Your Domain Your Rules?
Doug Haslam I was intrigued by Mitch Joel’s wondering aloud whether he should stop allowing comments on his blog (http://tinyurl.com/njp622). Ironically, several of the comments in that post led him to rethink…
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Social Media Top 5: Podcasting Patent, Twitter Trends, & is Speaker List a Boy’s Club?
A Patent for “Podcasting?” Podcasters are a pretty strong, tight-knit community. I recall (because I was in the middle of it) when Apple tried to defend trademark applications for “podcast”…
It’s Not Just Targeting- It’s Timing
An article in Entrepreneur Magazine this week talked about "The Pitch." In essence, the article writes to "shut up" until you have crafted a useful story for your target, rather…
Summer and Routines
I have questioned the myth(?) that summer is slower in business, but of one thing I am certain: summer changes your routines. As father of an 11 year-old, I appreciate…
Social Media Top 5: Twitter 101, Spam, and Amazon/Zappos
The Newest Entrant in the Twitter Primer Business is… Twitter A primary rule in communications is tell your own story. Twitter has been happy to let others do that for…
Normalization of Social Media in Marketing (?)
I was flipping through one of my favorite trade magazines, BtoB, and taking in the latest issue as a whole, thought: Is social media becoming normalized in corporate marketing? There…
Personal Branding- an Argument Over Semantics?
Personal branding seems to set some people off. Witness Geoff Livingston’s post on how he loathes personal branding (http://bit.ly/Xzoc2). Ironically (perhaps), he is a great example of a well-rounded personal…
Media Bullseye Article on the NYT ‘PR’ Piece
There has been bit of brou-ha-ha in the PR community over the July 5 New York Times "Spinning the Web" article. I have made my opinion known, especially over at…
Summer is Never What it Seems
"Summer is always dead." Wrong. I spent ten years in the news industry, and now 11 in public relations. Every year, people expect summer to be slow. The weather is…
Obsession with Numbers is OK
Mobile post sent by DougH using Utterli. Replies. mp3 Between cycling, fundraising for the Pan-Mass Challenge, and generally being on the social networks, I’m pretty comfortable with numbers. By that I…