CEOs can gain a lot of insight by creating a Twitter account. Twitter is a micro-blogging service that most use to create and develop relationships. Companies take it one step further and use it to gain a pulse on their product, service or offering. Consider it the place where you can gain constant and free [...]
Posts Tagged ‘social media’
5 Reasons CEOs Should Tweet
Posted: December 16, 2010 in Public RelationsTags: 5 Reasons CEOs Should Tweet, 5 Tips, CEO Twitter, employee communication, Five tips for CEOs, getting engaged online, internal chatter, new business, Public Relations, pulse check, seattle, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, social media, social media in seattle, SocialExec, twitter, use twitter instead of email
Marriage.com: A Social Media Network for Brides and Grooms
Posted: October 25, 2010 in WeddingsTags: get engaged in seattle, Get Engaged Tour, Katrina Razavi, Lacey Yantis, Marriage.com, Public Relations, Seattle Marriage, Seattle Weddings, social media, Wedding Seattle
Most of you know that I am a public relations and social media consultant by day and a wedding photographer by weekend and night. My wife is the Principal behind Visions of Romance and is a full time wedding pro. I am proud to say that she has done a heck of a job developing [...]
Leading Social Media Journalists to Speak at PR Society of America Nonprofit Workshop (Nov. 10)
Posted: October 24, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: Aaron Blank, Connecting for a Cause, Evonne Benedict, King 5, KING TV, KING5Seattle, Linda Thomas, nonprofit, Paul Balcerak, pr, PRSA, Public Relations, seattle, Seattle Center, social media, TheNewsChick
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 [...]
Be Interactive. Do Not Share Your Calendar Online.
Posted: October 7, 2010 in Day in the LifeTags: Ballard, digital, Get Engaged Tour, interactive, Laura Cassidy, Peter Orser, Rod Hochman, seattle, social media, Social Media Breakfast, Social media for wedding pros, Swedish, Swedish Hospital, Wedding
I am making a point on my blog today. I normally do not share my calendar online nor do I post what I am doing in a day but I want to share some things with my friends, followers, newbies and you. Here is my calendar of activities today: I am starting my day at [...]
In the wedding business? Get in on ‘The Get Engaged Tour’ – Nov. 8-9
Posted: October 3, 2010 in SpeakingTags: aaron nelson, Act Theatre, Ants Eye View, Ben Rapson, Bride, communications, evantide photography, fairmont olympic, Get Engaged, Get Engaged Tour Seattle, greenweddingshoes.com, groom, heather carter, heather fernandez, jen campbell, Lacey Yantis, Laura Cassidy, marketing, MyWedding.com, seattle, Seattle Metropolitan Bride and Groom, Shauna Causey, social media, the get engaged tour, Visions of Romance, Weddings
We’re pleased to announce that Visions of Romance is teaming up with the leading wedding social media expert team to host (for wedding professionals) a two-day hands-on workshop on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and more. The power of social media is becoming more and more evident these days. Take your social wedding skills and apply it [...]
Facebook Fan Page. Can You Prove You are an Admin?
Posted: August 12, 2010 in E-MediaTags: administrator, check your settings, facebook, Fearey Group, page updates, pr, Public Relations, seattle, sm, social media, Visions of Romance, weekly facebook paeg updates
If you are a Page Administrator for a Facebook page, make sure you are receiving ‘Weekly Facebook Page Updates.’ This will come in handy if your page ever gets deleted or disappears during a Facebook change. If you are not receiving these updates, check your settings and/or contact Facebook. Save the update in your e-mail [...]
Slate Launches Labs, a Home Base for its Experiments
Posted: August 11, 2010 in E-MediaTags: home base for experiments, interactive media, multimedia journalism, new journalism, Public Relations, seattle, Slate, Slate Labs, Slate.com, social media
Yesterday Slate launched a new project at Slate called “Slate Labs,” which will serve as a home base for all of Slate’s experiments with multimedia journalism. True, they have been doing a lot of them over the past few years, so they say they have collected a gallery of their favorite interactives from the Slate [...]
Security is Always an Issue Online
Posted: July 2, 2010 in E-MediaTags: computer security, New York Stock Exchange, NYSE, online security, security is an issue, social media
My father is a computer security expert and has been in the field since the early 80s where he once operated and managed the computers for the New York Stock Exchange. This morning, I received a mass e-mail from him advising his friends and family to be careful on the net. He says there are [...]
A Smashing Hit: Bulldog Reporter’s Media Relations Summit in New York
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Public RelationsTags: 2010, 32 million, awareness month, Bulldog, Bulldog Reporter, CBS, CNBC, editorial calendar, golf, INC, influential reporters, Media, More, MRS2010, NBC, New York, news, Newsweek, Parade, phone, pitch, pitches, producer, Relations, seattle, social media, spokespeople, Summit, The CEO show, Today Show, twitter
Bulldog Reporter’s one-day intensive media relations summit was one of the best conferences I’ve attended yet. Why? Well, you get one-on-one time with influential reporters from prolific news outlets like Newsweek, Inc., More, CBS, among others. These reporters and editors give you information about their news outlet, a behind-the-scenes look at their offices and staff, [...]
Live, work or play in Seattle? Join us on Wednesday, June 23rd for Social Media Lunch
Posted: June 22, 2010 in Public RelationsTags: $15, Fairmont, Food, Free, lunch, Media, Olympic, parking, pr, Public Relations, seattle, Seattle PR, SMLunch, social, social media, valet
On Wednesday, June 23rd I am joining forces with @FairmontOlympic to host the third Social Media Lunch at the Fairmont’s Georgian. Free valet parking for those who drive but for those who bike, walk or bus I hear they are throwing in dessert. They are creating a special lunch menu for the event – it [...]