Want more recognition for the impact your PR campaigns are making? Yes you do - and you deserve it. It's not always easy to measure PR when it's going well, but there is a way: think like a marketer. We've teamed up with PR measurement expert Angela Jeffery of MeasurementMatch.com to show you how: join us next Wednesday and learn how it's done.

It’s Friday! But before you get to your big weekend plans, check out our top five reads! We've got amazing insight from Peter Shankman on how NOT to do PR, conversion tips for your next marketing campaign, three SEO tips for your next blog post, a new Gaga-powered social network and the scoop on Pinterest's latest high-profile user. Take a look!

Like all the social networks, LinkedIn is growing by leaps and bounds. Launched in 2003, the professional networking site is the oldest of the Big Three (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter) and has 100 million members and counting. Recently, LinkedIn has undergone a few changes, including LinkedIn Today, an industry-specific news feed, a share function, and video functionality allowing professionals to incorporate video into their profiles – but the changes won’t stop there. Here are some more that you might see this year.

Businesses everywhere have been prepping for Valentine's Day. They've been planning events, creating discounts and dreaming up promotions for the past few weeks. They've also been spreading the word about their events, deals and promotions with PRWeb. Check out our five favorite Valentine's Day news releases!

Happy Friday! This week’s top five reads include Super Bowl ads that could have used a mobile boost, skills you don’t learn in PR class, Facebook page management, an email marketing infographic and a TV that you control with your iPad. Check out the links we love!

Diva Toolbox, an organization that supports and connects women in business, hosted its Promote Me conference for small business owners yesterday here at Vocus Headquarters. Nearly 50 attendees came for the conference to hear six expert speakers sharing loads of tips and useful information on how to grow a business. We sat in on the day's sessions and wrote down some of the gems of wisdom we encountered. Here are 32 of the best.

As the world of social media continues grows, marketers have a lot to consider. In fact, theres' almost too much to consider, which is why we're going to be scanning the headlines to bring you the news we think is essential. This month, four social media marketing stories (besides Pinterest, of course), have caught our attention. If these are any indication, the biggest channels may look very different by the end of this year.

Pinterest is growing fast. The social bookmarking site now has more than four million active users and has seen site visits increase by 4,000% in the last six months. Businesses everywhere are catching on and are using Pinterest to drive traffic to their site and win more customers. Your business can do it too! We've got five tips that'll help get you started.

We’re rounding off the week with the fourth and final installment of State of the Media industry expertise: here’s Vocus radio Expert Kyle Johnson with answers to your radio industry questions from last week’s webinar. Find out what’s going on with Sirius/XM radio, how Internet radio sites like Pandora are changing the industry and much, much more. Enjoy!

Friday is here! This week’s top five reads include the juicy details Facebook released when they went public, The Most Annoying Tweet Imaginable, a list of 2012’s top social media blogs, some PPC advice and a microwave… blowing stuff up. Check it out!