Social Media Top Five: Monty Python, Personal Branding, Ghost-Blogging…
Doug Haslam 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…
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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…
Social Media Top 5: Colonizing Austin and PRWeek’s Beauty Contest
It must be summer– I have been delinquent for two weeks in getting out a Social Media Top 5, putting me at risk of becoming a snark-fader. But there is…
Social Media Top 5: Jonesin’ for PodCamp Boston 3
A few less-than-consequential things picked up this past weekend at PodCamp Boston 3. There’s only four to start, but that’ll do: Quote of the weekend: “This is where I ran…
PodCamp Boston 3: “Smart Social Media Marketing”
For PodCamp Boston 3, I was fortunate to be invited to sit on a panel with crayon‘s Greg Verdino, Morpheus Media’s Adam Broitman (pictured below, with me, as a make-good…
Personal Branding from the Person’s Point of View
I could not let my new employer, Todd Defren, Principal at SHIFT Communications, post about personal branding without firing off a response from the “personal” side of the equation. I…
Quality and Standards: How much for that video?
At Social Media Breakfast 8 in Cambridge, Mass. on June 24, the topic was video, and some innovative ways people are using video. Of particular interest to me were Ben…
Social Media Top 5: 4,000 for 40 and Other Obnoxiousness
For this week’s Social Media Top 5, I get to be the Social Media Jerk– at least to start: 4,000 for 40. Nothing says “Social Media Jerk” like Shiny Object…
Social Media Top 5: Twisney’s onto something: where next?
As if any blogger or social media addict needed ego-inflation, the kind folks at Utterz called me an “immortal” among mobile podcasters. Apparently I’m a mobile podcaster. Ok, I’ll buy…
Utterzcast: ‘Broken’ Conversation
I have been hearing a lot about ‘broken’ conversations lately, most recently on Todd Defren’s blog, www.pr-squared.com. What do you do if something you started on your blog is discussed…