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Category: PR

3 YouTube & Video Marketing Tricks You Should Not Miss

Everybody’s making videos, but who really knows how to marketing them? For the answer to that question, I’m passing this topic over to a guest author.

The last time this special guest posted here, his post about keys to writing a press release for SEO and page rank landed in the top social media posts of the first quarter of 2010. In the course of working on some Instant E-Training video projects together, I asked Bob Tripathi if he’d like to guest post again. Lucky for us, he decided to share three YouTube and video marketing tricks he picked up in an interview with Greg Jarboe, a co-founder of SEO-PR.

Thanks for reading. After you read this post, please answer this question in the comment box: How do you use video in your PR efforts?

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How to Succeed in Business Play LinkedIn The Company Way

 

Why yes, that would be my name on the same page as the Wall Street Journal. Thanks so much to Marla Tabaka, a fantastic success coach for women entrepreneurs who writes The Successful Soloist column for inc.com, I got assigned to write How to Launch a LinkedIn Company Page. On Marla’s blog, this quick how-to guide has over 380 tweets to date.

In addition to inc.com, wsj.com, firebellymarketing.com and forbes.comHow to Launch a Stellar LinkedIn Page in 30 Minutes also appeared on BusinessInsider.com where it has 92 shares on LinkedIn and 81 tweets. While this guide is written for solopreneurs, many of the basic principles apply to companies and organizations of all sizes. Is your company’s page on LinkedIn? Read More…

Getaway with Spirit Travel Tuesday PR

 

Ready to spring out of Chicago? Looking for travel or PR ideas? Welcome aboard! Let’s take off with lessons I took away from a recent blogger press tour to Atlantic City. Disclosure: Thanks to Spirit Air, Caesar’s Entertainment and DKC for transportation, lodging and entertainment. Watch for more entertaining coverage. Let’s get there first . . .

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Apping Up Social Media Emotions with Smurks Smart Phone Imoticons

Ever sent out a social media update – or an email -  and wished you could convey a bit more emotion? Thanks to a New Yorker cartoonist, now you can. Smurks, drawn by Pat Byrnes, is an app that lets you amp up your emotions on Facebook, twitter and email. You will need to go through the same basic steps as you do to install most apps to go from :) to Smurks. Read More…

PR Success Story Tranforms Townhome and Team

Wondering what’s bubbling up in our lab? Here’s the latest from our CoryWest Media client [disclosure] project portfolio. Today, we’re featuring Drury Design, a Glen Ellyn custom kitchen and bath design studio. Their releases were among the first we ran in our pioneering online newsroom. Way back in 2003, we posted releases online where reporters knew they could find them whenever they wanted. Do you remember when you distributed your first online news release? Read More…