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Jessica Knows that It Takes Two
My friend Jessica Smith recently created a video to the music of Rob Bass – It Takes Two. It was a video made in collaboration with bloggers and PR pro’s – a quick video that symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between blogger and PR representative. Here it is: The relationships between PR and Bloggers is an [...]
Time Out
If I could have anything, I think it would be the ability to call a time out – a la Zach Morris. Keeping up with activity around Sponsored Blogging, FTC regulations, Sponsored Tweets, and all things in between has been a job unto itself lately. I’m writing a post on this but I feel like [...]
August Social Media Reading List
I really enjoy reading books on Social Media – even if many of them contain redundant information or easily wrapped catch-all philosophies that are easy to write but a bit harder to practice in the real world of business. There are a few books that have come out and/or are coming out in the near [...]
#Hyatt4Good Mashable Tweetup
Tonight, I’m heading to the #Hyatt4Good Mashable Tweetup in Denver. I’ll be posting pictures and whatnot on my Whrrl account – you can check it out here: GeorgeGSmithJr’s Whrrl Account.
The Deuce: ESPN’s Memo and my Reaction
I wanted to reserve my right to an opinion until the memo came out and the guidelines were recently posted on an NBCSports.com blog (which I found via Mashable, of course). I read them a few times and they seem very similar to many corporations Social Media guidelines. What a lot of people aren’t realizing [...]
ESPN is doing it wrong…Maybe
Based on a recent tweet by ESPN anchor Ric Bucher, the interwebs exploded with cries that “ESPN is doing it wrong” when it comes to their approach with Twitter. (BTW – thanks Chris for the positive shout out!) I had the same initial reaction to the news, and started to read all the various responses [...]
Id and Ego: My Posterous Blog and No Sense of Time
I have recently decided that my Posterous blog – georgegsmithjr.posterous.com – and this blog are my Id and my Ego, respectively. All it takes is really one look at the content on each to come to that conclusion. Let’s take a look: My Posterous blog reveals that I probably have more in common with teenage [...]
I Don’t Pitch Bloggers
With all the discussion on blogger’s relationships with brands, I wanted to talk about how I go about crafting relationships with bloggers. And, to start things out simply – I don’t pitch bloggers. The reason is simple: why? I just don’t see the reason to ask someone to write about my product. To me, it [...]
The Real BlogHer
While my anecdote created a lot of press in the last 24 hours, I wanted to highlight what I thought was far more representative of the time I spent in Chicago. The real BlogHer is about a community of women who come together to learn from each other, support each other, and become friends regardless [...]
Threatened at BlogHer
Someone tried to blackmail me at BlogHer. Seriously – I don’t even know how to summarize the story in complete detail as the past few days in Chicago have been quite the whirlwind. I understand that, as brands, we bring the “grabby” nature of swag bags out in people. I understand that people can feel [...]
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