So we’ve held off on posting about Friendfeed for several months. As adoption has slowly increased, we have started to warm up to it. While it may be too soon to ditch Twitter and throw all your efforts into Friendfeed, it can be a great tool to add to your arsenal. Today, socialTNT takes a [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2008’
“Breadcrumbs: Using Curiosity to Strategically Reach Audiences”
Last week, Robert Scoble declared Tech PR useless. My response, a light-hearted post to shake off the negative energy, called for change within the PR industry. Many of you emailed me asking about the future of PR and marketing, so today I wanted to share those thoughts. Changing Landscape The founders of our industry, in [...]
“SHHH! Don’t Tell Anyone.”
Last Wednesday, I joined Text100 as Peer Media (aka New Media) Manager for North America. Working with Text, I can experience opportunities only available in a global firm. So far, I’ve already started collaborating on projects with people in France, Germany, China, Spain, Italy and South Africa. Being able to share ideas with experts from [...]
“Blogos and Journos–They’re Just Like US!”
Do you ever read Us Weekly? Yeah, yeah. Of course you don’t. Neither do I…I just look at the pictures. One of my favorite sections is “Stars–They’re Just Like US,” a regular section featuring photos of stars doing everyday things–just like us common folk. Pamela Anderson pays with a debit card–just like us! Reese Witherspoon [...]
“Video Sneak Peak of New WordPress ‘Crazyhorse’ at Wordcamp 2008″
socialTNT spent our Saturday at Wordcamp 2008 learning about all things social media and blogworthy. You’ll be seeing the results of what we saw in future posts. In the meantime, we did manage to video a demo of the new WordPress (aka Crazyhorse) given by Liz Danzico and Jane Wells. WordPress designed Crazyhorse after they [...]
“And…Cut! How Not To Pitch Video Content”
Last night a top-tier blogger told me they were having problems with people using video to promote and pitch their company. To make sure video doesn’t become the new press release that pisses journos and bloggers off, I wanted to share the problem and discuss a couple of ways to pitch video effectively. Problem Startup [...]
“The Blogos Are Right. Tech PR Must DIE!”
It’s been a rough week for PR peeps. The blogos are right, tech PR is losing the fight. What do you say we kill off all our bad practices and start anew? By confessing all of our sins, maybe we can set them free and finally move on! (For a more conventional approach to blogger [...]
“Make New Friends, But Keep The Old”
The last year has been a very exciting and amazing time in my life. Before working at SHIFT, I sat at my desk as an Assistant Account Executive pouring over media lists. Every day was dark and the firm I was at made me feel like I didn’t understand PR. Any mention of Todd or [...]
“Say No to No Comment: How to Answer Negative Blog Posts”
Someone wrote a scathing review of your company’s product on their blog–now what? Well, you can either ignore it or you can respond. In traditional PR, you’d be shirking your duties if you didn’t follow-up with the reporter. Same goes with social media, except the world can see your response. Whether the post is positive [...]