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Links We Love: Friday, September 2nd

The fall is creeping up on us again and so has the end of the week! We’re all moved into […]

Links We Love: Friday, August 26th

This week has been a crazy week over at Vocus. We survived our first earthquake and last week at the old Vocus headquarters! Not to mention, there’s an impending hurricane coming our way! But we haven’t forgotten about you guys! Even as we wrap up the last Friday in this crazy month of August, we have a ton of great marketing and PR resources to share with you guys. Happy Friday everyone!

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.

Users Conference Attendees: We’re Signing Up for Thursday’s Rerun

For most, the Vocus Virtual Conference on July 28th is a first chance to learn how to earn your business more reach and influence from Peter Shankman, Lee Odden, Gini Dietrich, Adam Singer and Valeria Maltoni. For some, it’s a second chance. Several attendees from June’s Users Conference (where we taped the sessions you’ll see) just couldn’t get enough, and registered again.

Bill Wagner: Peter Shankman Stole My Car

OK, Peter Shankman didn’t actually steal my car—but he did take the keys. I wasn’t overly concerned. After all, what does a city boy like Peter know about driving? I figured he’d stall the car a few times and he’d hand me back the keys. Instead, Peter put the top down, accelerated to 80mph on the Beltway and began weaving in and out of traffic as I held on. Crikey! Anyone who knows Peter knows that you can never be sure what to expect when he’s around. I always learn something when I spend time with him and today was no exception...

Vocus COO Bill Wagner: Thoughts from the Vocus Users Conference

In the wake of last week’s Users Conference, Vocus EVP and Chief Operating Officer Bill Wagner takes to the Vocus Blog to share his observations on the near-term future of social media, the similarities between PR 'storytelling' and great content marketing, and the tools that Vocus offers for success in both fields.

Today’s First Lesson: Be More Awesome. Scott Stratten Explains…

We just got finished with Scott Stratten's opening keynote presentation: People Spread Awesome. And it's absolutely true: his presentation was awesome and everyone's talking about it already. We caught up with Scott afterwards and asked him for a few quick tips on being more... well, awesome. View the video here...

Humans vs. AI in a Sentiment Bout. And the Winner is…

Let’s Get Ready to Rummmmble… There is a mismatch between claims and perception around automated sentiment analysis. Like a prize […]

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