Yearly Archives: 2012

Netflix Shows Facebook its Privates, Gets Slapped by SEC

I love the intersection of words and technology.  One phrase that seems to have caught on recently is “humblebragging”, that is the art of shedding crocodile tears, or exhibiting false modesty, generally via social media status updates (this NY Times … Continue reading

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94 Words, Botched Media Opp, Nary a PR Person in Sight

Most of us have heard about those 94 words: the now infamous talking points that Susan Rice used to explain what happened in the Benghazi tragedy. On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal featured a blow-by-blow account of how a CIA … Continue reading

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Tech Media Thrashes About – and Blames PR, a Convenient Target

My friend and former colleague Suzanne McGee called my attention to a story, the kind of which has become sadly familiar. John Biggs wrote on TechCrunch about Churn:The Problem of the New Tech Journalism.. John writes: We post a lot … Continue reading

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Facebook Brand Page Reach: Turkey, or Goose that Laid the Golden Egg?

Recently, there’s been some controversy over Facebook regarding brand page reach and costs.  My post yesterday on Windmill Networking cited a social media succes story; it was about an effort that relied heavily on Facebook ads to improve brand page … Continue reading

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Content Curation Update and Roundup

I am working on my monthly Windmill Networking content marketing column, and thought it would be a good time to revisit my article Blow Out Your Content Markerting and Lead Social Conversations witih Content Curation, which ran in March. So … Continue reading

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Crawling Back

Anyone who follows this blog knows that I like to post at least once and sometimes several times per week.  However, hopefully most will forgive me for going dark last week as Hurricane Sandy blew into our lives, here in … Continue reading

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Is Crowdfunding the New Tech PR Press Release?

We glamorize entrepreneurship. This can be seen in the things that we read, and that get covered in the media; “new” can often mean newsworthy, and startups have a certain allure for the tech journalist or blogger. But there is … Continue reading

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Google to SMBs: Don’t rely on PPC, use Search, Social and PR for Top Results

SMBs that have wanted to improve results through online marketing have often turned to Google and AdWords pay-per-click (PPC) campaigns. There is no question that shrewdly planned PPC campaigns generate results. However, the growing popularity of this method means that … Continue reading

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Is a Town Hall Debate an Example of Content Marketing? One Authority Says “Yes”

My monthly column on Windmill Networking, which went live today, focuses on content marketing in politics – and the lessons that we can learn and apply. Despite its title is (“Hail to the Content Chief”), the article was intentionally non-partisan.  … Continue reading

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The Hidden PR Persuaders

I am writing about a topic that you don’t see buzzed about much on the PR blogs: persuasion. Perhaps we don’t talk about it because PR people might not like to see themselves as persuaders (my fellow Windmill Networking columnist … Continue reading

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