Posts Tagged ‘Aaron Blank’

Yes. Yes. Yes. You should do them. Things to consider prior to a radio interview: 1. You will likely have 30 seconds to only a couple of minutes to talk on the air. If you are being interviewed, the reporter will likely take a 5-second sound bite from your 10-minute conversation. So think ahead. Prepare. [...]

This year I was asked to organize and moderate a lunch panel discussion at the PRSA Nonprofit seminar series. Given the freedom to organize my panel of choice, I pulled together a panel featuring several of Seattle’s leading news journalists who focus a good portion of their time on social media. Why? How do they [...]

My company just launched a new website this week. It is different for sure. Amazingly pretty. Staff photos are posted. Social media elements have been added. Relevant information posted. And so much more. What do you think of it? The Fearey Group’s new website

This August’s Seattle/Tacoma’s Pictage User’s Group (photographers) meeting is going to be unlike any other meeting you have ever attended with plenty of surprises planned. For one thing, this meeting will be live streamed over the web! The meeting promises to be highly interactive with cutting edge discussion and to-dos for everyone. At the session [...]

I recently met up with Daryl Chen, news editor of Parade Magazine who gave me some tips for placing a story in one of the most read news magazines in the country. Currently, more than 32 million people have a chance to read a story that is found within Parade. They reach 70 million Americans [...]

Basic Jargon – Status Update: This is how you talk to your network – Comments: People can comment on your status update or photos or links or anything you post (you can limit this in privacy settings) – Friends: These are people that you have approved or invited to be in your network – Profile: [...]

June 10 PRSA South Sound Group: “Ask a PR Pro” What public relations questions do you want answered? Please send your questions to karrie.spitzer@cityoftacoma.org by Tuesday, June 8. PRSA will put them to a panel of PR professionals at the June 10 meeting. It will be a wide open discussion to allow you to get [...]

My wife @LaceyYantis is a full-time wedding photographer. For the last two years she has repeatedly asked me what I get out of Twitter and why do I use it. About a month ago she created a username and password to understand Twitter’s fullest potential…and in about a month’s time she has 700+ followers. Realizing [...]

I just signed up to teach a course at the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. The course title is “Using Social Media to Generate Press Coverage“. Basically the course will focus on the changing PR landscape — offering tips and techniques on how best to generate press coverage via social media. With new ways [...]

Last November, I clicked the link. I quickly learned what a phishing attack on Twitter really means. Everyone, I mean everyone, in my Twitter network received a note from me. It wasn’t the “This You” attack that is currently going on, it was something similar. Needless to say, I am real cautious about the links [...]