You might have heard that the North Korean Government is on Twitter. (And Facebook and Youtube as well). A tad bizarre for an organization whose chief interactions with its citizens involve spying on them and sending them to gulags. But there are, I have learned, sound reasons behind Pyongyang's foray into the 140 character world.…
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I had some social media guru follow me on Twitter recently. It got me thinking about what that term stands for. I think I figured it out: 'S' is for "so so." At most, this is the quality of advice you will get from the guru if you hire her/him.…
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La Lohan is in the slammer. Such is life for the young, hot and messy. Here are 8 thoughts she might have shared were it possible to tweet from a jail cell. 1 - The moonshine here is some strong. Thank God they took that monitor off me! 2 -…
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Picture it... Your firm is in crisis. It has caused a major environmental catastrophe. Everyone is out for blood. Your CEO, rather than get down and dirty, decides to go...wait for it...yachting. Yup, just a day in the life of BP! They don't, if memory serves, do much yachting in…
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Flakians love social media. All of them claim expertise in it. In fact, you cannot really claim to be a Flakian without saying that social media is the greatest goddam thing since the Greeks put feta on salad or Halle Berry played a Bond girl. Flakians also claim that you…
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Are your blog's traffic stats smaller than Herve Villechaise? Wondering why no one cares about your profound musings? Here are 7 reasons: The last time you posted "Bennifer" was a hot item. You're writing a social media blog. We already have one Chris Brogan and several thousand wannabe Chris Brogans. Try…
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When I was kid, I was into video games. I'd stare at a TV playing Colleco Vision or at an Apple 2E playing computer games for hours. To get me to stop Mom would say, "stop staring at the screen, you're gonna get square eyes." This frightening imagery usually made…
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Some personal branding guru started following me on Twitter the other day. As soon as I received this life affirming news, I called my Mom to tell her I'd finally made something of my wretched self. All I have left to do is beat that pesky Japanese dude in a…
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Today marks the beginning of a new series at Proper Propaganda. It will discuss stuff PR people like and, so no one gets confused, will be called "Stuff PR people like." Astounding creativity, I know. This series is inspired by two things that are both more original and generally doper:…
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I WISH I was Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's Communications Director. It would be an awesome gig in terms of career development. Agence France Presse reports that Glo glo has appointed her manicurist to the Board of a government agency responsible for lending tens of millions of dollars for the housing…
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