Archive for September, 2009
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
I have been noticing lately some handwringing, public and private, over the fact that social media marketing and PR folks do nothing but agree with each other in blog posts comments, and on Twitter et al. Nothing could be closer to the truth.
This cohort is a friendly bunch, all trying ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Embargoes Are Dead (Again)- So Says TechCrunch
Michael Arrington has some points in that some big companies (like Google) have finally succumbed to no-embargo news, but to declare embargoes dead on TechCrunch is to declare them dead-- well, on TechCrunch. They will live on in other places, PR folks.
Oh- and if ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
If you have been to this blog before, you probably know that I have worked hard to raise money for my participation in the Pan-Mass Challenge- to fight cancer. Both inspired and impressed, I have also been a fan of Drew Olanoff's clever "BlameDrewsCancer" campaign, conceived in the face of ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
While I tend to write about social media here, which is part of my work in public relations, regular visitors to this blog know that I get involved in causes as well, particularly the Pan-Mass Challenge. In fact, it's fair to say I get you involved as well, based on ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
Don't Call Me an Expert (or I'll Tell Geoff Livingston)
I can always count on Geoff to call BS on people in the social media space getting high on our own fumes (just ask him about your Personal Brand. I dare ya). in his latest, he takes on the idea of ...
Posted in Social Media Top 5, Uncategorized | 6 Comments »
Friday, September 18th, 2009
I was listening to the Quick-n-Dirty podcast (http://bit.ly/qd917), hosted by friends Jennifer Leggio and Aaron Strout (also a client), when their guest, Michael Brito of Intel, said something I completely agree with.
"You don't lose control of your message if you participate (in social media)."
I have long regarded the idea of ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
I have been shy about reviewing many social media books because I know many of the authors (I'm biased) and often find the books are full of things I am already doing (e.g. My head is too far up my own social networking portal). Danny Brown has a nice post ...
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Sunday, September 13th, 2009
I #blamedrewscancer for missing most of the "Blame-A-Thon"
Not long ago, Drew Olanoff, a familiar and active member of the online community, confronted his newly-diagnosed cancer with the humor- and bravery- that i can only hope I would have. He decided to turn blaming his cancer- for everything- into a meme, ...
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Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Alternate title: Why I Really Hate Lifestreaming.
I have written recently about my skepticism towards the term "lifestreaming." My main beef? I think the trend of everything for everybody in one stream of info is going exactly in the opposite direction that it should.
I allow for variations in "lifestreaming's" definition, but ...
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009
Often, social media experts say "don't talk about the tools; it's not about the tools." Of course, it's true; to understand social media, one needs to understand communications, which transcends the ever-changing sets of tools.
So why do a bunch of us still obsess about tools, breathlessly jumping on the latest ...
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