Pip.io out of beta; “Better than Facebook – Better than Twitter”

If you want to get noticed by the media when you send out a press release, you should have a strong title. 

The company with the boldest statement and strongest title in a press release in 2010 is already known, if you ask me.

The prize goes to Pip.io, a service that says hello to the world today (in fact, it’s not in beta anymore, officialy since today, in reality since yesterday) with a press release, titled “Better than Facebook – Better than Twitter – Introducing Pip.io”.

You have to have a lot of nerve to claim this, know how to get the buzz or be very sure of your service (or a combination of these). At least, that’s what I thought at first.

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An email marketing expert’s view on social media

I dugg up an older post of our contributor Scott Hardigree from indiemark. For me, it’s an interesting post since it shows how an email marketing expert looks at social media.

It’s amazing to me that many email marketers still don’t see how strongly email marketing, social media and other forms of marketing are connected.

Now, before you read this post, I should warn you that Scott wrote it a year ago. In a year lots of things change, but it’s still an interesting and for some readers maybe slightly controversial look at social media marketing and maybe even at email marketing. Read the post below.

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