Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Episode 33 of PRobecast,Topaz Partners' weekly PR podcast is up:
Rob Capra , Tim Allik, Rib Capra, Wendie Larkin and I discuss:
Trade shows in competition. Good, bad or confusing?
Building relationships in order to market your message
DEMO recap, including live blogging, or the lack of it
More evidence that the press release ...
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
This week's Social Media Top 5, still awaiting more Top 10's from Bryper:
Bryan Person gone missing: search party discovers him alive and well behind the paid event firewall. Come back to us Bryan!
Podcast & New Media Expo and Hug-a-Thon opens in manure-soaked and poorly-named Ontario, California. Dozens of confused podcasters ...
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Episode 32 of PRobecast,Topaz Partners' weekly PR podcast is up:
Rob Capra , Adam Zand and I discuss:
A recap of the latest Social Media Cub event in Boston, with Forrester's Josh Bernoff, Dan "Fake Steve Jobs" Lyons of Forbes, and Steve Restivo of Wal-Mart
Paper press kits: dead or alive? Discuss. Hat ...
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Monday, September 17th, 2007
Let's make this a regular thing, just like Bryper's Social Media Top 10, shall we?
Well, Bryan could actually use a little blogging bran, as he seems to have missed his Top 10 for this week (he has been busy showing people how incredibly smart he is - btw-- there is ...
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Saturday, September 15th, 2007
The one and only Michael Jackson has died. I was sad to learn this, two weeks after the fact, from the great WhiskeyCast.*
As a Scotch drinker, I found Michael Jackson's Complete Guide to Scotch an immense help in learning about the different Scotch regions, and the subtler differences among ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
I didn't think I would post anything about 9/11; what could I possibly add? But the reminiscences of friends kept it on my mind. To top it off, my friend Scott Sughrue took these two pictures today at the 9/11 6th anniversary memorial commemoration:
Note the name smack dab in ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Episode 30 of PRobecast,Topaz Partners' weekly PR podcast is up:
Todd Van Hoosear, Rob Capra and I discuss:
The PR issues around the latest Apple iPod announcement, and reaction to the price reduction of the iPhone. Arrogant or responsive?
The Mitt Romney citizen-created ad contest. Is the campaign ready for ...
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Monday, September 10th, 2007
Bryan Person does a decent job, with his "Social Media Top 10," but I think the list needs more spin, more pizzazz, more "je-ne-say-what?"
So, here is my take on a "Social Media Top 5" as of today:
Joseph Jaffe bans letter "C," renames company "rayon."
"Bryper"-style naming convention fails to catch on, ...
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Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
PodCamp Boston 2 is coming, October 26-28, 2007. I am particularly excited because this year I actually know what I am getting into, and have been asked to join the growing horde of event organizers.
I'll let Steve Garfield in the video below and the text that follows ...
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