May this be a lesson to you…

I’m without words….almost to painful to watch this train wreck. As a courtesy to protect the innocent (and the guilty!), I’ve censored this comment stream. Note: You may have to zoom in a bit to see all the copy. It all started with an innocent status update.

Old News or New Norm?

I saw the new Mad Men app on Facebook then noticed this article on MediaPost discussing how Eight O’Clock is extending their Mad Men marketing tactics into online. What struck me about the program is that there’s nothing groundbreaking or innovative here. But that might just be okay. In a nutshell: -”Mad Men Yourself” mirco ...

Surprised? I didn’t think so

Sometimes it takes a vid to put what we already know into perspective. David Meerman Scott is a marketing guy preaching the gospel of in-bound marketing and the new rules of PR. He’s right. When you ask people how they get info, many will point to Googling or asking friends (or social networks). However, I’m ...

Sara Lee Baking with the Mommy Bloggers
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Sara Lee Baking with the Mommy Bloggers

There’s only one thing more exciting than a room full of moms: A room full of Mommy Bloggers. We brought some of some of America’s most influential online moms to the Kitchens of Sara Lee for a Back to School Nutrition Summit. Staff poured through hundreds of blog to find the right women and we ...

BumblebeeHomo Vid Lands GM in USA Today

If you’re gonna go gay, you gotta go online. As GM realized long ago, the LGBT’s are extremely web savvy, early adapters to tech and have significant buying power. As adjunct faculty at Columbia College teaching a course on social media and another on LGBT communications, I couldn’t resist this post. When I developed the ...

New Realities, Same Relationships

A great article this weekend from Sunday Business in NYT about how online communications is reshaping the PR pro’s role. This could have been three separate articles! Just last week I was making the case that if we get 10 top mom bloggers to talk about a story, that’s more “impressions” than a top national ...