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• UNFOLLOW! What kind of tweets drive you nuts?

  You know the tweet. Someone posts a message that's so self-congratulatory or maybe an obnoxious quote and you've had enough. Sorry, pal, you're unfollowed. What kind of tweets make you unfollow someone?

• Have you posted an entry to the MyRagan Caption Contest?

  Winner of the Caption Contest gets a free PR Daily webinar. Contest ends Friday at 10 a.m. Central Time.

• Responding to a negative Facebook comment

  A not-for-profit, active on Facebook, is unsure how it should handle a negative comment on its Facebook page. Your help would be much appreciated.

• MyRagan Caption Contest: Win a webinar

  What did this clown do wrong? Add your caption; top entry gets a free webinar from PR Daily.

• Core skills for government communicators

  A communicator with the Australian government shares advice for her peers.

• Got any words of advice for the class of 2010?

  Graduation season is over, which means college grads are either in the workforce or looking for work (or maybe none of the above). What advice do you have for budding communicators in today's harsh hiring landscape?

• What spam says about our society

  By exploring the depths of her spam filter, a communicator is pioneering a new dimension of cultural anthropology.

• Are you using Postling?

  It's a monitoring website and a MyRagan-ite's boss told him to check it out. Have you checked it out? Any thoughts?

• Which language goofs drive you crazy?

  This is an older post (with 141 comments) that a MyRagan-ite refreshed with this pet peeve: "in abstentia" instead of "in absentia." What makes your skin crawl?

• Anyone know of good e-mail tracking software?

  An organization wants to buy e-mail tracking software, but first it wants your advice on which kind to buy.

• An unfortunate typo

  In an obit, a newspaper left the "r" out of the world "shirt." But that's not even the whole story.

• Tracking down Facebook metrics

  Does anyone know if it's possible to track which of your Facebook fans most frequently recommend and/or share your page?

• Should interns handle social media at your company?

  A MyRagan-ite asked for social media 101 tips, because her organization just hired a social media intern. Thing is at least one communicator has questioned if letting an intern handle social media is such a good idea. What do you think?

• Brand alignment — here's how you do it

  Getting employees on-board with your marketing message is tricky. Here's some advice to make it easier.

• Beginner's tips for social media

  A MyRagan-ite wants to know: If your company was just getting started with social media, what should it do first?

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  Here’s how a former journalist gets Kaiser Permanente the coverage it wants.

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