May 29th, 2009
In under a year, Twitter has skyrocketed to one of the most used micro-marketing sites in the world.
Nielsen recently reported amazing statistics on Twitter users, including the rate of growth and demographics of users. Many of these stats, point to Twitter being an excellent tool for businesses. Read the rest of this entry »
May 20th, 2009
My name is Doug, and I’m a tweetaholic.
At conferences and events I’ll pull out my BlackBerry, sneak out a hashtag, and start live tweeting the event. When my table mates look askance on this breach of protocol, I smile sweetly; “Just taking notes” I say – not checking e-mail.
I wasn’t always this way. Read the rest of this entry »
April 6th, 2009
Dana Oshiro is a Canadian PR pro, writer and tech blogger living in San Francisco. For the last seven years she has worked in print, broadcast and online media relations. She believes that great stories, regardless of their medium, always rise to the top.
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The head of my old PR Department just emailed me this story about how traditional media has the edge over citizen journalism - written by a traditional journalist. Here’s some info the Pew Foundation’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found after surveying 145 citizen and 218 “legacy” news sites in 46 U.S. markets: Read the rest of this entry »
March 19th, 2009
Citizen journalism challenges us to consider where it belongs amongst the barrage of media.
I am intrigued by citizen journalists. The pioneers who carry a one-man band of recording and transmitting devices or opine from dim rooms behind computer screens. They open their world and offer an invitation to share their view. Because of these pioneers, we are transported throughout the world ahead of traditional sources and armed with information to form opinion before anyone else. Read the rest of this entry »
March 5th, 2009
Keeping my Twitter feeds uncluttered requires digital diplomacy. More often than not, I’ll remove someone I’m following if more than half of their tweets are personal, rather than insightful. When I’m skimming hundreds of tweets a day for my clients there isn’t enough time to read variations of “I’m going to get a cappuccino now, have a great day.” Read the rest of this entry »