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		<title>How to Do Social Media PR in 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social media has become the new arena for PR. And the characteristics of social media, which continue to evolve as users shape it, are changing the way we are doing PR. Expect the PR landscape to shift and change quickly. If you don&#8217;t keep up, you&#8217;ll get lost. Social media is changing the way we [...]


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<p><img class="alignleft" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px; border-image: initial; border: 0px initial initial;" title="Social Media PR in 2012" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1156/538400926_a869f4ae15.jpg" border="0" alt="Social Media PR in 2012" width="230" height="305" />Social media has become the new arena for PR. And the characteristics of<a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr/" target="_blank"> social media</a>, which continue to evolve as users shape it, are changing the way we are doing PR. Expect the PR landscape to shift and change quickly. If you don&#8217;t keep up, you&#8217;ll get lost.</p>
<p>Social media is changing the way we connect with journalists, as well as our prospects and customers. It&#8217;s placing new demands on companies and PR professionals &#8212; demands that require new skills and expertise. In some ways, PR is getting easier because of social media. But in other ways, it&#8217;s also becoming unfamiliar, strange, and even scary.</p>
<p>In this post, I&#8217;d like to point you towards several key ways our PR work will change this year, as we harness social media for PR.</p>
<h3>5 PR Shifts To Make In 2012</h3>
<p><strong><span id="more-4191"></span>1. Learn how to pitch on Twitter and other social networks</strong></p>
<p>Traditionally, we used and relied on the <a title="Pitch Writing Lessons from Movie Blockbusters" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/pitch-writing-lessons-from-movie-blockbusters/" target="_blank">media pitch</a> to capture a journalist&#8217;s attention. Our pitches came in the form of an email, fax or phone call script.</p>
<p>The media pitch as we know it may be approaching its demise. In its place, you need to learn how to <a title="How to Use Twitter to Build an Army of Adoring Journalists" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/twitter-find-journalists/" target="_blank">pitch to journalists and editor on Twitter and other social networks</a>. Can you pitch a story in under 140 characters?</p>
<p>You can bet this changes the way we approach journalists, develop and nurture relationships with them, and pitch to them. Social media make it easy to connect with media, but it also makes it easy to turn them off. We&#8217;ll have more on tips about this in future posts.</p>
<p><strong>2. Leverage Google+ </strong></p>
<p>When Google launched it social networking platform, many business owners and marketers whined, &#8220;No, not ANOTHER social network!&#8221;</p>
<p>But we can not ignore Google+. It now has 62 million users and is predicted to have over 400 million users by end of 2012!</p>
<p>Aside from the huge audience you can reach on Google+, it&#8217;s important to remember that Google is still the largest search engine, and it&#8217;s definitely flexing this muscle to make Google+ THE place to be. with <a title="Search Plus Your World" href="http://www.google.com/insidesearch/plus.html" target="_blank">&#8220;Search plus Your World,&#8221;</a> Google search results can now generate personalized results for you, if you&#8217;re a Google+ member. These personalized results are sourced from Google+ content (posts, photos, etc) shared with you, to the exclusion of content from Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.</p>
<p>Late last year, Google+ allowed companies to create their business profiles. If you haven&#8217;t created one yet for your business, it&#8217;s probably time you did.</p>
<p><strong>3. Use the right metrics to show PR&#8217;s effect on prospect generation, conversion, and revenue</strong></p>
<p>Social media can help us measure the impact of our PR efforts, so we now have no reason to get stuck with measuring outputs. The better we can tie our PR efforts to our company&#8217;s bottom line, the better buy-in we can get from the C-suite. <a title="Put an to End Meaningless PR Metrics" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/meaningless-pr-metrics/" target="_blank">Read this recent post on PR metrics</a> for some useful tips.</p>
<p><strong>4. Become a publisher</strong></p>
<p>Social media allows us to bypass traditional media outlets and reach out to our target market directly. Your company&#8217;s blog and everything else you post on your social network accounts are all content you control. Think less about putting out content that pitches your products and services, and more about what kind of content your target market is actively searching for, will use, and will share.</p>
<p><strong>5. Be willing to lose control of PR and branding</strong></p>
<p>You can no longer control what gets said about your company, products, and employees. In fact, think of everyone, from your rank employees to your CEO, as a spokesperson. Your prospects want to know the people behind the product, so let your people be themselves online. Some tech companies let their engineers blog, with great results in terms of increased web traffic, engagement with prospects, lead generation, and thought leadership.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t forget your customers. They will tweet or post a Facebook photo about your product, and there&#8217;s nothing you can do about it &#8212; except listen and be responsive (not defensive).</p>
