Archive for March, 2009
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Public Relations is all about making your clients look good. So on a day like April Fool's, where everyone's a target, we stay on edge to make sure no prank goes too far.
But with that said, there are certainly some fun and harmless ways you can enjoy the day, even ...
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
AMP3’s resident social networking site, RipLounge.com, recently hosted a contest via SonicBids to find new music to add to its roster. With three distinct rooms in which 3-D avatars and mix and mingle, winners from three different genres—Top 40 and Rock, Hip Hop and R&B, and Techno/Electronica—were selected from a ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
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I realized on a recent trip to Florida that most people don't really understand the function of Public Relations. This came about as I had to explain my job as a publicist to some elderly companions celebrating my great-uncle's 85th ...
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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
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There is no doubt that Twitter is quickly becoming the premiere Social Media tool (of both casual users and and the media elite). It's incredibly useful with respect to media and public relations, as you can keep track of who is ...
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Friday, March 13th, 2009
Admittedly, I slept through Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's episodes of "The Daily Show," however, since they run about 4 times a day, I was always able to catch up some how some way. Watching the escalation of this pseudo-war between Jon Stewart and CNBC was titillating, and my anticipation for ...
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
So many people talking about... what? Credit: Luc Legay / Flickr
Not too long ago, a piece was published that hypothesized that the number of friends a person had on Facebook was directly related to how narcissistic that person was. Upon reading the article, I could definitely see ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
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Despite the fact that we have an ever-growing number of blogs inundating the internet every day, are these blogs losing their potency?
It would make sense that in a Web 2.0 world where everyone has the capacity ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
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The media industry is changing (not to mention the social media marketing industry), and some of our heartiest newspaper stock are folding in ways that can only be described as “frighteningly fast.” The culprit, it seems, would be the proliferation of smart ...
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009
Microblogging is all the rage. People are so interested in everyone else’s business, but rather than taking the time out to express genuine concern, or allot the amount of time necessary to form valid, cogent opinions, we want to be flippant, hear a sound bite, and pass judgment.
I’ve recently been ...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Every year, we fall back and spring forward one hour for reasons that, as far as I can tell, range from conserving energy to permitting more convenient farming hours.
I guess giving farmers more better hours by which to work by light conserves energy in some way, so let’s work with ...
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