Do We Agree Too Much Online? Yes We Do- I Mean, No We Don’t
Doug Haslam 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…
September 2009
Social Media Top 5: Undead Embargoes, oneforty.com & Death by iPhone
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…
A Personal Appeal for Bone Marrow Donors
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…
September is Hunger Action Month
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…
Social Media Top 5: No Experts Need Apply, Facebook Owns YOU, and PR Running the Show
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…
The Message Control Myth
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…
Trust Agents- Works for Me
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…
Social Media Top 5: Blame-A-Thon, Facebook vs. TechCrunch (Please Let There be More) & Good PR Stuff
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…
Lifestreams? Feh. Life Branches? Better
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…
The One Reason to Focus on Tools
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…