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I Really Need a Getaway …

23. December 2008

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Our client Homeaway is sponsoring a Getaway contest, a dream vacation worth up to $5,000, to the blogger, videographer or photographer who creates the most compelling answer to this question: Why do you need a getaway, and where would you like to spend it? Oy, I wish I could enter this contest. The whole time Sheila [...]

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Today’s lesson: your private conversations ain’t so private

23. October 2008

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I don’t personally agree with his methodology, but I must admit I was morbidly fascinated by the results…. PR guy Peter Shankman was riding the train to some business-related destination when another man sat across from him, pulled out a cell phone and said “Apologies in advance, I talk a lot.” Insert grimace here, right? Immediately don [...]

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Mansion of Terror - Halloween Social Media Style

22. October 2008

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In the continued blurring of the lines between content creators serving as “new media”, public relations professionals, mainstream media and the combination of all of the above, I was given press credentials and a media kit for an excellent haunted house here in Austin. In keeping with the interactive nature of social media, I was [...]

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Is your business ready for social media technology?

26. August 2008

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When I spoke at the Chicago BlogHer conference in 2007, I vividly remember BlogHer co-founder Lisa Stone making a series of announcements from the stage that included, “You need to make the assumption that everything here is ‘on the record’ unless you indicate otherwise, and everyone here is a journalist.” In a room full of keyboard-pecking [...]

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My ooVoo Day In The Pink (Political Edition)

30. July 2008

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I’ve mentioned my favorite political blogger here several times. She’s smart, she’s funny, she’s extremely knowledgable on politics, and I give her much of the credit for getting me interested in social media. Now I get to be on some high powered panels with her as part of My ooVoo Day Political Edition this Sunday [...]

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