What Today’s Leaders Can Learn from Lincoln’s LegacyBy Barbara Rozgonyi | Future Business Keynote Speaker Lincoln’s Leadership Lessons in a Digital World “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln Happy Birthday, Honest Abe! 🎉 In November 2006, I wrote my first blog post […]
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Keepers – these all are. In late December, I cull through all wiredPRworks blog posts looking for the best of the best to share. Here’s the 2011 lot. You’ll find inspiration, ideas, trends, news and stories. What’s missing? What would you like to see here in 2012?
Tomorrow I’ll be doing my “BarbWired” report for Chicagonistalive, a live internet show. We’ll be broadcasting online at 2:00pm cst from Willis Tower Skydeck, at 103 stories up [updated location]. TechWeek Chicago is my feature story. As a #TeckWk VIP, I got complimentary admission thanks to a Klout perk. Disclosure: […]
My bio has a new line: The mother of three, Barbara is a contributor to Chicago Moms Blog. I. Am. Not. A. Mommy. Blogger. I am a mom who blogs. So, call me a mom blogger; a women who blogs who also happens to be a mom; or the mother […]
On April 11, I attended my first Chicago Moms Blog live event. Produced by Silicon Valley Moms and sponsored by Chevy, contributors to Chicago Moms Blog convened to discuss brands and blogs. Held at Hard Rock Hotel, a brands meet blogs reception followed the almost two hour discussion. Thanks to […]
Even though I don’t have an iPhone, I want iPhone apps. I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve said, “If I had an iPhone, I could _______________.” That’s the personal side. From the business side, I looked into making iPhone apps for clients a few months ago. We […]
It’s almost the end of the year, so I decided to take a look back, review and wrap up my top 12 posts. This tidy bundle fits into a 34 page social media marketing, PR, twitter collage ebook, which you can download here. How I chose my top marketing, social […]
Named in honor of jazz vocalist Carmen McRae, WordPress 2.9 Carmen is the popular blogging platform’s latest upgrade. Guide to upgrading to WordPress 2.9 from freshworkshops.com. Installing the latest version took one click. It was so easy I didn’t think to check into what came along with the updates until […]
Investing in social is trendy. Marketing Sherpa’s Chart of the Week shows that, across the board, industries will be upping social marketing budgets by as much as 79% over 2009. Wow! But, how much were the budgets in 2009? That’s an x-factor that’s not given. In our experience, we’re seeing […]
For my friends in the Chicago area . . . Search Engine Strategies is offering these free clinics and workshops [FTC Disclosure: Thanks to Search Engine Strategies Chicago for granting me a platinum pass, valued at $1995, in exchange for coverage. Watch @wiredprworks and Wired PR Works for session coverage […]
I’m working on a writing project. This one needs to be more mainstream. So, I tested it out for grade level and readability. While it’s cool to know that I wrote it at the same level that New York Times readers read: 11.5, it’s not so cool that I’m writing […]
“That was a great post. I can tell you spent lots of time on it.” – recent comment Well, not as much time as you think and I have Yubby to thank for that. Back at BlogWorld in Las Vegas, I met Vincent from Yubby [and Amsterdam!] as he and […]
At BlogWorld Expo, Steve Rubel talked about how to use technology to stream your business and your life from email to a site based on a platform called Posterous, pronounced päs-t(?-)r?s. Hope your find these note from Steve’s session to be helpful and informative. Image: Jason Falls of Social Media […]
Congratulations to all the public relations bloggers who also received this message from The Daily Reviewer: Congratulations! Your readers have submitted and voted for your blog at The Daily Reviewer. We compiled an exclusive list of the Top 100 public relations Blogs, and we are glad to let you know […]
You could call this a high-click post. It gets more traffic than some blogs will ever get. It won a trip to BlogWorld. A national association just asked for republishing rights. More sites link into “Becoming a Subject Matter Expert on LinkedIn: The Top Ten Ways” than any other post […]
I’m in lovely Madison, Wisconsin presenting to DIYSWAYSOHO. Links to my presentation for my audience and my readers, include . . . Blogging for Business Book PR P-R-I-M-E-R – also gets you a subscription to Wired PR Works Social Media for Entrepreneurs Workshop Guide Social Media Presentation Guide with Get […]
It’s almost unbelievable – only 81 out of the Fortune 500 companies have public-facing corporate blogs. Is it me or does 16% sound impossibly low? This stat is a key finding of a new research study, “The Fortune 500 and Blogging: Slow and Steady” conducted by Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes, […]
Thanks to Joanna Young of Confident Writing for coming up with the Simply the Best group writing project. It’s a call to sort through all of your 2008 posts and pick out just one to share. Joanna will be posting the collection. I’m looking forward to reading what others selected […]
BurrellesLuce recently released a report on the top 2009 media outlets, including comparisons to past rankings. Grab your copy of the two-page BurrellesLuce’s 2009 “Top Daily Newspapers, Blogs, and Consumer Magazines & Social Networks.” Note that you will have to enter name and email address in exchange for the information. […]
Interested in what happened at BlogWorld? During the sessions, I sent out enough twitter updates to fill a 15 page Word document, which added up to over 300 updates. This post covers Search Engine Optimization, SEM & New Media with Brian Clark, Michael Gray, Lee Odden and Stephan Spencer. You’ll find […]
Interested in what happened at BlogWorld? During the sessions, I sent out what amounted to a 15 page Word document, which added up to over 300 updates. This post covers the state of the blogosphere address & opening keynote with Chris Alden, Anil Dash and Richard Jalichandra who previewed Technorati’s State […]
What do you do to welcome a blogger back to blogging? You write a welcome back post, of course. Thanks to Karen Swim and Brad Shorr I’m part of a group of bloggers writing a post today to greet Joanna Young on her return from a blogging break and a […]
Do you spread your ideas around or leave them up at the same URL all day, every day? That’s a question for bloggers. How about the rest of you? How far does your message travel? Do you spread it or do other people do that for you? Today a friend […]
How influential is your blog? If you’re a PR blogger and you’re on the PR Friendly Index, Brendan Cooper will tell you. This week, Brendan announced the latest top 100 PR blog rankings. How did wiredPRworks come in? Up 15 points from our November 2007 PR Friendly Index blog ranking […]
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