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It’s time for my very last weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! I’m passing the torch on to Lisa Larranaga, the new social media manager for Cision. It’s been a blast.

Without further ado, here’s the top five in no particular order…

Another 54 Warning Signs That You Might Work in Social Media via Social Fresh

“A little over 6 months ago, I had to deliver some fairly bad social media news to our readers.

It was a personal struggle I needed to come clean with.

Only because I knew it could help so many of you as well.

But it did not work, I fear many of you have actually gotten worse.

Please put down the smart phone, tablet, and Nike Fuel Band. We need to confront this…”

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Social media and community managers are the voices of their brands in social media, serve as social strategists, customer service managers and content creators.  Being a social media manager isn’t just posting on Facebook, tweeting or pinning. Yes, that’s a part of the role, but there’s a lot more that goes with it. Since jobs vary at each company there isn’t a universal potion to make a social media program work. Here are a few things I’ve learned during my tenure that may help emerging or veteran social media managers, or just those who want to know what we do all day!

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! Here’s the top five in no particular order…

5 Quick Tips to Smash Silos via Geoff Livingston

“Breaking down silos remains a huge issue for communicators.

Either in the context of the current social business buzz or modern integrated marketing, breaking down barriers within a culture to create comprehensive stakeholder experiences only makes sense.

The question then becomes how to break down those silos? Marketing in the Round (co-authored with Gini Dietrich) discusses the topic in depth, but I wanted to provide some quick tips for change agents looking to evolve their organization.”

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Reputation Changer CEO, Cliff Stein

Most customers are deeply engaged with products and services across the digital space. They turn to digital media, both at home and on-the-go. They use multiple outlets to ask questions, give reviews, and share and connect with others. So how do you defend your brands reputation?

Reputation Changer CEO Cliff Stein  offers his tips on how to defend your reputation:

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! Here’s the top five in no particular order…

To Tab or Not To Tab? That’s the Question for Facebook Page Admins. Via Alison Zarrella

“The (now-not-so) new updates to the layout of Facebook pages for brands, bringing them in line with the Timeline format, has brought about a lot of changes for marketers. And while the new larger photo and ease of advertising opportunities are major changes, it’s some of the smaller tweaks that brands really need to pay attention to. Namely, the shift away from Facebook tabs, and how this could impact pages down the line.”

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week. Here’s the top five in no particular order…

A Social Meda Crisis Plan. Yes, You Need One via PR Breakfast Club

“If you don’t already have a plan that outlines how you’ll handle a social media crisis, consider this your wake-up call–and something you should put on your to-do list today. As you create a Social Media Crisis Plan, it’s a good idea to look at your PR crisis communication plan and develop a similar plan for social media outlets. Don’t wait until a crisis happens in the social media space to create a plan for dealing with it — when you least expect it, it will happen.”

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week. Here’s the top five in no particular order…

Today’s Top 3 Google I/O Announcements Marketers Should Know via HubSpot Blog

“Has the Google news been bombarding your RSS feeds today like it has mine? Feeling a bit overwhelmed? To be honest, I had to take a deep breath myself. Talk about announcement overload! Today was the Google I/O conference, so it’s no wonder that we have some new developments to sort through.

But we’re inbound marketers, so we have to stay on top of these things. And luckily, you have us here to tell you what you need to know as marketers! So let’s review the top 3 announcements made at the Google I/O conference today that we should be aware of as awesome inbound marketers.”

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Public Relations is built on the foundation of two-way communication. It’s tasked with raising awareness of employers or client’s work and perspectives and learning from and responding to the conversation. Video gives PR pros a visual, engaging and entertaining tool. The availability and ease of use of online video have turned it into a universal medium. “Video sharing sites like YouTube are an excellent way to break the ice because nothing online is as personal and human as a video,” wrote Jamie Carracher on Mashable. With such a huge opportunity, how can PR pros tap into the power of sites like YouTube and use video on the go?

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! Here’s the top five in no particular order…

CBS Issues Fake (and Totally Awesome) News Release via Spin Sucks

Did you hear the news that CBS sued ABC over their new show called The Glass House?

Apparently CBS thinks it’s a direct rip-off of Big Brother, the reality show that follows a group of strangers living together in a house where they’re recorded and filmed 24/7.

And, to be fair, The Glass House also follows a group of strangers living together in a completely wired and state-of-the-art house. The only difference? The audience gets to vote on who stays and who goes.

But CBS lost a battle last week when a judge denied the restraining order which would prevent ABC from airing the show.

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It’s time for my weekly round-up of the best blog posts I have seen around the web this past week! Here’s the top five in no particular order…

How To Interview Anyone: 5 Lessons From Amazing Interviewers via Influential Marketing Blog

“One of the most popular forms of content creation today is interviews … but great interviews take a lot more than just coming up with a list of questions.  The sad fact is, not everyone who creates interviews to post online is actually good at doing them. So you might wonder, what do the people who ARE really good at it already know?

Over the last month I’ve done over 30 interviews as part of launching Likeonomics (that’s more than one a day). Across that time, I’ve done everything from answering emailed questions to sitting in a broadcast TV studio. Apart from getting good at sharing soundbites, the last month has really given me an up close look at almost every style of interviewing you can imagine.”

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