Super Quick Quiz Who did you talk to online today? What did you say? Where did you go? Why? What did your recommend? What did your friends do online today? Super Quiz Answer One window fulls of feeds – from you and your friends. It’s all there: twitter, Facebook, RSS, […]
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Cameras. They’re everywhere. And, they’re aimed at you. Because I’ve been in front of or behind the camera so frequently recently, looking camera-ready is on my mind. At a recent tweetup [a social gathering for people who twitter; follow me @wiredprworks], we joked about getting our pictures taken. Part of […]
Missing Immediate Action – that’s a new term I came up with to describe my frustration with public relations that prevent you from doing what you want to do when you want to do it. MIA damages customer relationships, halts the sales process and short-circuits any progress. Here’s how MIA […]
About the SOBCon08 notes series . . . On May 2-4, Liz Strauss hosted SOBCon08: Biz School for Bloggers in Chicago. During the sessions, I typed notes to share with you. To presenters and attendees: please feel free to clarify and comment. Starting today, I will share notes from each […]
Take a look at this picture I snapped in the Morton Arboretum’s Daffodil Glade last Friday. You can see there is beauty in one flower, but there is pure power in bunches. That’s also true with news releases: write one about you and you get all the attention, or you […]
In thinking about how we write and distribute optimized press releases – every time – for our clients, I decided to share the same strategies with you. What Makes Writing Online Press Releases Different One of the big differences between releasing a news story online and sending a press release […]
Let’s just say it’s hard, if not impossible, to get into my book group. When we moved to town, it took me three years to get an invitation. It’s not that I didn’t try. I did. There were no openings. But, I did have one qualification in my favor: I […]
For Caroline*, a young lady I know, getting cast in her first role in a major production was exhilarating. [*names changed, all stories true] How exciting it would be to be act with of a professional cast of characters! Never mind that Caroline’s role called for her to be […]
One of the biggest benefits to blogging for me is seeing how others use the information they find here. Did you know poets and artists write press releases? Thanks to Adan, a reader who shared his National Poetry Month press release and a report on how his online PR campaign […]