This post is brought to you by the letter p. What if all you need to be a successful marketing, PR, social media or ___________________ thought leader is these 29 Ps? 1. Publish – have something in writing 2. Produce – keep information flowing 3. Photograph – take pictures 4. […]
Monthly Archives: November 2008
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How do you feel about rejection? “Rejection is the absence of meaningful love.” Charles Solomon, author “Actors search for rejection. If they don’t get it they reject themselves.” Charlie Chaplin “I think all great innovations are built on rejections.” Louis Ferdinand Celine, French writer and physicist 1894-1961 “I take rejection […]
BlogHer is coming back to Chicago! After attending BlogHer07 in Chicago as a local volunteer live blogger, I made the decision to travel to BlogHer08 in San Francisco. What a difference a year made! In 2007, blogging was still edging into the monetization mainstream. In 2008, PR reps from […]
Thanks to Michael Pranikoff, PRNewswire’s Director of Emerging Media, for a stellar presentation last week at the MeetingTechOnline Summit. In his session, Utilize Web 2.0 and Video Tools to Increase Success and Drive Revenues, Michael covered Web 2.0 basics, spotted social media trends and introduced new online PR concepts. I’m […]
Thanks to Peer Lawther for asking this question on LinkedIn: Has anyone used Twitter as a live conference blogging tool, and what were the conclusions you reached as to its suitability? See how everyone answered the question about how to use Twitter as a live conference blogging tool. Here’s my […]
Bloggers link a lot. Twitterers may link more. Twitter shortens long URLs automatically to 25 characters, using tinyurl. Tr.im chops URLs down to 16 characters, giving you 9 extra spaces on twitter PLUS number of visits and statistics. And, you can trim and tweet and the same time using the […]
Forget marketing. Forget PR. Forget being a company. Be. A. Publisher. That’s the heart of the message David Meerman Scott delivered to a group of trade show and meeting planners at the MeetingTechOnline Summit today. But, if you’ve read his book, The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to […]
A reader writes . . . Hi Barbara – My name is Mark McGinnis and I’m not sure just how I got on your mailing list – but it was good timing for this… My wife (Kim) and I are new to offering Seminars. I saw that you got 77 […]
Yesterday, I took our oldest daughter to vote, her very first time. She did touch-screen. I colored in the circles. Then, we went to Starbucks for our free coffee. “With love from corporate,” our barrister said as he handed over the tall dark roast. Later, it was on to an […]
Open Web Awards election season is coming up and Mashable needs candidates. For those, they turn to you. Nominations open on November 5 and close on November 18. Voting rounds run from November 19 – December 15, 2008. In 2007, the first Open Web Awards achieved over 250,000 votes combined […]
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