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April 14, 2006

The Social Media Billing Gap

- Media Guerrilla

So my earlier post on the social media services gap kicked up some discussion, and as always, that's a good thing, right, but I purposely left something out of that post that's worth touching on now, even if consensus... ›››

Category: Business | PR | Social Media

April 11, 2006

Michael Arrington, TechCrunch, Guest Speaker at April 20th Third Thursday

- Media Guerrilla

Following up on my previous post, next Thursday, April 20th, will be our kick-off Third Thursday meetup, and I'm fired up to say our first guest speaker will be Michael Arrington. Arrington is the founder of edgeio and the... ›››

Category: Events | Marketing | PR | Silicon Valley | Social Media | bay area | meetup | thirdthursday

Hello, My Name is "Third Thursday"

- Media Guerrilla

For several weeks now I've been co-organizing a side project called "Third Thursday" with a few industry cohorts, including Jeremy Pepper at Weber Shandwick, Giovanni Rodriguez at Eastwick and Phil Gomes at Edelman. While bits of pieces of this... ›››

Category: Events | Marketing | PR | Silicon Valley | Social Media | bay area | meetup | thirdthursday

April 04, 2006

The Social Media Services Gap

- Media Guerrilla

Okay, so clearly a lot of debate remains about how and where social media should fit in a communications program, but there are two things the PR community seems to largely agree on: First, that the best programs, by... ›››

Category: Business | PR | PR 2.0 | Social Media

March 21, 2006

How Bloggers Ate the World

- Crossroads Dispatches

"In some futuristic hell, robotic serfs gaze at a giant screen showing the crazed rantings of what is plainly George Orwell’s Big Brother. An athletically clad girl races in. She is pursued by helmeted goons and she carries a... ›››

Category: Blog | Innovation | Innovators and Creators | Silicon Valley | Social Media | amateurs rule | apple | art | beat generation | citizen journalism | counterculture | entrepreneurs | inspiration | passion | startup | steve jobs | web2.0

March 09, 2006

My Wishlist for New Media Conferences

- Media Guerrilla

As I was reading through Andy Beal's 'Beginners Guide to Reputation Monitoring' it occurred to me that this sort of stuff is *exactly* what I'd like to see incorporated into new media conferences moving forward (read 'New Media Events,... ›››

Category: Conferences | Events | PR | Social Media

March 03, 2006

NewComm Take One

- Media Guerrilla

I'm too tired to write anything of significance, so instead I'll just share one random observation from day one of the NewComm Forum: It's fascinating to experience first-hand how social bonds born in a virtual world can perfectly manifest... ›››

Category: Blog | Events | PR | Social Media | newcomm

March 01, 2006

Blogs and Social Media Forum

- Johnnie Moore's Weblog

I'll be playing a small part in the Blogs and Social Media Forum on 17 May in London. I'm helping Lloyd Davis to facilitate a short open space session in the morning. This looks like quite a gathering of... ›››

Category: Blogs & networks | Social Media | unconference

February 24, 2006

No Sound Bytes I'm Afraid: Blogs as the Perfect Vehicle for Microstories

- Crossroads Dispatches

On the day after the tsunami anniversary, I ran into Ed, a Reuters foreign correspondent whom interviewed me and I had first met at an all-day meditation tsunami memorial event on Christmas. We sat down for a couple of... ›››

Category: Blogging | Journalism | Social Media | Storytelling | Tsunami | Weblogs | citizen journalism | disaster relief | katrina

February 13, 2006

NewComm Forum Approaches

- Media Guerrilla

The new media marketing universe, or at least what looks to be a good chunk of it, is set to descend on Palo Alto the week after next for the second annual NewComm Forum. The speaker lineup looks sick,... ›››

Category: Events | Marketing | PR | Silicon Valley | Social Media | Speaking | Voce | Yahoo | bay area | puppy | sncr

February 07, 2006

Uncle! Too Many Blog Tools

- Media Guerrilla

It's funny, I'm developing a new-found appreciation for two sorts of people: first, the long-time bloggers, and by this I mean the really crusty, pre-'citizen media' types, the original webloggers, you know, the Xangans. The guys that have just... ›››

Category: Blog | Blogging | Social Media | Technology

January 18, 2006

Amanda and Global Fusion

- Crossroads Dispatches

What I figure is a six- or seven-year-old Thai girl with silky black hair plops down next to me at the Stempfer Cafe in Khao Lak. "What's your name?" she asks me confidently in perfect English. "Evelyn. What's yours?""Amanda."... ›››

Category: Global Lens | Innovators and Creators | Social Media | The Future of Work

January 17, 2006

BuzzMetrics, Intelliseek Merge

- Media Guerrilla

In a note that BuzzMetrics President and CEO Jonathan Carson sent out this morning, he shares the news that starting today, the company will be merging with Intelliseek to create a 'new global standard in the measurement of consumer-generated... ›››

Category: Blog | Blogging | BuzzMetrics | CGM | Intelliseek | Measurement | PR | Social Media | VNU

January 09, 2006

Khao Lak: The Andaman Coast Back in Business

- Crossroads Dispatches

Photos of incinerators paint an even less complete and accurate a picture of Khao Lak today as recent media attention on the rape and murder of a Welsh tourist January 2nd displays a lawless island. Yes, there are only...... ›››

Category: Clear and Resonant Marketing | Participatory Marketing | Social Media | Tsunami | Word-of-Mouth Marketing

January 03, 2006

Welcome 2006...

- Media Guerrilla

Today I emerge from the post-holiday stupor to kick-start a new year of PR blogger drivel. I've been dark for a while now, for no real reason other than I needed to simply take a break -- to walk...... ›››

Category: Attention | PR | Silicon Valley | Social Media | Voce

January 01, 2006

BBC Tsunami Audio Interviews

- Crossroads Dispatches

The BBC has audio interviews related to the tsunami and relief efforts on December 27th. You can listen here (download now as it's online only through January 3rd). I was half-asleep as might be evident ;-) as I believed... ›››

Category: Social Media | Tsunami | Weblogs

December 26, 2005

Worldwide Remembrance Week, December 26-January 1.

- Crossroads Dispatches

It's Worldwide Remembrance Week, December 26-January 1. Use your blogs, your home pages, your wikis, your newsletters. Link to your favourite charities and NGOs, write a paragraph about them and the work they are doing, and ask your readers... ›››

Category: Social Enterprise | Social Media | Tsunami

December 23, 2005

Tsunami Anniversary: Mai Pen Rai

- Crossroads Dispatches

Papa Holland lent me a book written in 1965 by a US Foreign Service wife who ends up teaching at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok while her husband is stationed in Thailand. It's amazingly culturally relevant even today, and especially... ›››

Category: Awareness | Belief Systems | Social Media | Storytelling | Tsunami

December 21, 2005

Tsunami Anniversary: Mai Pen Rai

- Crossroads Dispatches

Papa Holland lent me a book written in 1965 by a US Foreign Service wife who ends up teaching at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok while her husband is stationed in Thailand. It's amazingly culturally relevant even today, and especially... ›››

Category: Awareness | Belief Systems | Social Media | Storytelling | Tsunami

December 20, 2005

Tsunami Anniversary: The Koh Jum Post

- Crossroads Dispatches

Situated halfway between Krabi and Ko Lanta Yai, Ko Jum (also known as Ko Pu) is the sort of laid-back and simple spot that people come for a couple of days, then can't bring themselves to leave. - The... ›››

Category: Global Lens | Social Media | Storytelling | Tsunami