Wow. It’s real. Now is Gone is now officially available. The book that Geoff Livingston and I worked on together is finally out there and I am humbled. It’s currently available on Amazon and Bartleby Press (autographed edition). For those on the West Coast, we’ll be hosting a launch party in early December and for those on the East Coast, we’ll see you in either December or January. Thank you Geoff for this opportunity and thank you to everyone out…
Blogworld Expo: Building Relationships with Bloggers
Building relationships with bloggers has been the hot topic of the last year, with an emphasis on the last couple of weeks – courtesy of Mr. Chris Anderson (btw, thank you Chris for sparking some of the most important and invigorating discussions to take place in PR in quite some time). I was invited to join Marc Harty of PR Traffic to speak about how and why to build relationships with bloggers at Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas. The room…
Blog This – November 10, 2007
Does What Happens in the Facebook Stay in the Facebook? A very interesting video that should remind us that what we share on the Web and in social networks (in this case Facebook) is discoverable and usable by people you don’t know and could come back in ways you would never expect. I touched upon this a bit in “Beware of What You Share in the World of Social Media.” Explaining what the “Social Graph” is to your Executives I…
PR Roundtable Discussion: Advice on Media and Blogger Relations
Aaron Brazell, Director of Technology at b5media has lined up a handful of well-respected voices on both sides of the PR game to host a “roundtable” discussion on Social Media. It’s a five part series with the third post running today at Technosailor. The roundtable includes Doug Haslam, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Cathryn Hrudicka, Marc Orchant, and yours truly. Click here to read more about the participants. Question 5: What advice would you give to your own industry in engaging the other…
Blogworld Expo – PR Do’s and Don’t’s
I participated in the PR Do’s and Don’t’s session at Blogworld Expo in Las Vegas. I have to say that this was one of the smartest panels I’ve had the opportnity to join in a while. Everyone just got it! The number one takeaway from the session is that PR needs to remember that whether dealing with reporters or bloggers, it’s all about people, relationships, and adding value. And at the end of the day, Public Relations is the responsibility…
PR Roundtable Discussion: Outing Bad PR
Aaron Brazell, Director of Technology at b5media has lined up a handful of well-respected voices on both sides of the PR game to host a “roundtable” discussion on Social Media. It’s a five part series with the third post running today at Technosailor. The roundtable includes Doug Haslam, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Cathryn Hrudicka, Marc Orchant, and yours truly. Click here to read more about the participants. Question 4: Is “outing” a wayward PR agency or individual an effective way of dealing…
PR Roundtable Discussion: How Bloggers Can Work with PR People 101
Aaron Brazell, Director of Technology at b5media has lined up a handful of well-respected voices on both sides of the PR game to host a “roundtable” discussion on Social Media. It’s a five part series with the third post running today at Technosailor. The roundtable includes Doug Haslam, Marshall Kirkpatrick, Cathryn Hrudicka, Marc Orchant, and yours truly. Click here to read more about the participants.
PR Roundtable Discussion: Brand in the Internet Era
Aaron Brazell, Director of Technology at b5media has lined up a handful of well-respected voices on both sides of the PR game to host a “roundtable” discussion on Social Media. It’s a five part series with the second post running today at Technosailor. Question #2 – What does the concept of “brand” mean to you and how do you see the concept of brand protection (or the concept of “open source brand”, so to speak) being transformed in the internet…
PR Roundtable Discussion: The Challenge of Social Media
Aaron Brazell, Director of Technology at b5media has lined up a handful of respected voices on both sides of the PR game to host a “roundtable” discussion on Social Media. It will be a five part series with the first running today at Technosailor. Question #1 – What do you think the biggest challenge is for the Public Relations industry to fully embrace social media? Brian Solis: What if we asked the question this way, “Should the PR industry participate…
Participation Is Marketing: Now Is Gone Podcast Series #2
As the official Social Media Release from Bartelby Press hitting the streets today, so does part two of our podcast series discussing the seven principles of community engagement uncovered in the upcoming book, Now is Gone. In the “Participation Is Marketing” podcast we discuss: Most companies make the mistake of assuming that merely publishing blog posts is all they need to do to “participate.” Participation requires a shift from organizational-centric based communications to customer or community-centric communications – Think Customer…
