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October, 2009

Jeff Beatrice; Loss of Beloved Coach and Father Rallies Community to Help

UPDATE: The event was a success, and while I don’t have an official total, we expect the Sports-a-Thon raised an amount in the “five figures.” Thanks to you blog readers for your part in the effort. I plan to post a separate update in the near future. I am writing this post to ask my [...]

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“7th Son” Trilogy– Social Media Launches Book, and It’s Still Going

I have been hearing about J.C. Hutchins’ “7th Son” thriller trilogy for a while, as the author has distributed his books, unconventionally, online via social media. Especially endearing to me, with my history in radio and audio drama productions, was that this was originally distributed as an audio book. I credit friends such as C.C. Chapman with [...]

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Social Media Top 5: Getting Metaphysical with FourSquare, Books, Drawing Disclosure

FourSquare- Mayor of Squatville I have been using FourSquare, the service which lets you alert friends of your whereabouts,  a bit lately. I like the utility for nights out and especially for large events where people like to know where the party is. I used it quite a bit in Las Vegas during BlogWorld, for example, to figure out where [...]

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BlogWorld Expo: Digital Symbiosis: How Bloggers Can Benefit from PR and Vice-Versa

Originally posted at the Slice Blog from SHIFT Communications I had the good fortune of attending BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas this past weekend, and the honor of taking over a “Lightning Round” session for SHIFT’s principal, Todd Defren, who was unable to attend. The session was titled “Digital Symbiosis: How Bloggers Can Benefit from [...]

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I Love Hub & Spoke/I Hate Hub & Spoke

The latest shiny object of communications I am hearing about is "hub and spoke," where spokes of communication are served by a central hub of content. I like the concept, in that it tries to justify another shiny object I have a hard time caring about; "lifestreaming." If the spokes serve diversified audience niches thru [...]

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Observations From BlogWorld Expo

Just back from BlogWorld Expo in Las Vegas, and I have a few observations: A little history: three years ago, I attended the Podcast and New Media Expo in Ontario, California, which has since merged with BlogWorld. It took place right after the very first PodCamp in Boston, and it seemed that the social media [...]

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Effective PR in a Social World; from Integrated Marketing Summit

This week, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Integrated Marketing Summit in Kansas City. First of all, thank you to Shawn Elledge and the crew for putting on a great event and being such gracious hosts. One thing that was refreshing about this event is that I was among a lot of new [...]

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Google Sidewiki: Brandjacking? or the Future? (w/ Bonus Content)

This post was originally published on Todd Defren’s blog, PR-Squared- Todd is Principal at SHIFT Communications, my employer One of the latest shiny objects, Google’s Sidewiki, intrigues me as a communications professional. Sidewiki, as Google says, lets you “contribute helpful information to any Web page.” Here’s a 1-minute video that describes the concept: One thing [...]

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Social Media Top 5: Pay for Twitter, Stupid Transparency Tricks, and WaPo Social Media Guidelines

Pay for Twitter? Dan Ziman says yes, and lays out his case. A couple of years ago I said I would pay for Twitter (and Dan’s $30/year is in my budget), but I haven’t gotten any feeling that paid personal accounts are part of Twitter’s model. It brings us back to the idea of “free” [...]

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On the Road: October & November

All of a sudden,  I’m hitting the conference circuit this autumn. Here is a summary of the upcoming events I will be at (and, I am flattered to say, speaking). While I don’t particularly care to toot my own, horn, this is the best place to keep all this information straight– and hopefully some of [...]

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