Digital PR rockstars Kevin Dugan and Richard Laermer are increasing their Bad Pitch Blog efforts and having a tele-seminar for anyone who needs to improve their approach to media relations — and by default social media. They obviously don’t see me, Maestro Abraham, as an attendee, but they thought you guys might be interested. It’s […]
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Prediction: Local TV newspeople will compete with their former stations
On the flight back from London on Sunday I finally had a chance to answer a Q&A email interview with Terry Heaton, a longtime friend who, as co-founder of AR&D, is one of the most forward-thinking people in the world of broadcast media. For the full interview, see see the AR&D Media 2.0 Intel Report. […]
Time for innovative news models
One of the highlights of the Traveling Geeks trip to the United Kingdom this week came Tuesday night when the Guardian held its first-ever podcast in front of a live audience for its Media Live program. The panel — tech blogger Robert Scoble, Sarah Lacy, blogger at TechCrunch, columnist at BusinessWeek and co-host of Tech […]
Social media ‘literacy gap’ growing
Intel exec on social media literacy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. Tristan Wilkinson, director for public sector for EMEA, Intel UK, talks about the need for social media literacy in this 9-minute video. Tristan met with the Traveling Geeks in London at the outset of our Innovation UK trip yesterday. Wilkinson told us the term […]
Survival Guide Chapter 1 Overview
Here is the beginning of the chapter review series I will post over the next few months from my book, A Survival Guide to Social Media and Web 2.0 Optimization. The book is doing very well, and I even have a couple of 5-star reviews. A big “Thank you” to the contributors and readers of […]