A new report from the Indiana University School of Journalism shows how US jouranlist are using social media to report the news. Based on online interviews with 1,080 U.S. journalists conducted during the fall of 2013, the new report updates previous findings and adds new ones concerning the role of social media in journalism. Key Findings: 78% of US journalists check … [Read more...]
How To Market Your Business Using LinkedIn
If you are a business professional and not currently on the social networking website LinkedIn, you are missing out on a valuable marketing opportunity. Unlike other social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter, LinkedIn is purely a professional network with a sole objective of connecting professionals for success. There are now over 200 million LinkedIn users … [Read more...]
Men Closing the Social Media Gap
I am sure this is no big surprise, but two recent studies have found that women are more active in social media than men. I can already hear the comments about how women love to chat and share. But the disparity between the sexes is closing - after fairly slow growth over the past few years 2013 has seen a sudden surge in men using social networks, according to Pew … [Read more...]
How to Write a Press Release in 2013
Webinar August 28, 2013, Sally Falkow APR and Lisa Buyer discuss the new Google rules for writing a press release Register here Back in 2006 a few very smart PR folk recognized the need for PR content to be found online and that search engine optimization would become a necessary PR skill. Unfortunately, the SEO community saw the possibilities of using optimized … [Read more...]
Twitter is Getting Ready to Woo Journalists
Twitter is already playing a large part in the news industry: it's where many people find breaking news and it's where journalists go to locate sources close to a breaking story. And they want to do more. They recently posted this job opening: Twitter is playing an integral role in the evolution of the news industry — both as a tool for reporters and newsrooms and as a way … [Read more...]
