Peter Shankman
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Peter Shankman is the founder of HARO (http://helpareporter.com) - He spends the majority of his time on a plane, teaching companies how to utilize social media. Clients include Sprint, NASA, the US Government, and Haworth. He has lost his couch to two overweight cats.

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Thoughts on Klout and Psychology

Posted October 25, 2010 | 10:23:14 (EST)

While in San Francisco last week, I had a spectacular opportunity to have lunch with Philip Hotch, Joe Fernandez and Ash Rust, the three heads of one of the hottest social media companies currently out there, Klout.

For those living under a half-mile of earth for the past 69...

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Social Media: Are We Ever Going to "Get it?"

Posted October 13, 2010 | 14:28:11 (EST)

I spent a day last week speaking to a Fortune 100 company about the best ways to integrate social media into their marketing plans, and how best to use social media to help their marketing continue to generate revenue.

The majority of questions they asked me afterward fell into the...

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Five Ways to Not Screw up Your Networking Attempts

Posted October 4, 2010 | 14:51:49 (EST)

I was at a conference this weekend in Las Vegas -- It's bad enough to fight with the recycled air, the perfumed-at-50-degrees conference rooms, and the endless fried foods that pass for "healthy," but you add in 200 people who have absolutely no clue how to network, and it's enough...

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Turns Out, Everyone's a Source!

Posted July 1, 2010 | 15:05:29 (EST)

About seven years ago, I sent out my first email to about 100 journalists that I knew. In it, I told them that thanks to a hyperactive personality, I know a ton of people. If they ever needed a source on anything they were working on, they should email me...

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