When you start monitoring social conversations it takes a while to figure out which words and phrases return the most relevant content. There are many excellent subscription tools available, but until you have narrowed down your search terms and brand terms, it’s a smart idea to use a free tool. iGoogle is one easy-to-create and [...]
Each year at this time new technology ideas emerge and tech predictions are made at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. In his keynote speech Robert Kyncl, vice president, global head of content for YouTube, predicted that in a few years video will be 90% of all the traffic online. In case you [...]
A few months ago when PRSA announced that it was engaging the PR community in an ‘open and collaborative effort’ to modernize the definition of PR, there was a spate of posts from PR people. Many applauded the crowd sourcing approach, but there were also detractors. As with any such effort, there’s always the risk [...]
I read a post in CommPRO.biz today about 5 trends for 2012 that will affect your PR resume. A statement in the first point absolutely floored me: While a press release does not necessarily need to be well-written.… What could possibly lead anyone to the conclusion that a press release doesn’t have to be well-written? [...]
Social media impacts every part of your business. Online PR has assumed greater importance and in 2012 it is imperative that a business Knows who their customers are and where they are active online Understands the power of social media for positive and negative impact Makes social media a part of their risk management strategy [...]
In her post about social media trends in 2012 Beverly Macy says content curation is important because people want to know what’s important and they want to discover interesting and relevant content. “Competitive advantage goes to companies who quickly figure out how to enable effective aggregation curation. Look for rapid innovation in this field.” There [...]
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In the summer of 2010 Google completed the Caffeine update, which allowed them to rapidly index fresh content across the web. This week Google announced that they had done another major update based on freshness of content to cope with the burgeoning amount of social content available online. “Search results, like warm cookies right out [...]
To be successful in social media you need to listen, learn and respond. Some companies are not even listening: In Europe just under a third of companies have implemented monitoring and analysis of the social media conversations. (Social Media Governance 2011) In the US 55 percent use search alerts , but only 16 percent are [...]
More and more people are using online news sources to find information on products, services, companies and ideas. Most press releases published online are read by the public looking for data and a survey by Outsell found that online press releases are a major source of data for BtoB buyers prior to purchase. There are [...]
