Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
Monday, June 16th, 2008
by Mallory Dash
Chris Brogan has an excellent post on his blog today listing his top 100 personal branding tactics. While it won't be necessary to go through each and every one here (although I recommend you do on your own time) there are a few that are particularly pertinent to ...
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Thursday, June 12th, 2008
by Mallory Dash
We're a little late on this, but I'm going to try to make up for it with blazingly insightful commentary and the occasional Talking Heads reference. (My God, what have I done?)
Here we go- some of the more notable Webby winners and what we can all learn from ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
by Matt Clark
The LAPD has a blog...Government 2.0 anyone?
This is a great step for the blogosphere. Corporate America has accepted the medium and it's time for the government to do the same. There are 20 million people living in LA county and the area has almost as many news ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
By Matt Clark
As Paul Gillin said in The New Influencers, a single reference from a top blogger is sometimes all it takes to kick off a blog swarm, a massing of blog activity around one topic. Most PR professionals aim to create a swarm. We look for the ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
By Matt Clark
It’s not easy to cultivate brand equity in a world where candid customer feedback and conversations increasingly dominate news and search results around products. But a proven method of success is using social media to embrace customer engagement. But how do you track everything?
Summize.com allows PR and Marketing ...
Posted in Communities, Reviews, Social Media, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Monday, May 12th, 2008
By Matt Clark
A few days ago Gina Trapani of LifeHacker published a wiki blacklisting PR firms who pitch spam bloggers. This has kicked up some great social media conversation. How do you pitch bloggers? What’s the best way to work with a blogger? Is a site as popular as Tech ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
By: Mallory Dash
You can call it "getting to the point" to an extreme level. If you can say what you want to say to your audience in 140 characters or less, then you're ready for Twitter.
While the micro-blogging service is already popular among Web 2.0 enthusiasts, Twitter is also breaking ...
Posted in Branding, Communities, Digital Marketing, Reviews, Social Media, Social Networking, Strategy, Web Video | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
By Matt Clark
Blogging is one of the most common social media tools used today. Many marketers are in love with the idea of blogging. If you are a business owner with out a blog, you’re in the out crowd. “Did you see Johnny over there? Poor ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
By John Cantwell
Things may not be going so well for the airlines right now, but at least there's one bright spot – Southwest Airlines has a great, multi-pronged digital marketing campaign going.
The discount airline, famous for its cheap flights and “Wanna get away?” television spots, has entered the digital marketing ...
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
By: Matt Clark
After covering South Park's new South Park Studios, I have become addicted to the site. I am starting to engage the brand again as I did during college. A recent episode poked fun at online video (and Canada) but made some interesting points regarding online video ...
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