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As a journalist I work with a lot of PR people because they help me get my job done. These days many PR people have to also work with bloggers and also advise their clients on how best to make use of blogs, Facebook, Twitter and any other social media.I recently met a senior PR person who says she advises clients about soci (Read More)
: Wow, I did learn that social media or marketing is about relationships, and once I applied this, I began seeing a big difference in my marketing efforts. Don't pitch people, get to know them first.
Submitted by Magitam
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Recently I blogged about how Barack Obama was able to powerfully connect with people in a way that no president in history has done - through social media. Through his "Obama Everywhere" initiative, you could reach the senator on 16 major social media sites in the world. I said that never before in history had we seen a Pre (Read More)
Submitted by Thomaspower:
after more than 10,000 hours of Ecademy I am trying to figure out why I am not yet an expert in social networking?. (Read More)
The Guardian
Hillary Clinton plans to accept the job of secretary of state offered by Barack Obama, who is reaching out to former rivals to build a broad coalition administration, the Guardian has learned.Obama's advisers have begun looking into Bill Clinton's foundation, which distributes millions of dollars to Africa to help with deve (Read More)
: I also supported Hillary during the primaries and have high hope she'd run again in 4 years. Nobody can predict what would happen in 4 years and I think Obama's presidensy would be like Carter's. Being state of secretary would take her out of the presidential arena, and if she makes mistakes, that would damage her stocks and I have no doubt that Obama will throw her under the bus like he has done to people who have been in his way. I also wonder what John Kerry thinks about this development as his name was mentioned as a possible contender, especially when he was the person who introduced Obama to the national stage in 2004. I also wonder what Hillary and Bill Clinton haters who fiercely support Obama think about Obama's cabinet that so far has been mostly filled with Clinton's people. To me, that does not look Change of new Washington he promised during his campaign.
Submitted by Michaelfidler:
Two bits of interesting news on the Facebook front this evening. Nick O’Neill at All Facebook noticed that the social network has created additional ad inventory for sale on their sidebar, and we recieved details on the Application Verification Program that was announced earlier this week. Both signal a move by Facebook to (Read More)
: @triumphant From what I understand, Twitter's vc's are very supportive of them continuing to pursue growth vs. revenue for the near future. As such, I would expect them to continue doing what they are doing for quite a while and then start to toe-dip experiment with ways to monetize small percentages of their user-base.
: @triumphant Zuckerberg said at the 2.0 conference that there was a lot of things coming that have been in the works for sometime. Addition Ad revenue has most likely been part of this long term strategy. They have plenty of money, and no worries. They are hiring and opening new offices internationally. Twitter is also hiring right now. BTW, Zuckerberg mentioned that they were working closely with twitter on something. Both companies have little to worry about. Recession are the best time for secure companies to implement strategies that will pay off at the end of the recession. Steve Jobs is a champion of the is philosophy. He believes in spending heavily going into a recession, and its worked well for him. Comparing Facebook and MySpace at different phases in their growth cycle's is a mistake. MySpace pages are covered in Ads,and there growth has stalled. Facebook doesn't want their pages looking like the pages of Myspace. Twitter has options galore right now, and they are planning for the future. It's the more questionable 2.0 companies with no revenue that need to scramble now!
Submitted by Michaelfidler
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Filed under: Management, News Corp'B' (NWS)When News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) CEO and media baron Rupert Murdoch speaks, people in the media business should listen. The 77 year-old tycoon has built an impressive array of media properties and is one of the few who gets it when it comes to how media should be created, by whom it sho (Read More)