Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 25, 2011
Rumors ran rampant. around the Twitterverse last week with the news that Twitter is in talks with TweetDeck to purchase the ridiculously popular third-party service for the low, low price of just $50 million. (Note to self: invent something people love and then buy an island). Considering UberMedia was rumored to be in the mix to buy TweetDeck for $30 million just a few weeks ago, that’s very interesting news.
Bad Pitch Blog
APRIL 29, 2011
'You have no choice but to know about "Billy and Katie getting hitched." And if you got up at 4am in the states (edt), you''re a sucker or anti-DVR. Ever heard of time shifting? Pitch Much? I''ll just note that, while I''m all for having a knees up, events like this make media relations of any kind, well, impossible. It''s been genuinely entertaining to watch nearly every media outlet under the sun try to make a unique relevant angle to the nuptials.
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Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 28, 2011
I was recently talking to a friend of mine who claimed he would never hire a “Gen Y.&#. My friend is a fairly senior PR pro in a reasonably high profile company, and his attitude astounded me. When I queried why, he identified a few areas. I will now lay these out for you, and (as a Gen Y myself) rebut them: 1. Lack of work ethic. This is out-and-out wrong.
Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 29, 2011
I came across something quite cool the other day. Actually, it was just the day before yesterday, when Derek Skaletsky gave me props (aww) for saying I think Traackr is quite a bit more useful—at least as far as I’m concerned—than Klout , if one is trying to find “influencers.&#. I didn’t know this (or know him) at the time, but Derek is part of the Traackr team.
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Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 26, 2011
Please stop telling me to “feel free.&#. It’s one of the most ridiculous phrases I come across … and I come across it frequently. You know, as in when people email you asking for something … but they don’t want come right out and ask for it, so instead, they tell you to “feel free&# to do it. As in, “I’m looking for a new job; feel free to pass my resume along.&#.
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Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 24, 2011
I got nothin’ for you this week. Ok, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. There have certainly been some great posts I read. But what with it being a really hectic week–not to mention the EC2 crash (yes, again)–my creative juices are running low. In fact, not only are they running low, they are decidedly cranky as well. So here are some of the best cranky posts I’ve read (and not just this week either). 1 – 4: Media Bullseye’s Meltdown Roundup.
Waxing UnLyrical
APRIL 27, 2011
Here I go again: Klout does not equal Clout. And while it may in the future, it certainly does not right now. Yesterday Klout introduced “the new Klout.com.&#. I saw a tweet about it, and I can’t remember whose stream it was in, so I went across to check it out. My initial reaction (and it’s also in the comment that I left over on the Klout blog post, since I didn’t think it fair to simply write about it here and not comment there as well) is … that it’s very
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