Writing for Search
Wit, irony, humor and style
Clever titles and headlines
Search engine technologists vs. marketing experts
AP – Headlines 40 characters or less
For People For Search
Section: “Real Estate” Section: “Homes”
Section: “Scene” Section: “Lifestyle”
Section: “Taste” Section: “Food”
Headline: “Unsafe sex: Has Jacob Zuma’s rape trial Headline: “Zuma testimony sparks HIV fear”
hit South Africa’s war on AIDS?”
Headline: “Tulsa star: The life and career of much- Headline: “Obituary: Gene Pitney
loved 1960’s singer”
Headline: “It’s Chemistry Over Pedigree as Gators Headline: “Gators Cap Run with First Title”
Roll to First Title”
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Keyword Discovery
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Understanding Google Trends: Demand
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Search Trends
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Popular Language
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Trellian Free Global Service
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Wordtracker Free Global Service
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Keyword Discovery: External Keyword Tool
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Quantity vs. Quality
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Intro to Meta Data
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Finding Meta Data
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Title Tags
1. Title Tag in Web Page HTML (View > Source in a Browser)
2. Title Tag in Browser Title Bar
3. Title Tag in Search Results
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Generic Title Tags
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Meta Page Descriptions
1. Meta Description in Web Page HTML (View > Source in a Browser)
2. Meta Page Description in Search Results
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Why Meta Descriptions Matter
Source: Eyetrack 3
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Dynamic Meta Page Descriptions
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Spying through Meta Keywords
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Spying through Keywords Density Analysis
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1. Check for Title Tags
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2. Check for Meta Page Descriptions
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3. Check for Dynamic Meta Content
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4. Check for Summary Blurbs
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5. Search Press Release Headlines
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Search Friendly Newsroom HTML
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Press Release SEO
1) Research keywords
2) Use keywords in headline, subheadline and first 250 words
3) Use a link shortener to link keywords to an SEOed landing
page on your website
4) Use an original title tag and meta page description
5) Send pitches to relevant journalists and bloggers
6) Clear a free or paid newswire, if possible
7) Social bookmark pick-ups and news coverage
8) Monitor and analyze traffic and inbound referrals
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Press Release SEO: Step One
Search the keyword you think may be applicable and examine
the meta keywords of the top 5 results.
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Press Release SEO: Step Two
If some of the keywords in the meta keywords field seem
relevant, repeat step one with those newer keywords. And try
running the top listed sites through Google’s External Keyword
tool. If new keywords surface that seem relevant, repeat step
one.
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Press Release SEO: Step Three
Go to Google Trends or Insights and see which of the keywords
you’re experimenting with has the most search volume. Test
like terms against each other to which ones are most popular.
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Press Release SEO: Step Four
Check the inbound links of the top ranked sites when you
search your intended keywords using Yahoo! Site Explorer.
Look to see if they are drawing rank from inbounds to their
sites from high profile domains, or from .edu or .gov domains.
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Press Release SEO: Step Five
Also in Yahoo Site Explorer, evaluate whether or not you think
you can collect more inbounds for your press release. Ask
yourself, “Is my press release more relevant than the websites
currently coming up first when I search my intended
keywords?”
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Press Release SEO: Step Six
Narrow down your list to three keywords, picking one high
volume term, one medium volume term and one low
volume. If you’re choosing effective keywords, the lower the
search volume, the greater the likelihood of conversions
against those searches will be.
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Press Release SEO: Step Seven
Use your keywords in the copy of your press release. Use them, if
possible, in the headline, sub-headline and at least the first 250
words of the release, but strive for readability over repetition. If it
reads like you’re keyword stuffing, you’ve overdone it.
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Press Release SEO: Step Eight
Link at least one instance of each of your three keywords to the web
page your trying to search engine optimize. This will a separate
page from the actual press release itself, and should also be
optimized for the same keywords. It cannot be duplicate content. It
must be different, even if only slightly so. Hyperlink the keywords
and a trackable link shortening service like www.bit.ly so you can see
how many times they keywords get clicked, and whether or not
people were referred to your target web page from your press
release, which could wind getting picked and posted to other
websites.
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Press Release SEO: Step Nine
Write an original title tag and meta page description striving to
tease readers to click on it if it shows up on search engine
page results. Give them to your webmaster for use when
posting the release online. You need to SEO the webpage
you’re optimizing as well.