<p>This means you must get comfortable about relinquishing some control to others, while still keeping your pulse on what&#8217;s being said about you. Having a <a title="10 Elements of A Social Media Policy for Your Company" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/elements-social-media-policy/" target="_blank">social media policy</a> in place will help ease the transition into more democratic content creation.</p>
<h3>Are You Ready for Social Media PR in 2012?</h3>
<p>The immediacy, interactivity, and viral features of social media are now spilling over into PR. How are you preparing yourself and your company to ride this change and even make the most of it?</p>
<p>What aspects of social media PR are you anxious about? What aspects excite you?</p>
<p>Let me know in the comments below. You can also reach me on <a title="Elena Verlee Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/elenaverlee" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a title="PR in Your Pajamas Facebook Page" href="http://facebook.com/prinyourpajamas" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &#8212; I&#8217;d love to know your thoughts.</p>
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		<title>Sleep Better and Save Time in Your Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sleeping allows us to refuel and restore our bodies. Sadly, we often deprive ourselves of needed sleep time, thinking that reducing this time is the only way to achieve more during the 24 hours that we have at our disposal each day. But what if our sleeping time could help us save time during the [...]


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Sleeping allows us to refuel and restore our bodies. Sadly, we often deprive ourselves of needed sleep time, thinking that reducing this time is the only way to achieve more during the 24 hours that we have at our disposal each day.</p>
<p>But what if our sleeping time could help us save time during the workday?  Would we then permit ourselves to enjoy a full night’s sleep?</p>
<p>Time management expert Kathryn McKinnon has provided us with a strategy to make sleep work for us during the workday in her best-selling book entitled <em>Triple Your Time Today:  10 Proven Time Management Strategies to Help you Create and Save More Time!</em></p>
<p>Kathryn introduced me to the possibilities that lie within this concept in her answer to a question that I posed to her on LinkedIn.  She said the following:</p>
<p><span id="more-4176"></span>We have, on average, 20,000 thoughts each day. Unfortunately, about 80% of those thoughts are negative. That means you spend a lot of time thinking unproductively. It’s your negative thinking that gets in the way of accomplishing what you want to do because these thoughts create doubt and fear, which then create hesitation and inaction. That means it takes you longer to accomplish your goals–in short, it takes more time.</p>
<p>If you . . . let your mind go to work for you, your mind will spend that time, while you’re sleeping, finding a way to deliver a solution to your problem.</p>
<p><em>Triple Your Time Today </em>gives step by step instructions on how to utilize this powerful strategy. A combination of focusing on the positive things that have happened during the day just before “lights out,” suspending judgment on the ideas that surface upon waking, and journaling are the keys to success – they tap into the well of creativity that each of us possesses. I have already begun to implement it with positive results, and have also noticed that I’m sleeping better at night.</p>
<p>What would it mean for you to get more rest at night and enjoy greater productivity during the day? Read <em>Triple Your Time Today</em> and find out! You’ll get great value from Kathryn’s sleep strategy and from the other nine time management strategies presented in the book as well.</p>
<p>Kathryn will be my guest on a free teleseminar on February 9 to discuss this concept more fully.  To join us, visit <a title="Getting Over Overwhelm Teleclass" href="http://gettingoveroverwhelm.com" target="_blank">GettingOverOverwhelm.com</a> and enter your name and e-mail address so that you can receive the call-in details. (Note: I am not an affiliate of Kathryn McKinnon and have no financial stake in <em>Triple Your Time Today</em>.)</p>
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<p><strong><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3643" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px;" title="Monique Y. Wells" src="http://prinyourpajamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/KMN-photo-048-cropped-282x300.jpg" alt="Monique Y. Wells" width="125" height="134" />About the Author: </strong> Monique Y. Wells is the Paris Muse of Time Management™.  She helps women solopreneurs and women who work from home “get over overwhelm” so they can enjoy less stress, more income, greater job satisfaction, and have more time to spend with family and friends outside of work – guilt free!  For information on how you can get help getting rid of overwhelm in your business, visit her website at <a title="Getting Overwhelm" href="http://gettingoveroverwhelm.com" target="_blank">GettingOveroverwhelm.com</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elena</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever wonder what PR metrics really mean? Gone are the days when the success of PR is measured only by outputs: number of articles published about our company; number of people who were reached by the publications, TV programs and radio shows we appeared in; etc. The problem with these metrics is, we&#8217;re never really [...]


