Community Managers are a company’s direct link to its customers, owning the responsibility to grow, shape and respond to online […]
Aug 9, 2011

Is Social Media More or Less Anonymous Today? Conclusion

In Part 1 of this blog series we looked at the anonymous posts in our Visible data repository to see […]
Aug 8, 2011

Revisit Tolkien’s magic in September

When: Sept. 18-24 What: Even if you’ve never read them, odds are that you know fantasy works like J.K. Rowling’s […]
Aug 8, 2011

PRWeb Nominated for a Small Business Influencer Award

We wanted to say thanks from the bottom of our hearts for nominating and voting for us to win a […]
Aug 8, 2011

NewsCertified’s Database of Expert Sources

If there is one thing readers of this blog understand, it is that journalists are short on time, a crunch […]
Aug 5, 2011

Government Relations News: Congress is Using Social Media. Are You?

The Congressional Management Foundation just released a very interesting report on how Congressional staff are using social media and their attitudes towards it. The results, says Mark Reilly, our Director of Government Relations, paint an eye-opening picture of social media’s widespread adoption on Capitol Hill. Here’s more.
Aug 5, 2011

Links we Love: August 1-5, 2011

Feeling RSS or Twitter feed overload? Don’t worry–here are our 5 best reads this week in PR, small business, marketing […]
Aug 5, 2011

Update on The Daily iPad newspaper

Amid the swirl of controversy surrounding News Corp. over its ever-deepening News of the World scandal, one of Rupert Murdoch’s […]
Aug 5, 2011

Links We Love: Friday, August 5th

Happy Friday! We’ve collected our five favorite reads from the last five days for you. This week: managing information overload, ten ways to craft a better news pitch, tips for dealing with social media fatigue, why media relations pros need to keep learning and learning, and a collection of choice customer complaints to remind us all of the importance of listening.
Aug 5, 2011

PR News Roundup 8/5/11: 5 PR Blog Posts You May Have Missed

It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this week! Here’s […]
Aug 4, 2011

CNN producer says network uses social media in many ways

Q: Do you use social media for your job? How do you prefer to be pitched? “We use social media […]
Aug 4, 2011

Join us for a Viralheat demo!

New to Viralheat? Need a refresher course on Viralheat’s tools and features? Good news: we have a Webinar for you! […]
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