“Attention to social media by the PR industry is lacking,” said Beth Harte on the panel for the Social Media session at SES NYC last week. “The PR industry tends to still focus only on media, dodging crisis and ignoring customers.” But getting a message out no longer depends just on relationships with journalists. There are so many conversations … [Read more...]
Non Profits Lack Social Media Strategy
Image by cambodi4kids.org Although a growing number of non profits are aware of social media and are dabbling in it, there is a clear lack of strategy, according to a new study from Talance, a Boston-area web development firm. The 2009 Massachusetts Non-Profit Social Media Report polled non-profits in Massachusetts with budgets ranging from under $1m to over $100m annually. … [Read more...]
Twitter Influence – Guy Kawasaki at SES NYC
On Day one of SES New York Guy Kawasaki’s keynote certainly stirred the audience and caused a flurry of tweets on Twitter. Here are his ten tips for marketing on Twitter: Don’t chase the A-list Build your following. This is how he does it: automatically follow everybody who follows you. (Guy uses SocialToo) If you follow people back then they can send you Direct … [Read more...]
Two Good Case Studies Chosen for the Social Media Roadmap
Tomorrow, March 19, is the first of four webinars on social media strategy that I am hosting for Marketwire. John Blossom, author of Content Nation is my guest. Two companies were chosen to be the ‘guinea pigs’ for the series: Reed’s Ginger Brew, a leader in the natural soda category. Reed’s is not yet doing anything int he social media space. … [Read more...]
Media Relations in the Internet Age
We recently saw the demise of the Rocky Mountain News. The Chicago Tribune and the LA Times have declared bankruptcy. Real Clear Politics put together a list of the top 10 newspapers in trouble stating “papers are suffering silently, with certain death just around the corner for some.” And “The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Rocky Mountain News and Tucson … [Read more...]