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<p><a title="Measuring time" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14516334@N00/286709039/" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/286709039_105881e4b9.jpg" border="0" alt="Measuring time" width="370" height="277" /></a><br />
Ever wonder what PR metrics really mean?</p>
<p>Gone are the days when the success of PR is measured only by outputs: number of articles published about our company; number of people who were reached by the publications, TV programs and radio shows we appeared in; etc. The problem with these metrics is, we&#8217;re never really sure exactly how many people we&#8217;ve reached and, more importantly, what effect such exposure has had on consumer behavior.</p>
<p>Even Advertising Value Equivalency or AVE (the cost of editorial coverage if you were to pay for it as advertising space) is far from an accurate measure of exactly what results our PR efforts bring. The only thing you find out with this metric is, you probably spent way less for that exposure through PR than if you had paid for it in advertising.</p>
<p>Pretty impressive, but the next question is, so what?</p>
<p>The integration of social media with traditional media in PR has made measurement much easier. We can now trace exactly how many people clicked on a particular link and, upon getting to our landing page, how many took the action we wanted &#8212; whether it&#8217;s signing up for an email list or placing an order.</p>
<p>Yet social media measurements aren&#8217;t perfect, either. We still can&#8217;t capture &#8220;more favorable attitudes&#8221; or &#8220;increased awareness&#8221; towards our product or service, for example. That&#8217;s because knowledge, awareness, and attitudes don&#8217;t always translate into behaviors we can observe and measure objectively.</p>
<p>Given that there is yet no perfect way to measure the impact and effectiveness of PR, we can&#8217;t lose sight of the fact that we can at least make PR measurement more meaningful.</p>
<p>That is, we can measure and track those metrics that help us get to know our prospects and customers better, determine what works and what doesn&#8217;t, and have a reliable basis to make future PR, marketing and business decisions.</p>
<h3>Our Approach to Measuring PR</h3>
<p>In my own experience with clients at <a title="Cross Border Communications" href="http://www.crossborderpr.com" target="_blank">Cross Border Communication</a>, the key is first understanding the business outcomes you need to produce. Pick that outcome apart into its underlying components.</p>
<p>This exercise can turn something as intangible as &#8220;building awareness&#8221; into a concrete objective with observable benchmarks, such as increase in social discussions, improvement of search engine ranking, number of downloads of a white paper, proliferation in the use of our hash tag, etc.</p>
<p>Therefore, metrics are meaningful because they support our PR/marketing and business goals. It becomes clear why we&#8217;re measuring something, and what the metrics mean in relation to the results or outcomes (vs outputs) we want to accomplish.</p>
<p>Developing some discipline around measuring the metrics that describe our benchmarks and tracking the data over time can give us powerful insights and market intelligence we can use to improve future campaigns. Company executives can also better understand and appreciate the results PR has generated.</p>
<h3>How Do You Measure PR?</h3>
<p>What have you been doing to measure the effectiveness and success of you company&#8217;s PR? How do you feel about the metrics you currently track?</p>
<p>I&#8217;d love to hear about your experience in the comments below. You can also send me a message via <a title="Elena Verlee Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/elenaverlee" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, or post a comment on our <a title="PR in Your Pajamas Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/PRinYourPajamas" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.</p>
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		<title>How to Do PR — Visually</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><img class="frame alignleft" style="border: 0pt none; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 8px;" title="Visual PR" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2783/4428262825_34056008f5.jpg" border="0" alt="Visual PR" width="383" height="255" />Now that PR is increasingly becoming &#8220;social,&#8221; it&#8217;s more important than ever to deliver your PR message with the help of images.</p>
<p>Visuals play an essential role in PR storytelling. They can bring your product or brand to life in a way that words, even when crafted by the most talented writer, can never accomplish.</p>
<p>Visuals are immediately comprehensible. You can impart a message with an image much faster than with words.</p>
<p>Images can also transcend language. Think of how the image of a mother cradling her baby evokes similar feelings in different cultures.</p>
<p>With social media as one of your PR tools, it has also become much easier to create, use, and distribute images.</p>
<p>Consider the following visual tools in your PR work:</p>
<h3><span id="more-4150"></span>Photos</h3>
<p>Photos are still a great standby. They&#8217;re inexpensive to produce and easy to disseminate. For photos of products and special events, invest in a good photographer. It will pay off for years to come.</p>
