As social sites like Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Digg become increasingly more important to PR pros, we will need one centralized location to manage our online identity. Recently, we’ve been playing with the top candidates, Internet browser plugins Yoono and Minggl. Today, socialTNT shares our findings, so you can find the right plugin to streamline [...]
Posts Tagged ‘twitter’
“Company Buzz: New LinkedIn Application Tracks Twitter”
Flashback, last Fall: We couldn’t get on Facebook without playing a round of Scrabulous and Superpoking all our friends. By Spring, however, we’d become tired of all the drivel and wanted something a little more utilitarian. Today, professional social network LinkedIn answers our prayers by launching its own set of apps–for grown ups! Unlike Facebook [...]
“OMG!! Blogging Is Dead! Now What?: Quick & Dirty Alternatives”
This morning, WIRED jumped on the “blogging is dead” bandwagon. Ironically, they wrote the article, well, in a blog post. The writer, Paul Boutin, makes some good points: too many mainstream publications to get heard, too many secret marketing campaigns and too much of a time suck to write. So, um, now what? Social Media [...]
“Safety in Numbers: How to Fight Brand Hijacking on Twitter”
Last week a reporter asked my opinion on the state of brands on Twitter after the Exxon Twitter-jacking debacle. “As more companies move on to Twitter, how are we to know who is real and who is a fake?” she asked. “How can a reporter or a consumer know that this person can be a [...]
“Reporters on Twitter? Say Twellow to My Leetle Friend”
So you’re on Twitter, sharing posts and chatting with your colleagues. You’re also looking out for your clients by monitoring for conversations using Summize (now owned by Twitter). But how do you tap into the power of Twitter and learn more about your target reporters? Don’t fret social media heroes and heroines. The lovely folks [...]
“You Are Doing Your Clients a Horrible Disservice”
…if you don’t monitor for them on Twitter. How would your clients take it if you didn’t respond to a negative article in a smaller daily, say the Oakland Tribune? You wouldn’t want to miss the chance to respond to a potentially harmful blog post, so why miss a Tweet? Use Summize. It finds all [...]
“Our Modern Lives: Tune In or Turn Off?”
Today’s post was written by contributing writer Marie Williams. With Blackberries and iPhones keeping us constantly connected to an online IV stream, it’s becoming increasingly more difficult to disconnect. As of late, discussion around the problems of our “always on” lifestyles seem to be popping up everywhere. Last month, the Churchill Club held a panel [...]
“Punk’s Not Dead: Rethinking SXSW Criticism”
Whether Twitter, blogs, or the Main Stream Media, the topic this week has been the SXSW festival. Many in attendance feel the Conference and its presenters just don’t get it. Is it the promoters’ fault, or the audience’s? Maybe it’s a little bit of both. In this corner, the Returning Heavy Weight Champion: The Organizers [...]
“3sday’s 3Q’s in 3 Min: Matt Mullenweg, WordPress”
It’s Thursday afternoon, and…yup, that’s “3sday’s 3Q’s in 3 Min” hittin you on your iPhone. You can go ahead and answer. Every Thursday, socialTNT channels the spirit of citizen journalism by putting bloggers, reporters, PR pro’s or anyone with something to say about social media in front of the camera for a short, three minute [...]
