Does McKinsey Indicate a Social Media Tipping Point?
The advance guard of the blogosphere were afraid that they missed the blogging and social media wave back in 2006 when I wrote Surfing as a Metaphor for the State of the Blogosphere and Don’t Worry You...
View ArticleBL Ochman Debunks Six Social Media Myths Over at Business Week
BL and I adore eachother so I was very excited to receive an email from her last night with a link to her latest article on Business Week, Using social media to market your business is a good idea....
View ArticleHow to Make Constructive Criticism Online
Chris Garrett has a super-smart, “stop, think, breathe, write, review, share, rewrite, and then maybe don’t hit post,” list of things to consider before criticizing anyone or anything online, 10 Tips...
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MySpace Versus Facebook Goes to Facebook
Some interesting news about the MySpace versus Facebook competition for number one social network from the gang over at Mashable, Facebook Overtakes MySpace (Again): MySpace is running out of surveys...
View ArticleWhy Social Media Marketing Makes Brands Nervous
Tom Smith wrote a smashing article that really gets why big brands are having such a big problem with social media. The article is over at Mashable and deserves a read because I am only excerpting the...
View ArticleA Snarky-Ass Review of Gladwell’s Outliers
I have to hand it to Chris Matyszczyk. His CNET review of Malcolm Gladwell’s already historical and world-famous book, Outliers, is a real snark-fest and quite a jolly little thing. Here’s an excerpt...
View ArticleThank You Fresh Air Fund Camp Counselor Bloggers!
Fresh Air Fund not only needs host families, donations, and children every year, FAF also needs camp counselors to staff the summer camps every year. The Fresh Air Fund and Abraham Harrison LLC reached...
View ArticleSocial Media Marketing Spooks Brands
Tom Smith wrote a smashing article that really gets why big brands are having such a big problem with social media. The article is over at Mashable and deserves a read because I am only excerpting the...
View ArticleThe contorversy about Yelp
Jonathan Trenn popped this insightful article about Yelp over on Marketing Conversation, The contorversy about Yelp (and be sure to check out David Gelles’ article on a similar topic over at the...
View ArticleUsing Directories for Search Engine Reputation Management
I think you should check out Michael Gray new article, Using Directories for Search Engine Reputation Management, because it is a very interesting article — essential reading — I have only excerpted a...
View ArticleUsing Directories for SERM and ORM
I think you should check out Michael Gray new article, Using Directories for Search Engine Reputation Management, because it is a very interesting article — essential reading — I have only excerpted a...
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I think I committed suicide in Twinity
My CEO, Mark Harrison, downloaded and installed a new 3D virtual world called Twinity, based in Berlin, that will recreate the world’s coolest cities, starting with Berlin. Mark loves Berlin more...
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Lee Hopkins on Email Marketing in Digital PR
When I realized that I could download the OPML file from the Power 150 site and then hack it around into a contact list of over 900 of the top advertising, marketing, PR, and SEO bloggers on the...
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Is email marketing still relevant in a 2.0 world?
When I realized that I could download the OPML file from the Power 150 site and then hack it around into a contact list of over 900 of the top advertising, marketing, PR, and SEO bloggers on the...
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An Interview with Martin Oetting of Germany's trnd
Cross-posted on SocialMedia.biz — As part of my exploration of branding and communication around the world, I am starting a series of interviews with as many European and world-wide movers-and-shakers...
View ArticleAdvice to a PR Professional of Tomorrow
Earlier this week, I guest lectured on digital PR at the American University and reported on the experience, Public Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!. I said that I would not write...
View ArticleSage Advice to a PR Professional of Tomorrow
Earlier this week, I guest lectured on digital PR at the American University and reported on the experience, Public Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!. I said that I would not write...
View ArticleSEO Strategies Aren’t Either Or But Both
Nick from Search Engine Optimization Journal says it short, sweet, and right on, Is Organic SEO Really Your Best Option? For years SEO practitioners have been proclaiming the virtues of organic SEO....
View ArticleIs Washington Metro Opening Cell Service?
Metro has been Verizon’s bitch for as long as I have known. I wonder if the following means that the DC WMATA is opening up the cell phone network to other networks — let me know if that is what it...
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Erika Mauer Was My Neighbor in Berlin
Berlin is surely the coolest city on earth. Erika La Tour Eiffel (AKA Erika Mauer) was my next-door neighbor for a while in Berlin. She is an Objectum Sexual and here is her story! (You can watch all...
View ArticleMcKinney is a Website You Can Talk To
Othersource in Poland partnered with McKinney ad agency to build a Flash 3D engine with artificial intelligence for the McKinney website that’s launching this week.Compared to other sites in the...
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Social Media and Blogging Ethics and a Code of Conduct
Bloody great, best-in-breed, article about online PR and marketing ethics by my buddy David Gelles of the Financial Times — he is surely a golden child and new media journalist rock star… be sure to...
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Flogging, Astroturfing, Comment Spamming Oh My!
Bloody great, best-in-breed, article about online PR and marketing ethics by my buddy David Gelles of the Financial Times — he is surely a golden child and new media journalist rock star… be sure to...
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Chelsea Reviews My Comm350 Guest Lecture
I spoke to two classes of communications majors today about digital PR and social media marketing. It was a wonderful experience. The University of Maryland undergraduate course was called Comm350:...
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Guest Lecturing on Blogger PR to Communications Undergrads at UMD
I spoke to two classes of communications majors today about digital PR and social media marketing. It was a wonderful experience. The University of Maryland undergraduate course was called Comm350:...
View ArticleAll Your Data is Belong to Us, Says Facebook
I received a call from CNN news this morning asking for my sage insight into the issue that Facebook has changed its Terms of Service (ToS) to expand its ownership of data to include your first born....
View ArticleBlogs Have Either Died or Consolidated
While I have only met James Joyner of Outside the Beltway fame once, we keep in touch a little bit. I have always admired his business and blogging acumen. Well, it is James’ 6-year blogiversary, and...
View ArticleThe State of Buzz (and Word of Mouth) in 2009
I spent three years working at New Media Strategies, from 2003-2006, doing buzz marketing and have spent from 2007-2009 doing some semblance of word-of-mouth and public relations.As a result, I am...
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The Merkur XR4Ti Was My Kind of Car (RIP)
I have to admit that the oddball Merkur XR4Ti, which was my type of car and an attempt by Ford to import its European models to the US, failing horribly and probably a contributing factor to Ford’s...
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The Social Network Business Plan by David Silver
Interesting new business book, The Social Network Business Plan, is out, written by David Silver. It looks interesting because, in my humble experience, most people go into the world of Social Media...
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