<p>However, don&#8217;t underestimate your and your employees&#8217; ability to create their own photos. Sometimes, an excellent photo opportunity comes up when your official photographer isn&#8217;t around. Whip out your smart phone or, if you have the time, your digital camera. A photo that&#8217;s <strong>relevant</strong> is more valuable than one that was shot by a professional.</p>
<p>You can also purchase stock photos from iStock, or use Creative Commons pictures from various sources, including Flickr. Make sure to read the fine print on the commercial use of these images and provide attribution, when it&#8217;s required.</p>
<h3>Slideshows</h3>
<p>Business presentations are another source of visuals that can be used for PR. Consider using online slideshow sharing platforms like <a title="Slideshare" href="http://slideshare.com" target="_blank">Slideshare</a>. Aside from hosting your slideshows, Slideshare lets you and other users embed your slideshows in your blog, website or company Intranet, and share it on social networks.</p>
<h3>Infographics</h3>
<p>Infographics are visual representations of data, statistics or information. These tend to go viral fast, because they&#8217;re visually attractive and compelling. Of course, the topic needs to be one of interest.</p>
<p>Infographics require a considerable investment in research: gathering data, synthesizing them, and choosing which ones to include in the final graphic.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ll also need to hire a good artist, one who can capture the essence of the data in visual terms and at the same time stay true to your branding. This article has excellent tips on <a title="Do's and Dont's of Infographic Design" href="http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/14/the-dos-and-donts-of-infographic-design/" target="_blank">what makes a good infographic</a>, while this has an excellent <a title="Cool Infographics Links" href="http://www.coolinfographics.com/links/" target="_blank">list of sites for visual inspiration</a>.</p>
<h3>Videos</h3>
<p>Videos can be a powerful way to tell your story. Imagine, not only will your audience see what your product looks like. They can watch it in action and see users interact with it. It&#8217;s an easy way for your prospects to visualize themselves in the story. Video is the best way to &#8220;paint a picture&#8221; of your product/service&#8217;s benefits.</p>
<p>However, video can also be difficult to produce well. You&#8217;ll need the right equipment, people who know how to produce and disseminate videos, and of course, the proper set up to shoot.</p>
<p>That said, audiences nowadays don&#8217;t demand broadcast-quality videos as they used to. With the popularity of YouTube, audiences have become accustomed to home-video quality. In fact, amateur videos created by your customers themselves are more powerful testimonials than a sleek video you produce. Watch <a title="Video Marketing Tips" href="http://www.lewishowes.com/marketing/video-marketing-tips-for-driving-more-traffic/" target="_blank">this</a> if you need more convincing about the power of video.</p>
<p>Jay Baer, author of &#8220;The Now Revolution,&#8221; says <a title="B2B Marketing Opportunities for 2012" href="http://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/b2b-marketing/2012-b2b-opportunities/" target="_blank">in this video</a> that businesses are now only scratching the surface when it comes to using multimedia for marketing and PR.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re already using social media and content marketing in your PR, think of how you can better leverage the power of visuals &#8212; photos, slideshows, infographics and videos &#8212; in your overall strategy.</p>
<h3>Ideas?</h3>
<p>Did reading this post give you ideas for using visuals in your PR? If you&#8217;ve been using visuals, what results have you gotten so far? How can you scale up your results?</p>
<p>Post your thoughts in the comments below.</p>
<p><small><a title="Attribution License" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/" target="_blank"><img src="../wp-content/plugins/photo-dropper/images/cc.png" border="0" alt="Creative Commons License" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" /></a> <a href="http://www.photodropper.com/photos/" target="_blank">photo</a> credit: <a title="JD | Photography" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/27636029@N05/4428262825/" target="_blank">JD | Photography</a></small></p>
<p>PS: If you want to know more about how to use video to promote your business, I highly recommend Lewis Howes and James Wedmore&#8217;s <a href="http://10ae8n6nk7pdig2sx5lxmbxo8p.hop.clickbank.net/">Video Traffic Academy.</a> <em>(Disclosure: I am an affiliate of Lewis Howes and will earn a commission if you purchase through this link. However, I only ever recommend programs I believe in. That said, you should still do your due diligence before buying anything.)</em></p>


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<p>In this post, you&#8217;ll find an excerpt of the fourth and final installment of PR Newswire&#8217;s ebook, &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR.&#8221; In case you missed them, you&#8217;ll find the earlier parts below:</p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media and PR Part 1" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr/" target="_blank">Part 1: Wetting Your Feet in the Pool of Social Media</a></p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 2" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr-part2" target="_blank">Part 2: The Evolved Practice of Journalism and Earned Media Landscape</a></p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 3" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr-part-3" target="_blank">Part 3: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora &amp; ProfNet Connect: A Deeper Dive</a></p>
