Archive for the ‘Public Relations’ Category
Friday, February 19th, 2010
It has been fun being involved with Help a PR Pro Out Day, and now the day, February 19, is upon us. Be on the lookout for the "#happo" hash tag on Twitter (and the #happobo tag for Boston) particularly between 11 am and 3 pm ET, as well as ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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I read this short piece, "The Great Journalism Exodus," by Jeffrey Goldberg in The Atlantic. In it, he discusses the fact that many journalists are switching over to public relations jobs. That's nothing new, but we're definitely seeing more of it in ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
BusinessWeek Editorial Layoffs; Just...Sad
Let's pretend that Bloomberg has a master plan for a leaner, stronger, BusinessWeek after buying the troubled magazine recently. They probably do, right? It still boggled the mind to see the parade of high-profile pink slips given out this week: Stephen Baker, Heather Green, Jon Fine, Robert Hof, etc. (the RaceTalk* ...
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
This was originally published on the SHIFT Communications "Slice" Blog
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the SIPA (Specialized Information Publishers Association) Marketing Conference in gorgeous Miami Beach, Florida (I know, the life of a PR flack is tough). I was asked to do a little work (the nerve) and present on social ...
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Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
When marketing blogger and fellow social media Bostonian Susan Getgood alerted me to "blog With Integrity," (www.blogwithintegrity.com), I was intrigued, for a few reasons;
There has been a lot of talk among bloggers (especially but not limited to "Mommy Bloggers"), about attempts by the government to regulate sponsored blog posts. ...
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
Scoble Declares Twankruptcy
Let's set aside for a moment the fact that some words shouldn't be "Twitterized with a "tw" in front; by "twankruptcy" I am talking to something akin to "RSS bankruptcy" or "inbox bankruptcy" where people xapp all their unread items because there are simply too many. Well, ...
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Saturday, July 18th, 2009
What the F**k is Social Media (One Year Later):
Last year at Podcamp Boston 3, the irrepressible Marta Kagan co-presented a presentation called "What the F**k is Social Media?" Now, she has updated it- it's an entertaining slide deck that manages to put across some compelling statistics about social media, some ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
The most recent flap about what PR is, stemming from the July 5 "Spinning the Web" New York Times story, still bothers me somehow.
Why? I think I have already nailed the idea that the article only portrayed a small slice of what PR is, a part that makes me pretty ...
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
How to Get Blog Traffic Without Really Trying:
I often refer to this blog- along with my other social media ventures- as a lab. I want to see what works, what people like, what gets you to read, respond and interact. Lately, I have had three instances that showed working methods ...
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Friday, June 26th, 2009
Rockstars of Social CRM- in Pictures!:
I blogged about my side impressions from this event early in the week, but Warren Sukernik put together these entertaining slides that give the perspective of someone who joined the event via Webinar:
Rockstars of Social CRMView more documents from Warren Sukernek.
Are We Setting Up ...
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