Luke Armour – Digital Marketing and Public Relations Observations, Commentary, Frivolity

Luke Armour gives you the rundown on digital communication, Public Relations, and Marketing with special podcast guests.

Category: Frivolity

  • Many of us get really frustrated when our online platforms make changes to the user experience. Sometimes we like them, but more often than not, we get really angry and outraged by changes to our favorite social networks. I’m not immune to the anger; I’ve just gotten really good about understanding that I don’t have…

  • Or, Why Nobody Gets Anything Done On the Web. A new fav. Enjoy. The Google portion is one of my favorites. Also, Facebook not caring. YOLO, LOL, SMRICJRES. Okay, I made that last one up.

  • During a very interesting professional development presentation at Kent State University yesterday, I was exposed to this highly entertaining video from College Humor: Look at this Instagram. It says a lot about our desperate need to overuse fun social tools. And what it says about us. Visual communication can be an amazing way to tell…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • As Twitter popularity grows, so does the resulting questioned looks we get as we try to explain it. And no wonder, imagine Twitter in real life… [feed readers click through for video] more about “Real Life Twitter – CollegeHumor video“, posted with vodpod This is what happens when you actually say the things you would…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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