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Press Release SEO: Free Newswires
Search Engine Friendly
The winners, inbound links with anchor-text:
http://www.free-news-release.com/
http://www.freepressreleases.co.uk/
http://www.i-newswire.com/
http://www.prleap.com/
Losers, no inbound links if you don’t pay:
http://express-press-release.com
http://www.free-press-release.com
http://www.prfree.com/
Site Readability Ease of Use
Winners: Winners (direct submission):
http://www.click2newsites.com/
http://www.prweb.com/ http://www.free-news-release.com/
http://www.prleap.com/ http://www.i-newswire.com/
http://www.pressbox.co.uk/
Losers
http://www.free-news-release.com/ Losers:
http://www.free-press-release.com http://www.pr9.net/ <-require different
account registration for different company
http://www.prfree.com/ press submission.
Source: Cheng Soon
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PDFs and Search
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Flash and Search
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Live Demo: Site Meter
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Live Demo: FeedBurner
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Live Demo: Tagging Blog Posts
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Live Demo: Email Subscription Widget
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Live Demo: Custom Tag Cloud Widget
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Live Demo: Social Bookmarking Widget
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Live Demo: Blogging a YouTube Clip
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Live Demo: Livening Up Your Blog
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Live Demo: Livening Up Your Blog
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Live Demo: Livening Up Your Blog
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Live Demo: Livening Up Your Blog
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Respecting Usability
• Ease of use
• Clarity and brevity
• Easy to read
• Can’t consume what you can’t find
• On intranet’s, usability impacts worker productivity
• 10% of design budget on usability will double site’s results
Jakob Nielsen
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Online Audio and Video
podcast
download webcast
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Podcasts
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Podcasts Defined
Types of Podcasts:
•Repurposed Electronic Media
•Print MSM Extensions
•Originally Produced
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Global Podcast Audience
Wave.3 Universal McCann Study 2008 [PDF]
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Global Podcast Audience Growth
Wave.3 Universal McCann Study 2008 [PDF]
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Global Podcast Audience Growth
Wave.3 Universal McCann Study 2008 [PDF]
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Finding Podcasts through Show Notes
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iTunes Podcatcher
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Distributing Through iTunes
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RSS 2.0 with Enclosures
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Podcast in iTunes
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Who is Podcasting: Case Study
Who is Podcasting?
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Case Study: IBM
Podcasts: Employees as Evangelists
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Case Study: LA Opera – B to C
Challenge: Help the LA Opera build stronger relationships with
its existing subscribers and attract new, younger subscribers
by giving audiences a rare, behind the scene look into one
the world’s leading opera companies.
Strategy: Told through the perspective of the director of the
company’s latest production, profile the relationships
between the incomparable creative talents collaborating and
the production process.
Results: LA Opera is the world’s first opera company to
experiment with podcasting. Placido Domingo, Anna
Netrebko and Rolando Villazon will all be featured in the first
episodes. Featured in NY Times, LA Times and Hollywood
Reporter.
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Case Study: APM Music
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Case Study: APM Music
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Case Study: APM Music
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Case Study: APM Music
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Case Study: Castrol
The Media Business: Editorial vs. Advertising
•NHRA Driver Ashley Force
First
•Castrol Executives Second
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Case Study: Starbucks
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Case Study: Starbucks
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Podcast Production
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Podcast Production
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Podcast Production
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Podcast Production
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Development and Production
Should you podcast?