<p>In this part of the book, you will read about Maria Perez&#8217;s experience in tweeting as a brand. Author Sarah Skerik then summarizes her top tips for using key social media platforms:  Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. You&#8217;ll definitely find a few gems you can implement right away.</p>
<p>Here is the table of contents for <a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 4" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P4.html" target="_blank">Part 4 </a>of &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR&#8221;:</p>
<h3>Riding the Social Media Journey</h3>
<p>The final part (part four) in this eBook series takes a closer look at the social media journey of Maria Perez in her role as the voice of @ProfNet, Maria shares her experiences and lessons learned as she carefully built a brand on Twitter – and mastered the difference between professional and personal tweeting. The eBook concludes with the author’s, Sarah Skerik’s, thoughtful recap and key takeaways from her ongoing journey through social media.</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 11</strong></p>
<p>10 Tips for Tweeting as a Brand&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 4</p>
<p><strong>Closing</strong></p>
<p>Lessons Learned from My Social Network Journey – So Far&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 7</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s time for Part 3 of PR Newswire&#8217;s ebook, &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR.&#8221;</p>
<p>Here are the links to the previous parts of this series:</p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 1" href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr/" target="_blank">Part 1:  Wetting Your Feet in the Pool of Social Media</a></p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 2" href="http://http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr-part-2" target="_blank">Part 2:  The Evolved Practice of Journalism and Earned Media Landscape</a></p>
<p>In <a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 3" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P3.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a>, author Sarah Skerik dives into strategies for using specific social networks for PR: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora, and discussion groups and forums. These chapters contain the nuts-and-bolts of the ebook.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the table of contents from Part 3 of &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR&#8221;:</p>
<h3><span id="more-4132"></span>Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora &amp; ProfNet Connect: A deeper dive</h3>
<p>Part three (of four) in this eBook series delves a bit deeper into specific social networks and the different approaches necessary for each. Learn how to cultivate and interact with an audience on Facebook, craft an effective tweet and maximize exposure on Twitter, establish company pages and uncover opportunities on LinkedIn and how to strategically involve yourself in the savvy discussions on Quora and other forums.</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 6</strong><br />
<em>Using Facebook for Public Relations</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 4</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 7</strong><br />
<em>Using Twitter for Public Relations</em>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 9</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 8</strong><br />
<em>Using LinkedIn for Public Relations</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 15</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 9</strong><br />
<em>Using Quora for Public Relations.</em>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 19</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 10</strong><br />
<em>Discussion Groups and Forums: Virtual Focus Groups for  Wired Communicators</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. 22</p>
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<p>Today we continue our series on &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR,&#8221; an ebook by PR Newswire.</p>
<p>If you missed the first part of the series, <a href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/unlocking-social-media-for-pr/" target="_blank">click here</a> to read an excerpt from the ebook: the Introduction and table of contents of the ebook&#8217;s first part, &#8220;Wetting Your Feet in the Pool of Social Media.&#8221;</p>
<p>The <a title="Unlocking Social Media in PR Part 2" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P2.html " target="_blank">second part</a> of the ebook is entitled, &#8220;The Evolved Practice of Journalism and Earned Media Landscape.&#8221; In this installment, you&#8217;ll gain insight on how journalists use social media. You&#8217;ll also learn about &#8220;evolved media,&#8221; and why all businesses should strive for that ideal combination.</p>
<p>Below is the table of contents from Part 2 of the ebook:</p>
<h3><span id="more-4120"></span>The evolved practice of journalism and earned media landscape</h3>
