Archive for March, 2007
Friday, March 30th, 2007
This may not be the first time someone has asked this question, but with which comic book superhero do you most identify? I don't mean what super power would you like to have (or do have), or who is your favorite hero, but what character in comic books have you ...
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Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
Several friends in the social media-sphere were rabid supporters of Bum Rush the Charts last Thursday, March 22, and I joined in.
In short, BRTC was an effort to show that people could join together in a grass roots fashion to push an independent musician to the top of the iTunes ...
Posted in music, social media | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
My wife had an experience today that reminded me that tailoring your content to your audience is always the best move. As a PR flak, blogger and podcaster, as well as an old-time radio guy, I live the maxim that knowing your audience is #1.
She was not amused.
You see, ...
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Monday, March 26th, 2007
Do Not Manipulate
Originally uploaded by douglashaslam.
I am scratching my head as to why this "Do Not Manipulate" tag is sewn into the fly of this pair of pants. Is this a message? For abstinence? Anti- "self-manipulation?" Do I need to buy five more pants to make a complete ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Just posted Episode 8 of PRobecast, Topaz Partners' weekly Tech PR podcast.
This week's panel, Tim Allik, Rob Capra and Doug Haslam, discuss:
Opening notes-- thanks to Sam Whitmore for the mention in his latest Media Survey podcast
Listener comment -- Bryan Person of Bryper.com and the New Comm Road podcast on Bum ...
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
I have been following Bum Rush the Charts, a massive social media experiment-- and the eventtakes place today, March 22.
BRTC is an attempt to put an independent (non-major label) music artist in the iTunes Top 100 charts for one day, through word of mouth.
Go to Christopher Penn's site at: http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/bumrush ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
I used to work in public radio, and lately have been thinking about some of the things that happened while I was there. The stories are gradually coming back into mind: the opera singer who had a new dirty joke every night, the guy who mooned the Car Talk guys ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Once again, cross-posting show notes for the PRobecast podcast with Tech PR Gems
This week's panel, Tim Allik, Adam Zand and Doug Haslam, discuss:
Opening notes-- a challenge to Bryan Person and Chip Griffin
Google moves to make search archives anonymous, and announces it on the company blog
State of the Media Report from ...
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about how Harry Potter books got kids into reading. True enough, but for my 9 year old son it is Nothin' But Star Wars, and the dozens of novels it has spawned, from Boba Fett's adventures to the "Last of ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
I am hardly the first person I know to blog about Webkinz, but I have been watching this grow into a craze over the last few months, with my son (23 Webkinz and counting) and his friends turned into Webkinz crazies.
Being a moderately heavy Second Life user myself, it's ...
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