Selecting the subject matter
Finding your voice view
Intros and outros
Music options: Podsafe & APM view
Search engine optimization view
Show notes view
A word on copyright view
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Podcast Production
• Recording live interviews
• Recording phone interviews
• Editing
• ID3 tagging
Levelator
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ID3 Tagging
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Audio & Video Syndication
RSS enabling podcasts
Blogging podcasts
Promoting RSS feeds
Measuring your impact
Putting podcasts in perspective
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Implementation Recommendations
Integrate Flash Streaming
Use Flash Streaming Strategically
Consider Offering a “Best of Episode”
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Promoting Podcasts: Signature Blocks
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Promotion Podcasts: Email Marketing
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Promoting Podcasts: PNRs
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Promoting Podcasts: SEOed Press Release
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Promoting Podcasts: Industry Awards
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Podcasting Insights
• Deliver on the needs of an underserved audience
• Give listeners something they can’t get else where
• Relationship-based communications
• May not be well suited for breaking news
• News content vs. feature content
• More controlled/one-way channel
• Credibility and third-party validation
• Efficiency by leverage existing assets
• Unscripted and authentic
• Podcast news releases
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Online Video: Size of Audience
In November 2007 nearly 9.4 billion video
clips were viewed online by 138 million
Americans (a 29% gain from Jan. 2007)
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Online Video: Audience by Brand
April 2008
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Online Video: Marie Digby
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Online Video: Marie Digby
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Online Video: Marie Digby
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Blog Response: Marie Digby
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Blog Comments: Marie Digby
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Viral Video Case Study: Chevy Tahoe
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Viral Video Case Study: Chevy Tahoe
• 629,000 visitors to the site by the time of the
contest
• 25% of all SUV sales, out selling Ford by 2 to 1
• 46 day sales cycles, down from 120 days
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Benefits of Sharing
1. Access favorites from anywhere
2. Share your favorites publicly
3. Use popular opinion to find info online
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Live Demo: Social Bookmarking
1. Create Delicious account
2. Log in
3. Post URL
4. Save
5. Search popular tags
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Live Demo: Social Search Monitoring
1. Query Delicious
2. Add Resulting RSS Feeds to Google
Rearder
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Live Demo: Questions
1. Yahoo! Answers
2. Linkedin Questions
3. Facebook Status
4. Twitter
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User Ratings
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Social News Site: Digg
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Social Bookmarking: Digg
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Social Networking
Image by: Luc Legay
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Global Social Networking Penetration
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Global Social Networking Penetration Growth
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Corporate Social Networking Adoption
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Global Social Networking Brand
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Social Networking – Usage Trends
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Social Networking: Major US Communities
• MySpace
• Facebook
• Linkedin
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Social Networking: MySpace
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Social Networking: Facebook
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Facebook by the Numbers
• 12x growth since opening to nonstudents in
Sept. 2006
• 20m minutes spent in March 2008
• 6.4b minutes spent prior year
• Between 30m and 35m users
• Microsoft paid $240m for 1.6%, $15b value
• $145m ad revenue in 2007
• MySpace had $510m in ad revenue in 2007
• $0.15 CPM vs. $13 CPM at Yahoo!
Fortune Magazine, May 26, 2008
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Case Study: HSBC
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Social Networking: Linked In
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Social Networking: Linked In Groups
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Social Networking: Niche Nets
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Social Networking: Niche Nets
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Social Networking: Niche Nets
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Social Networking: White Label Platforms
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Social Networking: White Label Platforms
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Social Networking: White Label PRSA Tech Site
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Social Networking Aggregators
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Social Networking Aggregators
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Social Networking Mash-Ups
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Social Networking for PR
• Market research
• How to videos
• D.I.Y. videos
• Promote events
• Solicit donations
• Find influentials
• Build affinity groups
• Be community minded, not sales minded
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Naked Conversations
“Formality suppresses dialogue; informality
encourages it. Formal conversations and
presentations leave little room for debate. They
suggest that everything is scripted and
predetermined. Informal dialogue is open. It
invites questions, encourages spontaneity and
critical thinking...Informality gets the truth out. It
surfaces out-of-the-box ideas -- the ideas that may
seem absurd at first hearing but that create
breakthroughs.“
-Larry Bossidy, CEO, Honeywell
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PSNH Case Study: Process Detail
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New Media Case Study: PCNH
Organizational
Communications
Twitter Online Newsroom YouTube &
Flickr
Customer News Media Constituents
Service
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Wikipedia
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Wikipedia – From Marketing Sherpa
Getting Listed
“Stub” articles
Propose articles for creation
Enlisting community member to create an article
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Wikipedia – From Marketing Sherpa
Monitoring Your Listing
Appoint a Wikipedia ambassador
Participate in the community
Monitoring your existing Wikipedia pages (RSS)
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Wikipedia – From Marketing Sherpa
Getting Errors Fixed
Flag factual errors on discussion pages
Handle criticism on discussion pages
Propose new links on discussion pages
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Wikipedia – Other Issues
Terms and Conditions
Conflicts of Interest
Neutral Point of View Policy
“Peacock Terms”
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Wikipedia Hall of Shame
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Monsanto Edits Michael Moore
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US DoJ Obfuscates Bush Criticism
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Wisdom of the Chaperones
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Chris Wilson On the Record…Online
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Carry the Message
Online Communications Master Class
June 26, 2009 - Boston
PRSA | Map
Online Communications Boot Camp
June 24-25, 2009 - Boston
PRSA | Map
Social Media for Journalists
June 19, 2009 - NYC
Media Bistro | Map
Understanding New Communications Technologies
June 3, 2009 - Las Vegas
The Licensing Show | Map
Source: Social Media Training Calendar
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