Top 5 Innovative Ways PR Pros Are Using Social Media

Most PR professionals have now incorporated social media into their day-to-day activities, and many would say that they couldn’t live without it. But beyond the basics, such as following and engaging with key media, keeping tabs on competitors and sharing company news and perspectives, what are some of the more innovative ways that communications professionals can use social media in their daily jobs?

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How to visualize your Tweets in to a super looking infographic

’m a big fan of data visualization because it makes understanding data interesting and puts new perspectives on things where you wouldn’t have seen it before. I cam across this handy little tool today that effectively lets you analyze your last months worth of Tweets and spits out an Infographic like the one you can sell below

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Create Your Own QR Code Like Button For Facebook… | Bit Rebels

Social media is a big part of everyone’s life these days. People are spending more time on social networking sites than ever before. Of course, the most popular social networking platform is still Facebook. It surprises me how much time we spend on Facebook. People log in there to play social games and to get updated on what their friends are up to for the day or the weekend. Another reason people spend time on that site is to get recommendations on products, gadgets and services before purchasing them. Consumer behavior has shifted. Instead of just checking out products or brands via the company websites, more and more people are now checking them out on Facebook as well. Consumers want to check out what people are saying about the brands or their services.

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Journalists and Social Media: How Far is Too Far? | Social Media Today

Newspaper gag rules for social mediaShould journalists avoid expressing opinion in their social media comments for fear of calling their objectivity into question? Or is the myth of real objectivity finally being torn by a global conversation in which everyone is expected to weigh in with his or her views?

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consumerACTIONism – Home – Charlie Sheen: A Master Class in Public Engagement?

This past Saturday was the opening of Charlie Sheen’s Violent Torpedo of Truth tour in Detroit (don’t worry, tickets are still available for future shows if you haven’t gotten them).

Yes, like many of you, I suffer from Sheen Fatigue. Yet I am also curious about what communication blueprint the Sheen Team followed so that he was everywhere simultaneously in just moments.

A crude timeline (pun intended) of Sheen Team tactics interestingly incorporates many of the components in Edelman’s approach to public engagement.

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