Uttercast: What Are You Afraid Of?
Doug Haslam I’m fond of the "just do it" school of social media. A lot of these tools are both pre-mainstream and cheap/free, so experimentation is a low risk venture. For that…
2009
How I Use Twitter (this is probably part one)
I’m a big user of Twitter – as many of you know, since the main traffic driver for this blog is Twitter – but I have probably not blogged about…
Uttercast: RSS; Who’ll tell us what to read?
After reading Ike Pigott’s article on Media Bullseye, "It’s Nothing Personal," (http://mediabullseye.com/…onal.html), in which he mock-apologized for not following the too-many blogs in his feed reader, I asked myself- will…
Social Media Top Five: Journalist POV, Incivility, and PR Agencies Really Doing Social Media?
Press Releases From a Journalist’s POV Daryl James, a former newspaper professional, lays out some very simple tips on what should go into a news release to get an editor’s…
Uttercast: Boston Globe’s Ted Kennedy Series
I have been reading the Boston Globe’s series on Ted Kennedy and have a few thoughts: (http://www.boston.com/…ls/kennedy) – Flogging a book with a serial in the paper is old school.…
Uttercast: On Media Hype and Responsibility
Taking part in Journchat Monday evening on Twitter (http://journchat.info/, http://twitter.com/journchat), one question came up that didn’t speak to PR people on the surface; did media hype make the economic situation…
Uttercast: Whither Print Newspapers?
The discussion about the future of newspapers isn’t inside baseball anymore; it’s kitchen table discussion. As we all wonder what will happen to the dailies, and talk about the Detroit…
Pan-Mass Challenge Update: Feb 15, 2009
The Pan-Mass Challenge is still more than five months away, but I have had an eventful couple of weeks in preparation. Fundraising is Off to a Great Start: Thanks to…
Social Media Top 5: How to Look Like an Ass on Twitter, and Baby Dunbars
Marketer Sounds off About a Reporter’s Rudeness, Acts Surprised When Said Reporter Unleashes a Barrage of Verbal Abuse A few lessons from the very public nasty words between marketer (“Don’t…
Uttercast: Maybe It’s Not a Blog
Quick thought from listening to the great "Marketing Over Coffee" podcast (http://marketingovercoffee.com)/. Christopher Penn told of an older woman who said she doesn’t read blogs on her Kindle, but reads…