BL Ochman – The Twitter 20 Interview about Social Media and Blogging
- December 4th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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BL Ochman, author of the What’s Next blog, and a veteran of digital marketing since 1996 and a public relations powerhouse before that, agreed to withstand the crucible of a Twitter 20 interview (20 questions live on Twitter).
Here are BL’s thoughts on blogging, email, social media, and getting the job done right online.
1. @jaybaer: You [...]
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Jason Falls – The Twitter 20 Interview about Social Media and Public Relations
- November 14th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Featuring Jason Falls, the head of social media at branding agency Doe-Anderson, author of the Social Media Explorer blog, and all-around social media nice guy genius. Jason submitted himself to the rigors of the Twitter 20 interview (20 questions live on Twitter) on November 14, 2008. Excellent questions and comments from viewers throughout, too. Thanks to [...]
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Bloggers: Who Is In Your Fab Five?
- October 20th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Thanks to Jason Falls for the inspiration (okay, it’s a straight rip-off) for this post. Jason pointed out five lesser-known bloggers that he reads regularly (including Convince & Convert). His post seems to have triggered an a-ha moment, as several other excellent social media bloggers including Mack Collier and Amber Naslund have posted similar lists [...]
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Why the Murder of Old Media is PR’s Best Chance
- October 15th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Since the advent of the printing press, professional opinions have helped shape our own. From Hearst to Murdoch, from Cronkite to Brokaw. Huge companies that employ thousands of trained journalists have helped us understand what’s good and bad, and whom to embrace or fear.
Not for long. This is not a flesh wound. The Internet killed [...]
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3 Reasons David Lee Roth is a Bad Internet Marketer
- September 22nd, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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I am of a vintage that was shaped by Van Halen’s album (actually a cassette for me) 1984. With Jump, Panama, and Hot for Teacher (a video that joins “Hungry Like the Wolf” in my early teen pantheon), this was a truly epic record – highlighted by David Lee Roth’s bad boy caterwauling.
And then, he [...]
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The 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media
- September 15th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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As part of my panel on social media at the Worldcom PR conference in Montreal recently (see post below), I created these “7 Deadly Sins of Social Media.”
Are you willing to admit your sins in the comments?
1. Deafness
Actively listening to what’s being said about your brand is at the core of social media.
2. Slowness
Social media is a [...]
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The Social Media Train: Catch It While You Can
- September 12th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Why, What, When & How to Implement Social Media Campaigns
Just finished moderating a rousing panel discussion in Montreal at the Worldcom Americas conference. (Worldcom is the world’s largest collective of independent PR firms) Joined by Mike Corak from Off Madison Ave, Stefan Pollack from the Pollack PR Marketing Group, and Diego Biasi from Business Press [...]
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Customized Internet Marketing Training for Agencies
- September 11th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Convince & Convert launches new training program series to help agencies improve their digital capabilities
Addressing the needs of ad agencies and PR firms to improve their digital marketing competency, Convince & Convert is now providing a series of customizable, in-person training programs.
We are offering 5 intensive, all-day sessions to train ad agencies and PR firms [...]
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The Official Toothpaste of Social Media
- September 5th, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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Will the Crest Weekly Toothpaste Launch Work?
In a sign that the guys who control ad budgets are getting the value of interactive advertising faster than the agencies that place it, P&G announced recently that they are introducing their new Crest Weekly toothpaste almost entirely through the blogosphere.
Samples of Crest Weekly were sent to prominent bloggers [...]
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Wake Up Agencies – Digital Shops = Trojan Horse
- September 2nd, 2008 | Written By: Jay Baer
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It was bound to happen, and now it has. A big-time digital agency (R/GA) has opened up a full-fledged brand development arm.
And whom do you think they will be competing against with this new branding department? Other digital agencies? Nope. They are aiming for traditional agencies and the branding, media placement, and creative budgets they [...]
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