<p>Part two (of four) in this eBook series explores how social media has trans- formed the face of journalism – from the way information is distributed, shared and consumed to how journalists and bloggers now interact with pr profes- sionals. Gain insight to the growing opportunities to capture earned media in the evolved landscape where paid, owned and earned media are more tightly integrated than ever before.</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 4</strong></p>
<p><em>How Journalists and Bloggers Use Social Media – and the Opportunities for PR</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 4</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 5</strong></p>
<p><em>Earned Media:  When 2+2=7</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 9</p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR Part 2" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P2.html " target="_blank">Click here to access the rest of &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR.&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Check back on Thursday, December 22, for an excerpt of part 3 of this ebook, entitled &#8220;Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Quora &amp; ProfNet Connect: A deeper dive.&#8221;</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[PR Newswire recently released an ebook, &#8220;Unlocking Social Media for PR,&#8221; which I highly recommend you download, read, study, and implement. Written for PR professionals who want to better understand and make the most of social media and how social media has impacted PR, it&#8217;s also useful for DIY business owners. Below, you&#8217;ll find an [...]


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<p>PR Newswire recently released an ebook, &#8220;<em>Unlocking Social Media for PR,</em>&#8221; which I highly recommend you download, read, study, and implement.</p>
<p>Written for PR professionals who want to better understand and make the most of social media and how social media has impacted PR, it&#8217;s also useful for DIY business owners.</p>
<p>Below, you&#8217;ll find an excerpt from Part 1 of the ebook. To access the entire document, <a title="Unlocking Social Media for PR" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P1.html" target="_blank">click here and register.</a></p>
<h3>Introduction</h3>
<p><em>by Jason Keller, Senior Vice President, Products, PR Newswire</em></p>
<p>So social media is changing the art and science of public relations so fast your head is spinning. It all may be second nature to kids with freshly minted degrees and new agency or corporate jobs. But if you’re a PR professional just a few years older than that, you may be dizzy.</p>
<p><span id="more-4109"></span>Luckily, this is the eBook for you.</p>
<p>In an inviting and accessible style, author Sarah Skerik illuminates social media’s plentiful impact on PR. She provides insights you can use right away concerning what social media has changed, what’s not changed and how you can use the new social layer to make your PR better – all leveraged from Sarah’s unique vantage point. Sarah is Vice President of Social Media for PR Newswire, and she gets firsthand insight into the social media best practices of PR Newswire’s voluminous global customer base even as she manages our own social media presence. And that customer base is telling us that you simply cannot escape the influence of social media in modern public relations – and, in fact, it’s leading to entirely new kinds of workflows for the PR industry.</p>
<p>We’re opening up a new discussion forum for this eBook on our ProfNet Connect expert community. At the end of each chapter, you’ll find a linked button that will enable you to join the conversation and agree, disagree or expand upon the thoughts you find herein.</p>
<h3>PART 1<strong><br />
Wetting your feet in the pool of social media</strong></h3>
<p>Part one (of four) in this eBook series guides you as you’re getting your feet wet in the pool of social media. Based on your brand’s or organization’s goals, needs, interests and resources, these initial chapters will help you determine how many networks are suitable and which are most appropriate to communicate with your audiences. You will also read about the experiences and challenges of various PR professionals that are in the process of incorporating social media into their daily workflow and embracing their changing role in public relations.</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 1</strong><br />
<em>PR and Social Media: A Simple Guide to Getting It by Doing It</em> &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 4</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 2</strong><br />
<em>Selecting Social Networks: How Many Are Enough? </em>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. 10</p>
<p><strong>Chapter 3</strong><br />
<em>Integrating Social Media into the Daily Practice of PR</em>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; 14</p>
<p><a title="Unlocking Social for PR" href="http://promotions.prnewswire.com/P_SME_eBookSeries_PRinYourPajamas_11302011_CP_LP_eBook-P1.html" target="_blank">Click here</a> to download the rest of the documents (requires opt in) and receive more PR tips and advice from PRNewswire.</p>


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		<description><![CDATA[With US Thanksgiving having just passed and Christmas around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I have to be grateful for. And when I think about all the things that I’ve been blessed to have (the best of which is my wonderful family), I feel quite happy with my life. This is [...]


