Blogging,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing,Twitter,Twitter Basics         18 comments

The REAL, intrinsic, not-so-secret value of social media in general — and Twitter, particularly — is the desire to help others by sharing information. Expertise, whether in the form of “raw knowledge” or super-research skills, is on the Net for the taking and, of course, the giving. Lesson TWO: How to find people to “follow” [...]

 Social Media Marketing,Twitter,Twitter Basics         39 comments

Stupid is such a loaded word: you never know how someone else will react if they hear the word So let’s begin TWITTER WEEK 101 with an agreement that 10 million+ users can’t be All Wrong. They’ve learned it’s all about How You Choose To Use The Power of Twitter. [BTW, as of Dec 2009, [...]

 Blogging,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing,Twitter         8 comments

The last class of the semester will not be the end of studies for many SFSU marketing students. What a wild ride – Jumping off the PR 1.0 trail and on to PR 2.0! And I’m happy to report that many of my 90+ students will be continuing our trek down Revolutionary Road. Below is [...]

 Blogging,Blogging 202,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing         5 comments

“Write your own blog post everyday, but spend twice as much time reading other people’s blogs – and comment” We had Sleepy Blogger, aka Robyn Tippins, come to PR class at San Francisco State, Tuesday, May 12, on the second last day of our exciting adventure into the World of All Things Social Media. In [...]

 Social Media Marketing         7 comments

Writer’s Block?  Rather, so many things to say — How do you pick one post for the day? This reminds me of one of the greatest pieces of advice I have ever received . . . decades ago, and I am still often sharing it with stressed-out students and friends: Whenever Life bombards you with [...]

 Facebook,Future of advertising,Personal Branding,Social Media Marketing         7 comments

So, once again, is Facebook a waste of time? Last post we tried to address the responses of naysayers — the “non early adopters,” the social media non-initiates. Common challenges in any evolutionary cycle. But the fact remains that life does change, and so do we. And nowhere are these changes more dramatic than with [...]

 Social Media Marketing         16 comments

All the latest and greatest tools mean nothing – if you aren’t listening I read several great blogs today — and would still be reading — if I didn’t want to share my own understanding of one important topic: Effective social media marketing —  aka REAL CONVERSATION — cannot happen without someone to LISTEN. Let’s [...]

 Blogging,Facebook,Personal Branding,PR 2.0,Sharisax Is Out There,Social Media Marketing,Twitter         Comments Off

How does one tell a story from the middle, i.e., in medias res. You just jump in, I suspect, and start paddling.

As a journalist for more than thirty years and a marketing instructor for more than a decade, I’ve had a variety of valuable experiences learning to write, to sell, and to teach. But nothing has so excited and energized