Social Media Stunts Do More Harm Than Good
We don’t love companies, we tolerate them. Only 48% of Americans trust business, according to the most recent Edelman Trust Barometer. Especially in this social media age, where corporations’ missives are displayed cheek to jowl with those of our family and friends, it’s easy to think of business involvement in social as a necessary evil […]
Why Critics of Klout Are Missing the Big Picture
Other than signing book deals, the favorite sport of the social media punditry these days seems to be bashing Klout. The pugilists are plentiful, and appear to be trying to win a merit badge for dismissiveness. The most recent example was from B2B social media thinker Paul Gillin who wrote a post unveiling the flaws […]
HARO Gets Serious About Crowd Sourced Journalism
Help A Reporter Out (HARO), the uber-simple brainchild of hyper-active, skydiving, PR wild child Peter Shankman has gone big-time. Born humbly as a simple way for reporters to connect with potential sources, HARO has grown to more than 50,000 participating reporters, with 150,000 people receiving three daily emails stuffed with requests for sources. Not surprisingly, […]