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<p><a href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/banner-1.png"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4103" title="Matilda Jane Contest" src="http://prinyourpajamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/banner-1.png" alt="" width="332" height="496" /></a>With US Thanksgiving having just passed and Christmas around the corner, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I have to be grateful for. And when I think about all the things that I’ve been blessed to have (the best of which is my wonderful family), I feel quite happy with my life.</p>
<p>This is probably one of the reasons that I was drawn to Gretchen Rubin’s <em>The Happiness Project</em>. I’m not sure about you, but being happy is something that I continually work at to achieve. I find that happiness is the ultimate paradox: it can be found in the simplest things, but at the same time it can be incredibly hard to find.</p>
<p>In her book, Rubin tests out different happiness theories to see which ones really work and which don’t. It is definitely an amazing read. Rubin has even created a <a href="http://www.happiness-project.com/" target="_blank">fantastic website</a> that helps you discover your own happiness project and ways to implement it.</p>
<p>One of my clients, <strong><a href="http://www.matildajaneclothing.com/" target="_blank">Matilda Jane Clothing</a></strong>, believes that happiness is best kept by being given away, so when they decided to do a contest that gives “The Gift of Happiness” you can only imagine how thrilled I was to help spread the love!<span id="more-4102"></span></p>
<p><strong>Contest Details</strong></p>
<p>I will be giving away a copy of <em><a href="http://www.happiness-project.com/happiness_project/the-happiness-project-book.html" target="_blank">The Happiness Project</a> </em>as well as 3 lovely outfits from Matilda Jane Clothing. That’s one for you (pick one closest to your child&#8217;s size or just the one you like the best) and two that you have to share with friends! Please note there will be no requests for styles or sizes, and the clothes are not returnable or exchangeable.</p>
<p>To enter, you only have to do two things:</p>
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<li><a href="http://www.matildajaneclothing.com/newsletter.php" target="_blank">Sign up for Matilda Jane’s      newsletter</a></li>
<li>Leave a comment on this post telling      me about something that makes you happy (yes, even that first cup of coffee in the morning      counts!)</li>
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<p>Contest closes on <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Wednesday, December 7<sup>th</sup></strong></span>. I’ll be choosing the winner via <a href="http://www.random.org/" target="_blank">Random.org.</a> Please make sure you check in on December 8 to cheer on the winner!</p>
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<p>Good luck everyone and I can’t wait to hear what makes you happy!</p>
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		<title>14 Ways to Get Liked on Facebook</title>
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<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/PRinYourPajamas" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-4084" title="facebook-like" src="http://prinyourpajamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/facebook-like.jpg" alt="Facebook Like picture" width="332" height="240" /></a>By now there is no doubting the power of Facebook. With <a href="http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics">over 800 million users and over 50% of those users logging onto Facebook on any given day</a>, it is absolutely necessary for you to have a presence on this social network if you own a business. A <a href="http://prinyourpajamas.com/pr-in-facebook-pages/">Facebook Fan Page</a> is, to simply put it, your business’ website in Facebook form.</p>
<p>There are tons of ways to customize your page to fit your needs (there is a Facebook App for nearly everything), contain all your business information, and target your ideal customer.</p>
<p>Of course, the real challenge will be in trying to get even just 1% of those 800 million possible customers to come across your Facebook page and “Like” you. Once they’ve liked you, you will have a better chance of gaining their interest in your business as your updates will regularly show up on their newsfeed, you’ll be able to message them when you launch new products, engage with them better, and so forth.<span id="more-4083"></span></p>
