The Russian government is reacting with outrage over the failure of its Mars probe. Officials are vowing to name those responsible for the errant rocket, and they have turned the crash into a PR disaster for the nation and the space program. Their reactions smack of the old Soviet Union. Yes, it is necessary to […]
Posted on January 16th, 2012 by admin
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Social TV Apps Woo Brands | Digiday The proliferation of smartphone and tablet devices is great news for second-screen and social TV services, making it easier than ever for users to interact with digital content as they’re perched in front of their TVs. Letters of Note The content seems to make these more noteworthy than […]
Posted on January 14th, 2012 by admin
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Toshiba for Good Toshiba’s cause marketing Facebook page asks you to submit a video to get a non-profit charity awarded a $100K technology makeover. The price is right, but getting users to generate content is not always the best way to initiate engagement, imho. Tweet This Post
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by admin
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The video of Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters instantly destroyed any credibility the US had in Afghanistan. One vile action cost millions of man-hours of meetings with elders, working with the populace and reputation building. It doesn’t make a difference that thousands of soldiers have done their duty in the country and […]
Posted on January 13th, 2012 by admin
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5 URL Expanders to Help You Avoid Spammy Links Love these sites and remind me of the preview links. But if you have to use them, you kind of already know the answer? The Top 10 News Organizations That Attract the Most Engagement on Google+ As Google+ gets more integrated with search, along with a […]
Posted on January 12th, 2012 by admin
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Is it only in politics that humans can make contradictory arguments such as this? We as a Congress are in recess but we’re not. Therefore, you can’t act as if we are in recess because even though we aren’t present, we are. Corporations can get caught in such circular irrationality but they don’t seem to […]
Posted on January 12th, 2012 by admin
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It is a mark of Japanese culture that a company can sue its executives, yet let them continue to run it. At least that is what Olympus is doing. One would think after all the bad PR that Olympus has suffered in recent months that the board of directors would want to make a clean […]
Posted on January 11th, 2012 by admin
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As this article points out, Mitt Romney is delivering the wrong message about his time at private equity firm, Bain Capital. Romney talks about the jobs that Bain created but he avoids mentioning jobs lost and companies that failed to thrive. The point is that Romney wasn’t in the business of job creation but […]
Posted on January 10th, 2012 by admin
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Pinterest: 13 Tips and Tricks for Cutting Edge Users Pinterest is Delicious w/ less link and more picture. I know some people that use it to supplement their blog during down periods. Great short form content publisher. Tweet This Post
Posted on January 9th, 2012 by admin
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There are plenty of ways you can use social media to follow the long march from the Iowa Caucus to the November Elections. Several sites, including Instagram and Tumblr, are being used by candidates for the first time to engage and inform citizens. From behind the scenes access from the media and each candidate’s content to larger sites […]
Posted on January 9th, 2012 by admin
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