Category : Commentary
I’m not a big documentary movie watcher but I recently found Transcendent Man, a documentary about future thinker and inventor Ray Kurzweil, on Netflix and couldn’t stop watching it. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Kurzweil or his idea of ‘The Singularity,’ that’s basically the time when human life becomes intertwined with machines [...]
We all know content is king. In fact, we’re probably tired of hearing about it. But let’s face it, when it comes to your online positioning, the most effective tool is frequently published content. For our purposes we’ll treat content as any sort of online text, graphic, video, audio file, image, logo, game, widget, etc. [...]
The past several weeks, as I’ve talked at social media conferences and taught a couple classes for University of California, Irvine online and University of Utah’s professional development division here in Salt Lake City, I’ve pondered what skills are required in today’s public relations industry. Although a lot has changed since I graduated from college [...]
There have been a handful of U.S. stories lately related to an individual’s right to say things about his or her job on social media platforms. Last week I was interviewed by a Salt Lake City TV station about a woman who called her boss a psycho on Facebook and lost her job. A lawsuit [...]
In an article posted today on Ragan.com, public relations measurement maven, Katie Delahaye Paine, writes about “5 (more) PR-related things we need to get rid of.” She begins the article with this: I was stunned to find how many people are still in love with the press release. It’s worthless as a tool to talk to [...]
I’m a big believer in continual professional development. Although I’m an avid WordPress user (this site is a WordPress site), I’ll be the first to say I don’t know everything about WordPress nor do I take advantage of all its many features. Plus, attending WordCamp meant I could network with other WordPress aficionados in the [...]
I’m the Foursquare mayor of Tonyburgers in Centerville, Utah. So what? Well, for me right now, I get only bragging rights, but I’ll come back to what could be. And if any of you haven’t eaten there, and you’re in the vicinity, I highly recommend it. You’ve got to be in the mood for a [...]
Are you interested in reputation management, or knowing what people find when they search for you? If so, knowing what your Google profile is, how to locate and preserve it, is valuable knowledge. Your Google profile First, let’s explain what a “Google profile” is. It’s the search results when searching online for your name, business [...]
I value information from others and try each day to consume content from media outlets and people I respect. However, I have simply fallen behind in keeping up with hundreds of emails I receive each day. The email newsletters I receive are crowding out important messages from clients, prospects and others. So, I have determined [...]
After spending three days at the Ragan Communications Social Media Summit hosted by Cisco in San Jose, California June 9-11, 2010, I left with a renewed realization that discussing social media strategy and tools are co-dependent. And just so you know, I was fortunate enough to work on the conference programming with Ragan and Cisco. [...]
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