Media Bullseye
Geek dinners tend to resort to nerdy talk about tech news, the latest shiny social media gadget, and the latest social networking stories and stats. In our space, it also tends to turn into a discussion of the latest PR and marketing gaffes. It is called a Geek Dinner, after all. I was pleased, while [...]
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With all of the exciting things being released from Google recently, including the convoluted, yet promising Google Wave, the experimental organized search-relevancy tool that is Google Squared, and the promise of Chrome on Mac and Linux, Google is certainly making strides to bury the release of Microsoft’s search engine Bing continue to be the a [...]
Filed under: Digital Communications, Digital Tools, Frivolity, technology | Tagged: Bing, Chrome, google squared, google wave, Roommates, the big honkin | Leave a Comment »
On the web, transparency and trust matter. Reputation management is increasingly important since, every day, the control of the message slips further out of the corporate grasp. Think about what messages you and your company are broadcasting. Then think about what you and your company are actually doing. Then think about what people actually say [...]
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I, as a humble observer of the digital landscape, merely comment on the buzz therein. So, yes, I appear to be on a Twitter kick, but with good reason, it’s getting popular – and ultimately ridiculed because of it. People and businesses are using it, but still many people outside the fruit-drink chugging circle will [...]
Filed under: Digital Communications, Digital Marketing, Digital Tools, Frivolity, Twitter | Tagged: current_, SuperNews, Twouble with Twitter | 3 Comments »
I tweet. You tweet. Who doesn’t tweet? Well, a lot of people, that’s who. While cool tools like Twitter are great instruments (hat tip, Shannon Paul) with a lot of fantastic uses, it’s good to remember that, despite the fact that your Tweetdeck is giving you a constant window into the Twitterverse – and all [...]
Filed under: Communication 101, Customer Service, Digital Communications, Frivolity, Marketing, Online PR, technology, Twitter | 2 Comments »
As communicators, we are sometimes so close to a story, product or social media tool that we have a hard time explaining it to someone “on the outside.” But we should always be keeping our target audience in mind as we write, present, and network. What do these people know right now? What am I [...]
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To pay homage to the twisted twins PR Fail and PR Wins set up by Jonathan Hopkins and Brendan Cooper (a new overseas FH colleague) respectively, I’m turning this week’s Friday Frivolity into Friday FAIL. Actually, it’s also just an excuse to highlight some of the hysterical things that brighten my day from the Fail [...]
Filed under: Frivolity, Future of PR, Professional Development, Proud of PR, Public Relations | Tagged: brendan cooper, fail blog, jonathan hopkins, prfail, prwin | 2 Comments »
