Aug 06, 2009

Lifestream Blog Over the last few months Twitter (or the technology of micro-blogging) has marched its way to penetrate the mainstream and just like any new web technology that does this, we see a much wider base of users and then come the spammers. Even prior to this phenomenon there was a race to gain followers. Many felt that having a (Read More)

Aug 04, 2009

Mashable! We’ve made no attempt to hide our belief that Internet Explorer 6 must die. IE6 is an ancient browser that does not support many of the major innovations of the last 8 years. Yet it is still used by 15-25% of Internet users – and that fact alone is holding us back from a new area of web applications.Luckily, we’re not the (Read More)

Jul 28, 2009

Submitted by Nikki Harmon: If you've read any magazines, Web sites, newspapers, or books in the last decade, you probably know who I am. You know I have a three-second attention span, because I was weaned on emails, texts, and instant messages. You know I'm a self-esteem junkie, because I got participation trophies when I played little-league basebal (Read More)

Jul 02, 2009

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Jul 28, 2009

Submitted by Nikki Harmon: A survey of 1,900 business technology marketers by MarketingSherpa rated the optimized press release the most effective emerging market channel. (Read More)

Jul 24, 2009

Submitted by Nikki Harmon: 1. START WITH THE VISION Having a clear vision provides a rallying point from which to energize employees, customers and other key stakeholders. Just as importantly, it helps create credibility, especially with the media. (Read More)

Jul 20, 2009

TechCrunch If Twitter needed to pay for the media coverage the company and service gets across the board, it would have spent almost as much in 30 days than the $55 million that has been invested in the company since its inception in 2006. That’s the claim of VMS, a media intelligence company that monitors news coverage on television, (Read More)

Jul 15, 2009

Submitted by Nikki Harmon: Back when I was younger and first watched the Star Wars movies my favorites were Yoda and Han Solo.I recently watched the two latest Star Wars movies again and thought they were better than I remembered.Again, one of the best parts was definitely Yoda.I guess he was an early introduction to personal development and spiritua (Read More)

Jul 07, 2009

Official Google Blog We're often asked why so many Google applications seem to be perpetually in beta. For example, Gmail has worn the beta tag more than five years. We realize this situation puzzles some people, particularly those who subscribe to the traditional definition of "beta" software as not being yet ready for prime time.Ever since we (Read More)

Jun 30, 2009

Submitted by Nikki Harmon: A couple weeks back, Lisa showed us how to make a social media plan and I wanted to dive a little deeper into the “Set Your Metrics” section. As a business owner, you need to determine how to quantify buzz and as a service provider, social media marketers need to prove results. Below is a simple method for monitoring your s (Read More)

Jun 30, 2009

chrisbrogan.com Once you get past the “should my company be blogging” hurdle and into the “okay, so now what?” part of the race, the next question you might find yourself facing is, “What should I be doing to marry my blogging to my business goals?” If you’re in charge of making blogs deliver a business value to your organization, here’s (Read More)

Jun 29, 2009

louisgray-com Last week, Edelman's Steve Rubel made an aggressive jump - away from traditional blogging, turning over his site to a lifestream, which captures all of his activity from around the Web. His move, he reported, was due to a feeling that blogging "feels old" and that the new reality is about the flow of information. This follo (Read More)

Jun 24, 2009

Submitted by Pitchengine: PitchEngine, a new social platform that enables PR to effectively package stories featuring social content to better collaborate with journalists, bloggers and influencers worldwide, unveiled new customizable social media newsrooms to serve as a one-stop communications hub for influencers and customers. (Read More)

Jun 23, 2009

TechCrunch Gmail is far and away the best online email management system out there right now. But a lot of people still use it like a regular email service, never touching some of its power-features that can really help with email overload. So Google launched a new Tips area of the site today to serve as a reference point for how to b (Read More)

Jun 22, 2009

Mashable! Twitter is one of the most viral platforms on the social web. One link can be spread to millions of people in a matter of minutes. Perhaps the primary reason for this is the Twitter retweet. A retweet (or “RT”) provides Twitter users and easy way to share interesting updates from people they are following. We even wrote a g (Read More)

Nikki Harmon

Passionate about PR. Mistress to Social Media. Always a Contradiction.