Yesterday, Planet Earth played host to two NFL playoff games and the Golden Globes. Lots of peeps were tweeting about these events (I even did when the Bears won). Some – who I cannot begin to comprehend – consta-tweeted them. Who are the consta-tweeters? They are the folks who cannot resist the urge to…
In PR, we talk. A lot. We talk when we have nothing to say. We talk because we see competitors talking. We talk to practice talking. We’ve convinced ourselves that talking IS what we do. Its gotta stop. I’m guilty. You probably are too. Think about the successful campaigns you’ve run….
You love social. Me too. But too much of a good thing is possible. Here are 7 signs you might need time away from social media: When someone says, “size matters” your first thought is about Twitter follower counts. You actually believe that Justin Bieber is more influential than President…
I totally agree with the Oatmeal: #followfriday(#FF) is, in many ways, bullshit at this point (If you don’t know what #FF is, or want a history of it go here and then come back and read this post). Think about it, when you get mentioned on #FF does your follower count increase? Mine doesn’t….
I just had two weeks totally off. It’s crazy how this confers perspective. I’ve always been a bit frantic, but email, IM and social media have dramatically exacerbated things. In fact, consta-checking was killing my productivity and draining my sanity. So here’s what’s gonna go down (I’ll report back in…
Why blog? It’s time consuming. It’s also highly unlikely that loads of people will consume what you produce. But blogging is the straight bomb. Please believe me. If ya didn’t blog…. – You wouldn’t have a platform to publish your thoughts. This is a pretty empowering thing. – You and…
This is guest post I wrote last week for my friends at All Beef Media. If you haven’t checked out their blog, you should. ———————————————————————— It’s mostly tha’ voice that gets you up, Mostly tha’ voice that makes you buck, A lot of rappers got flava and some got skillz,…
Charles Bukowski is my favourite author. His writing has this beautiful rawness to it. If you’ve never read Post Office or Women, do yourself a favour and grab both at your local library or bookstore. If you blog, there are two lessons you can learn from Bukowksi: 1) You have to…
NOTE – this piece is cross posted from the FAIT ICI blog, where it was originally published. ————————————————————————————————————————- Chris Anderson, the man behind Wired and ‘The Long Tail’, really likes declaring things ‘dead’. Awhile back he said print media was dead. Then he said the internet was dead. Anderson’s very…
I chatted recently about a few things I wish journalists would stop doing. Got me some bones to pick with bloggers too. Before that though, let’s again reiterate that I know a tonne of smart, cool people who also happen to be bloggers. This post is, by necessity, a generalization….