It’s been a solid 3+ years as a blogger here at evolvor, and because of that I’ve earned a ton of experience not only in the content development side of things, but also in the PR department. As I’ve continued to grow as a respected mind in the ever evolving digital music landscape, I’ve noticed that many still approach sending out press releases in the same fashion that has been used for years. And that approach, in my mind, is rather stupid.

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A few days ago I was asked to check out this great presentation on the “science” of “ReTweets” using Twitter from social media scientist Dan Zarrella.

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I’ve been waiting a week now to post this, but alas we had some major technical problems that had to be ironed out. Thankfully, they’ve been resolved so you can expect lots of music and marketing goodies here this week at evolvor.com

First up is a shout out to Greg Rollet and his newly live Gen Y Rockstars website. Greg has been a partner-in-crime in the music marketing world for quite some time now, and his new site is designed to provide musicians with the tools and resources they need to make it happen online.

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I originally sent this article as an entry to Andy Beal’s Search Engine Marketing Contest, but I guess it was a little off-topic and was not published. So I have instead published it here for you to enjoy.

God Bless the USA: How the Internet & Social Media is preserving our freedoms and keeping the power with the people in a cloudy 21^st century democracy.

Let’s face it folks. The recent past has been a rather tumultuous one for the United States. Between the tragedy of 9/11, the ongoing war in Iraq, and the threat of international terror, our people have slept eyes wide open questioning the roads are government has decided to drive us down.

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Why is Rand the man? For excellent posts and content, that’s why. Here’s a great look at the art of social media sites.