Uttercast: Happy Thanksgiving
Doug Haslam I love vacations and days off, but while I can rest, I know the rest of the world is still going full-tilt while I’m off. Holidays are different. The whole…
November 2008
Uttercast: What Will Change in Obama Presidency?
I got meme-tagged by Susan Getgood (http://getgood.com/roadmaps), asking me to weigh in on what change Obama will bring. Change? I am tempted to snort that a politician is a politician,…
Social Media Top Five: Monty Python, Personal Branding, Ghost-Blogging…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em – and make ’em laugh until they buy your stuff. More entertainment companies should follow this “treat your customers with respect and trust…
Uttercast: Disappearing Ink
PC Magazine is the latest publication to announce that it is stopping its regular print edition to concentrate on the Web. In public relations, we worry- as print publications decrease,…
Dan Lyons and the Yahoo! PR Flap: Lying?
Let’s forget about the fact that Dan Lyons is apparently retiring his personal blog, “The Real Dan Lyons.” Let’s forget that Newsweek apparently made him take down his post about…
Uttercast: Discoverers & Discoverees
I often notice two types in online (ok, social media- but really it’s not just about that) interactions: Discoverers and Discoverees. I try to follow as many Discoverers as I…
Uttercast: Mindset
Look at the patch in this picture. 1981 seems like another era, but I was actually a teenager when I attended the event indicated on this gaudy piece of embroidery.…
Social Media Top 5: SMB10, SNCR, and Never You (Social)Mind(er)
A bunch of social media events and topics have caught my eye in the past week. Not least of which, I have been busy attending Social Media Breakfast 10 in…
Uttercast: Obscure References
I love to make obscure pop culture references. I suppose it makes me feel smart to know useless stuff, but also, when someone else gets the reference, you can make…
Uttercast: Measurement, ROI & Other Scary Words
Yesterday’s Social Media Breakfast in Boston (SMB10- have we really had 10 already?) bore the topic "Social Media ROI." The speakers, Brian Halligan of Hubspot, Matt Cutler of Visible Measures,…