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Should You Bother Targeting the Tech Blogs for Your PR Campaigns?

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6 or 7 years ago when TechCrunch was at its peak market share (they are still strong but many more tech blogs have also popped up) there was a term for getting covered there called “the TechCrunch bounce.” that they probably read the main tech blogs. The start of this series was, Should Your Startup Announce Funding ?

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BUZZMEDIA Buys Four Punk Rock Blogs

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BUZZMEDIA said it acquired Under The Gun Review, Alter The Press!, Punknews.org was founded in 1998, providing online music news and a fan community; PropertyOfZack is a Tumblr blog focused on punk; Under The Gun Review focuses on entertainment, music, film, and comedy; and Alert The Press! READ MORE>>.

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Insights and Opinions: Fake Press Releases: What Have We Learned?

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For our Insights and Opinions section this morning, we asked Michael Terpin , the founder of SocialRadius , to lend some hard-earned perspective on fake releases following the flap last week over a fake press release involving Google, ICOA, PRWeb, and half the Internet news and blogging sites. READ MORE>>.

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Entrepreneurshit. The Blog Post on What It’s Really Like.

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But for some strange reason they make you file your progress on fund raising, which is the widely picked up by the press. I like to speak about this topic with first-time wantrapreneurs because if you read the tech press every day you’d get the impression that it all glamor. But it’s hard to know that from the press.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

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I recently wrote a piece for Mashable on how to create a company blog. Since it’s already written (and since I promised not to republish on my blog other than a summary) if you’re interested please have a read over there. Summary notes and then I’ll extend: Should you blog? What should you blog about?

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As An Entrepreneur, Are You Ready To Meet The Press?

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Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Most entrepreneurs I know admit to a poor first media interaction, and many are still waiting for the instant replay.

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Every Startup Needs To Be Ready To Meet The Press

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Not so long ago, training to meet the press and television reporters was a realm reserved for top business executives only. Social media includes blogs, social networks, and video-sharing sites. Brad Phillips entrepreneur media training meet the press startup' People judge you and your company in the first few seconds.

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