Okay, so I admit, we here in the Houston area are pretty focused on power since many have been without it for nearly two weeks now. But it is also a fantastic metaphor for the point of connection between a company or organization and the people that they care about. When you get this connection right, sparks can happen and everyone wins. In my first post in the Beyond Blogger Relations series, I covered the importance of read more...
Scaling Social Media Requires Community
The importance of community can't be underestimated. People are naturally social creatures and require connection with other people. But individualism is also a strong drive. However, even anti-establishment types, that claim they aren't motivated by social goals, usually find themselves a part of a subversive subculture that coalesces around similar ideas. But community is a very nebulous term since it is hard to determine who and what constitutes a community. Communities rise up and form, then can break up just as read more...
Blogging for Money and Fame? Learn to Set We Goals to Break Through Clutter
It takes a certain kind of person to be an Internet personality. I really like Darren Rowse's post asking, Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog? He contends that there is a RIGHT answer and a REAL answer to how to become a successful blogger. The right answers include building a site with great content, interacting with readers, using great titles, promoting yourself, applying basic principles of SEO and read more...
The Triad of Measurement: What Is Measurable in PR and Social Media Campaigns
Marc van Bree, who blogs at The Dutch Perspective about cultural perspectives and public relations, has penned a new series of posts for orchestras who want to participate in new media. Marc is the public relations coordinator for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The series, while obviously a good fit for orchestras, also has a a much broader appeal. In the series, he included a post on measurement that I found helpful for anyone interested in how read more...
Start Small to Make Big Waves in Social Media: Three Steps to Build Relationships
I attended the NewComm Forum earlier this year in sunny San Francisco and Joe Jaffe founder of Crayon was one of the session speakers. During his speech he mentioned that companies need to make a wholesale commitment to engaging in social media and that testing the waters was not a good idea (I am paraphrasing big time). Of course, I had to challenge that idea. The Photo to the right, taken by read more...
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