Formerly known as Start-up Week, Pioneers Festival is a gathering that celebrates entrepreneurship and start-ups. Check out this event in Vienna at the end of October.
New media
How Flipboard is changing everything
Flipboard is bringing all of your social media outlets together seamlessly, making it easy for you to keep up with the latest news. Find out how Flipboard is changing everything and boosting your Klout score in the process.
Don’t bring your social media completely in-house
I really believe it’s bad advice to recommend that companies fire their social media consultants, experts and agencies only to bring everything in house. The social mediasphere is enormous and 80% listening which demands crisis management experience and a solid team.
Integrity is inherent in earned media but not paid
Yesterday I asked if earned media was a thing of the past and whether payola, pay-per-post, pay-per-link, sponsored posts, and site sponsorship were the new de facto in digital PR. That post generated some responses, so here’s the back-and-forth on the topic.
Blogger outreach is earned media not paid, right?
My definition of blogger outreach has always been about acquiring earned media coverage from bloggers and online influencers. My definition — and my assumption — has always been that blogger outreach is public relations and not paid media. I may well be mistaken.
My definition–and my assumption–has always been that blogger outreach is public relations and not paid media. I may well be mistaken. “Earned media (or free media) refers to favorable publicity gained through promotional efforts other than advertising, as opposed to paid media, which refers to publicity gained through advertising.