The State of Buzz (and Word of Mouth) in 2009
I spent three years working at New Media Strategies, from 2003-2006, doing buzz marketing and have spent from 2007-2009 doing some semblance of word-of-mouth and public relations. As a result, I am...
View ArticleBL Ochman Debunks Six Social Media Myths Over at Business Week
BL and I adore eachother so I was very excited to receive an email from her last night with a link to her latest article on Business Week, Using social media to market your business is a good idea....
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I Love Me My Geländewagen EDITION30.PUR
I love inappropriately grunty utes. I loved owning a 1997 Land Rover Discovery with a lift but I love the Land Rover Defender series of utility vehicles even more. The crème de la crème of the lot,...
View ArticleDoes Nina Link Make Too Much Money?
I don’t know why I am posting this outside of the fact I love seeing what people make for their jobs. There are a surprising number of non profit heads and directors who make way north of $250,000,...
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I Love Dude Food But Come On — Good Lord!
Via my friend Jon Eick from So Good Blog via Buzzfeed via No-Name247.
View ArticlePublic relations vs SEO Debate on Twitter
Thanks, Simon Wakeman, for catching up with your RSS and Twitter feeds! Love this one: Stuart Bruce has a nice summary of a debate that’s been happening on Twitter and elsewhere about the relative...
View ArticleImplementing and Measuring Digital PR White Paper
Thanks to Wadds’ tech pr blog for hooking me up with this interesting article, Online PR basics in 30 minutes: DWPub white paper, featuring Daryl Wilcox’s free white paper, Online PR in action: Daryl...
View ArticlePR v SEO Debate on Twitter
Thanks, Simon Wakeman, for catching up with your RSS and Twitter feeds! Love this one: Stuart Bruce has a nice summary of a debate that’s been happening on Twitter and elsewhere about the relative...
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I think I committed suicide in Twinity
My CEO, Mark Harrison, downloaded and installed a new 3D virtual world called Twinity, based in Berlin, that will recreate the world’s coolest cities, starting with Berlin. Mark loves Berlin more...
View ArticlePublic Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!
I just returned from guest lecturing for Chris Boesen at American University’s School of Communication’s Public Communication department. The class was full of seniors who aspire to join the PR...
View ArticleGuest Lecturing on digital PR at American University
I just returned from guest lecturing for Chris Boesen at American University’s School of Communication’s Public Communication department. The class was full of seniors who aspire to join the PR...
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An Interview with Martin Oetting of Germany's trnd
Cross-posted on SocialMedia.biz — As part of my exploration of branding and communication around the world, I am starting a series of interviews with as many European and world-wide movers-and-shakers...
View ArticleAdvice to a PR Professional of Tomorrow
Earlier this week, I guest lectured on digital PR at the American University and reported on the experience, Public Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!. I said that I would not write...
View ArticleSage Advice to a PR Professional of Tomorrow
Earlier this week, I guest lectured on digital PR at the American University and reported on the experience, Public Relations and Communications’ Future is Bright!. I said that I would not write...
View ArticleWhiter than Wonderbread and Puffy Clouds
One thing that I am not is touchy about the fact that I love what I love. And I love Moleskine notebooks. And I love manual typewriters, especially the Hermes 3000, and I love quite a lot of other...
View ArticleIs Washington Metro Opening Cell Service?
Metro has been Verizon’s bitch for as long as I have known. I wonder if the following means that the DC WMATA is opening up the cell phone network to other networks — let me know if that is what it...
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Now This is a Ford
I would love to sell my BMW and buy a Ford SUV if they made a new Bronco based on a short wheelbase Ford F-150. Man, that was one hell of a Ute. Come on Ford! Posted via email from Chris Abraham
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I Love the Porsche Panamera
Porsche's new four-door super-sports sedan Super, dead-sexy, new four-door super-sports sedan by Porsche called the Panamera, via Autoblog… Gallery: Porsche Panamera Tech Briefing and First Ride
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Erika Mauer Was My Neighbor in Berlin
Berlin is surely the coolest city on earth. Erika La Tour Eiffel (AKA Erika Mauer) was my next-door neighbor for a while in Berlin. She is an Objectum Sexual and here is her story! (You can watch all...
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Your followers care about you, but do you care?
Over the course of a couple days, my Klout score went from 65 to 67 because my mother died. Not because I had some sort of amazing Klout-gaming strategy but because I have been honestly and openly...
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Heal Your Home Space With a Spring Cleansing
My girlfriend circa 1998-2001 was a little witchy. No, witchy is not a placeholder for a word that might insult women — she was and is lovely — she was a little bit of a witch, including Tarot and all...
View ArticleFrank Luntz is The Word Doctor
I received a lovely missive from the King of Language and Message, Mr. Frank Luntz:I’m Back!After five weeks without a home or a name, I have finally settled on both.I think it’s fully appropriate that...
View ArticleCC Chapman and The Advance Guard Have a Real Website
I received this lovely email from CC Chapman just now, and here’s some great news for the elusive, Facebook-centric-until-now, The Advance Guard — they have a website:2009 so far has been a great year...
View ArticleMcKinney is a Website You Can Talk To
Othersource in Poland partnered with McKinney ad agency to build a Flash 3D engine with artificial intelligence for the McKinney website that’s launching this week.Compared to other sites in the...
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Social Media and Blogging Ethics and a Code of Conduct
Bloody great, best-in-breed, article about online PR and marketing ethics by my buddy David Gelles of the Financial Times — he is surely a golden child and new media journalist rock star… be sure to...
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Flogging, Astroturfing, Comment Spamming Oh My!
Bloody great, best-in-breed, article about online PR and marketing ethics by my buddy David Gelles of the Financial Times — he is surely a golden child and new media journalist rock star… be sure to...
View ArticleSocial Networking Pioneers Launch Audience Machine To Help Online Brands...
My friend Todd Tweedy popped me the following press release that I would love to repeat for him, back-scratching and all. Don’t judge me! For more information, check out the Audience Machine...
View ArticleXM Radio is Saved from Bankruptcy
I love XM Radio and, before moving to Berlin, I listened to XM almost every day (and I miss it now that I don’t currently have it working for me). I was relieved to hear this morning that XM Radio has...
View ArticleNow We’re All Poor People Who Shop at Wal-Mart
The reason why Wal-Mart has taken over America and most of the world is because most Americans are a lot lower on the class totem pole than they think (middle class my ass), thanks to Wal-Mart and the...
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Thank You Snuggle Crème Bloggers
On behalf of all of us at Abraham Harrison, Lowe New York, and Snuggle, I just wanted to thank all the bloggers who have blogged about Snuggle Crème fabric softener in the last month or so. There...
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