PR, Social Media, Transparency & Good News

I’ve been having a very lively discussion on Twitter today about PR, social media and where the lines of transparency fall. We asked if a PR firm should run social media entities in social communities. If they do, should they identify themselves in these communities - like Twitter, Facebook, etc. - as the PR firm [...]

5 Tips for Maximizing your Podcamp Experience

With Podcamp Boston 3 coming up this weekend, I’ve started think back to last year’s event and how I want to approach the experience this year. Podcamp co-creator Christopher S. Penn recently created a video podcast listing 5 tips to get the most from your Podcamp experience. His video prompted me to come up with [...]

5 SEO Tips for PR Professionals

Last night I attended Boston’s March Social Media Club Event in Woburn, Massachusetts. The topic of the evening was “The Search for Results: Social Media and Search Marketing” which was presented by a panel that consisted of:

Amanda Watlington, Owner of Searching for Profit
Greg Jarboe, President and Co-Founder of SEO-PR
Sherwood Stranieri, Director of SEO at SMG [...]

Social Media Club: Increasing your blog’s influence

During this week’s Social Media Club meet-up in DC, b5 Media CTO Aaron Brazell (@technosailor on Twitter) gave an excellent presentation entitled “Blog Draft Day: Making it into the Bigs”. The presentation covers a great mix of social media and blog related topics that centralize around the challenges bloggers face when trying to increase influence.
Aaron [...]

How Twitter Can Expand Your World - Frenemies and All

We admit, Twitter is difficult to understand from an outsider’s perspective. You really need to participate in the community to understand its value. But once you do engage, the power of this eclectic community comes shining through.
Several of us at PerkettPR have personal Twitter accounts and we also have a corporate entity where we share [...]

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