Social Media
Jun 23, 2009
Social media skills are universal for public relations & journalism
Mashable’s 10 ways J-schools are teaching social media are important lessons for PR pros, too Vadim Lavrusik wrote a great […]
Jun 17, 2009
Social news sites beckon communications pros
With all the talk lately about Twitter’s growth and the land grab for Facebook URLs, an important conversation channel for […]
Jun 15, 2009
3 great ways to network with other PR professionals
Who you know might just teach you what you know We’ve all heard the battle cry of networkers (all together […]
Jun 12, 2009
Confused tweeters somehow missed DTV transition
It has been widely reported that the Federal Communications Commission has more than 4,000 phone operators at the ready to […]
Jun 10, 2009
Has Facebook set the stage for a new land rush?
Starting on Saturday at 12:01 a.m., Facebook users will be able to change the URLs for their profiles and pages, […]
Jun 8, 2009
Those blogs by the wayside
With the availability of free blogging tools like Blogger, WordPress and Typepad, barriers to entry for Web publishing have completely […]
Jun 3, 2009
Creating great blogs
10 things you can do to produce an outstanding blog Cision’s SVP of Research Ruth McFarland told me about a LinkedIn […]
Jun 2, 2009
Are bloggers different from journalists? The FTC says yes
I once wrote a newspaper story about mainstream food brands introducing organic versions of their products. When I called a […]
May 29, 2009
Blogs and the tower of Babel
IBM maintains one of the world’s largest employee blog networks with more than 16,000 blogs. If you think of IBM […]
May 27, 2009
Top 5 blog posts inspiring discussion on Supreme Court nominee
By mid-afternoon yesterday, more than 3,000 bloggers had weighed in on the Obama administration’s choice of Sonia Sotomayor as its […]
May 26, 2009
5 best practices for creating a corporate social media policy
Bringing law & order to the Wild West isn’t always easy Like the Wild West, social media is so new […]
May 22, 2009
Planting seeds where roots of influence intertwine
In botany, inosculation is when a group of plants begin to fuse together and share water and nutrients. Eventually, they […]
May 19, 2009
Webinar Q&A: Best practices & ideas for specific social media platforms
Last week, my colleague Jay Krall and I presented the latest installment in Cision’s Social Media Webinar series. The free series covers social […]
May 14, 2009
Mini social network faceoff: BuddyPress vs. Ning
We all know by now that if you haven’t taken part in online communities relevant to your brand, your first […]
May 12, 2009
Webinar Q&A: enhancing and quantifying your influence
On Monday, my colleague Heidi Sullivan and I presented the latest installment in Cision’s Social Media Webinar series. The free […]
