Archive | November, 2008

A shout out to Las Vegas business communicators

Those of you who know me know that I’ve spent the better part of the past nine years living and working in the Las Vegas valley. When we moved from there last month we left behind so many great friends, neighbors and colleagues. When we unloaded our moving truck in the snow in northern Utah, [...]

Bust A Name helps locate available domain names

For those of you on the lookout for good domain names, I recently found an awesome tool to find legitimate names — names with real words — that’s quick and easy to use and very helpful. I give it an A+. Check out Bust A Name. You type in the words you’d like in your [...]

Zuula provides a powerful advanced search option

We all know Google has something like 75 percent of the online search market. When compiling data by doing online research, it doesn’t hurt to try more than one search engine. In fact, it would be helpful. I like what I see with the Zuula search engine. Read what the company has to say about their product [...]

Reagan-esque communicator Barack Obama wins White House

In the early months of 2008 it was apparent to me that Sen. Barack Obama was a politician much like Ronald Reagan. He was eloquent and inspirational, an excellent communicator. I wrote about Oprah Winfrey’s endorsement of Mr. Obama on this blog back in June. Since this is a public relations and social media blog, [...]

Measuring what is said about you on social media platforms

There’s a new tool in social media town. It’s aptly named Spy. Guess what it does? It listens in on social media conversations and tells you what people are saying. It’s a Google App that draws data from Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, Yahoo News, Google Reader and RSS feeds (like from your Web site, blog or [...]

Authentic communication

I’ve given quite a bit of thought lately to why some messages stick and others don’t. From what I’ve read and seen, I believe people are looking for authentic messages. The same trend manifest by the blogosphere, where people want to hear from real people and not polished PR-speak or creative ad copy, has taken [...]

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