Archive for the ‘Media Relations’ Category
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
At the urging of Richard Bailey across the pond and Constantin Basturea across my desk I'm currently reading Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody.
It's a great read on internet culture and the communications revolution that's upon us, but this quote that I read on the train to O'Hare airport this morning ...
Posted in Australian Media, Blogging, Marketing, Media Ownership, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, word of mouth | 11 Comments »
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
If you follow the PR blogosphere closely you would have read a lot of blah blah about PR ‘blacklists’ recently. If you don’t follow it closely, in this case you’ve missed very little of note.Who spammed who, what list or directory was at the core of it, bloggers overreacting to ...
Posted in Blogging, Issues Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 15 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
***WANKER ALERT***
This week I've been lucky to be able to share some opinion about my online work and play in the mainstream media, and I'm left feeling damn lucky I work at Converseon because these opportunities wouldn't exist in many other places.
Yesterday afternoon I was a guest on FOX Business ...
Posted in Blogging, Converseon, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Online PR, Workplace Issues, word of mouth | 8 Comments »
Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
In my first post for '08 I'd like to take a leaf out of Todd Defren's book and point out the importance of passion as the spark that can turn '08 from a good year to something truly spectacular - for both you and your clients.
I rewatched Jerry McGuire over ...
Posted in Blogging, Marketing, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Students, Workplace Issues | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 22nd, 2007
This weekend’s UGA Connect Conference was truly a great time. The students did a superb job covering the event so check out the content at the conference blog and Twitter and all the photos on Flickr.
As always, I loved having the opportunity to speak. I was presenting a case study ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Marketing, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Second Life, Students, Twitter, Workplace Issues, word of mouth, writing | 8 Comments »
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Update: To see the results of the Second Chance Trees Campaign (including MSM attention from CNN) check out my post on the Converseon blog.Â
Disclosure: I've written this post about a work project that I happen to have a lot of belief in. In writing it, I hope you will visit ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Media Ethics, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR, Podcasting, Second Life, Students, Workplace Issues | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 11th, 2007
I love social media because of the friendships it enables through common interest, not geography. There’s nothing more exciting than moving online relationships into the real world, and now I’m in the States I get to do it on almost a weekly basis! Here’s a recap of some of the ...
Posted in Blogging, Event Management, Media Relations, Networking, New Practitioners, Online PR | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
1-800-Flowers.com launched in Second Life today. Oh, you haven't heard about it? That's not surprising - as far as I can tell, this is the first blog post about it.
I learned about their initiative at the Internet Retailer Conference in San Jose during this morning's opening keynote from their CEO ...
Posted in Blogging, Media Relations, Online PR, Second Life | 4 Comments »
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Our driver on the front of the grid at our event - the weekend is shaping up as bigger than we ever anticipated...
The media angles are phenomenal - the lone Australian in the Championship leading the way in the only Australian round of the Championship, driving for Team Australia! Anyone ...
Posted in Australian Media, Event Management, Media Relations | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
This is just a quick post, as I'm off to watch the final State of Origin.
I'll quickly highlight three resources I've come across and found useful - I think all young PR's will enjoy them.
Behind the spin
The weblog for Behind The Spin, a PR Magazine from the UK created by ...
Posted in Australian Media, Media Relations, New Practitioners, Students | 1 Comment »
