5 Lessons About Self-Promotion In Social Media
A little storm-in-a-teacup erupted online today around a press release issued by Matt Bacak. The release was almost comically self-promotional,...
The Danger Of Ego Services on Twitter
This weekend I received a direct message from someone on Twitter asking why I’d unfollowed him. He was a little...
Twitter Spam Doesn’t Work
We're still seeing people try to use old-school spam tactics to 'game' Twitter. This weekend I saw one of the more low-level attempts so far – someone who created a Twitter account just for the purpose of taking advantage of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to drive traffic to his site.
WordPressDirect: Spam, Dirty Spam
If you don't have time to write a blog then don't. Don't plagiarize other peoples' work. WordPressDirect gets a "fail" from me.
What Are Your Expectations?
As I wrote back in February, expectation management is important in all areas of your work: "A failure to match...
Top 10 Most Irritating Phrases In PR
Oxford University recently compiled its list of “top ten irritating phrases,” as reported by The Telegraph (side note: 2703 comments...
What If People Say Bad Things About You?
What's your response to the people who say, "you're telling us we should get involved in social media, but what if people say something bad about us?"
SearchWiki: Six Implications For Public Relations Professionals
Google recently announced SearchWiki, a way for people to customize their search results by promoting, deleting, adding and commenting on search results. I see six implications of this change for digital public relations and marketing professionals if this becomes a popular feature.
I Want This
A little bit of weekend fun – I spotted this on Shel Holtz‘s blog today. Suddenly I feel like I’m...
How Rich Is Your Communication In A Conflict?
Have you ever thought how the different media you use to communicate can give different results? Do you think about...
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