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Judging A Blog Post By Its Cover

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It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. They might be helpful to you as you continue on your path as a blogging Grasshopper.

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How Pink Panties Heralded India's Social Media Movement

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In the Indian context, the web has begun to move beyond a media genre that was no different in terms of interruption when compared to conventional media like television and radio. As privacy and choice gained momentum, permission-based Internet activity has led to what we now describe as the social web.

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Bringing Open Community To Public Relations

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Why did you write Open Community ? Maddie : Lindy and I have talked to thousands of association executives who have voiced their frustrations about the social web. We decided to write Open Community as a way to address those frustrations and redirect the thinking about using social tools to build community online.

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How Google Instant Might Impact Your Small Non-Profit

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If web metrics from these local sites start showing less referral traffic from Google, then it’s surely possible that Google Instant is, at least in part, to blame. To capitalize on this effect, each web page should have an attractive meta-description tag, and landing pages should be "sticky" with both content and user-interface.

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Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits

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Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff. Why do I like it?

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Measuring Public Relations Outcomes With Seth Duncan

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Seth mentioned using web analytics, and acknowledged that correlating PR activities to offline business outcomes is more difficult. Jim is a total web analytics guru, and I’m stoked that he’s making time in his busy schedule for our chat. Oh, one other thing: my blog = my sandbox. I’m so glad you did!

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Weekly Roundup: The Long Of It

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Earlier this week, there was a great guest post over at Spin Sucks on how long or short blog posts should be. Here are seven long blog posts – more than 700 words, since I believe that is the going rate for the “acceptable&# length of blog posts – that I thought were terrific. One of the age-old questions, eh?