<p>Whether you’ve just created your page or you’re stuck on how to get more likes and attract more clients, I’ve compiled a list of 14 ways you can get “Liked” on Facebook:</p>
<p><strong>1. </strong><strong>Status tagging<br />
</strong>Use the status-tagging feature (putting an @ sign then typing the page or person you want to tag) and tag people you already know in relevant comments and updates on your page. Not only will this be helpful to people in your network, but it could lead people in THEIR network directly to your fan page when they see the tag on their newsfeeds.</p>
<p><strong>2. </strong><strong>Your e-mail signature<br />
</strong>Add a link to your page in your e-mail signature along with a short sentence like “Love our products? Like us Here!”</p>
<p><strong>3. </strong><strong>Connect to your other social network<br />
</strong>You can connect your status updates to Twitter and LinkedIn, which will help lead your followers from these networks to your page. As an example, see</p>
<p><strong>4. </strong><strong>Your company newsletter<br />
</strong>Next time you send out your newsletter, consider adding a link or a widget asking your readers to Like your page.</p>
<p><strong>5. </strong><strong>A Fans only contest<br />
</strong>While there are <a href="http://www.facebook.com/promotions_guidelines.php">certain rules</a> you must abide by to run a contest on Facebook, you can make it so that someone must first Like your page in order to view the contest description, rules, prizes, etc.</p>
<p><strong>6. </strong><strong>QR codes IRL<br />
</strong>Create a QR code that will take people directly to your Facebook page when they scan it using their smartphones. You can place the code at your reception desk, back of your business card, on a coffee mug…the possibilities are endless!</p>
<p><strong>7. </strong><strong><a href="http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/">Like box</a> on your website<br />
</strong>You can embed a Like box right on your homepage to capture your website visitors.</p>
<p><strong>8. </strong><strong>Exclusive Fans only content<br />
</strong>Just like with contests, you can entice people to Like your page by offering them exclusive content…once they hit that button of course.</p>
<p><strong>9. </strong><strong>Use the Like button in your blog posts<br />
</strong>If you have a blog, make sure to add the ability to Like your post. An update will show up on their wall, which can increase the number of eyeballs going to your fan page.</p>
<p><strong>10. </strong><strong>Take LOTS of pictures at events<br />
</strong>Upload pictures from an event you hosted or attended and tag as many people as you can. Invite people you met to tag themselves on your page. Chances are they may end up Liking you in the process.</p>
<p><strong>11. </strong><strong>Turn to your networking groups- online and offline<br />
</strong>Reach out to your networking groups and see if they would like to support your fan page. Be sure to return the favor if they have a page as well.</p>
<p><strong>12. </strong><strong>Take advantage of video<br />
</strong>If you regularly create videos and upload them online, add a watermark with your fan page URL (<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/watermark-videos-windows-movie-maker/" target="_blank">here&#8217;s a site that teaches you how to do this using Windows Movie Maker</a>). Mention in your video, watermark and/or video description that they can leave comments on your page for you as well if they have any questions or feedback.</p>
<p><strong>13. </strong><strong>Create content that matters<br />
</strong>This goes without saying, but it’s worth mentioning again as a reminder. Good content is king when it comes to getting fans and keeping them interested in your brand.</p>
<p><strong>14. </strong><strong>Now, it’s your turn<br />
</strong>I know I said I’d give 14, but I’d really love to learn what tips you have for getting Liked on Facebook! What have you tried that worked (or didn’t work)? What kind of results did you see? Leave a comment below or send me a message through <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/ElenaVerlee">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PRinYourPajamas">Facebook</a>!</p>
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