Archive for the ‘social media’ Category
Monday, December 21st, 2009
I frequently tire of the "xxx is dead" statements that are cavalierly thrown about the social Web. Here are a few, real and imagined, that caught my eye lately, and why they may not be true.
RSS is Dead: I understand that Steve Rubel is saying in his post, "As the Decade Closes, ...
Posted in social media, Social Media Top 5 | 10 Comments »
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* ...
Posted in Public Relations, rant, social media, Social Media Top 5 | 4 Comments »
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, November 18th, 2009
Notice I didn't call it podcasting? I'm not sure I want to set up a special feed for video subscriptions, but I am thinking about adding more video to the mix.
The challenge: I'm itchy about the visual piece of video. I think the visual element- even a talking head-- draws ...
Posted in social media, Video | 3 Comments »
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Well, It's official- Social Media is For Narcissists. That's according to a study called The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement produced by San Diego State University and Youth Pulse. As far as I can tell, the study is some sort of knock on Genreation Y being self-centered. ...
Posted in rant, social media, Social Media Top 5 | 7 Comments »
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. ...
Posted in Public Relations, social media | 12 Comments »
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
UDATE: Kara Brickman has a great summary of linkjs to PodCamp Boston 4 blog posts, photos and sessions,at http://karabrickman.com/2009/08/invasion-of-the-pod-tweeple/
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As one of many folks who have attended all four Boston PodCamps going back to 2006, it has been interesting to see this event grow- ...
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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, ...
Posted in Public Relations, social media, Social Media Top 5 | No Comments »
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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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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