Archive | April, 2007

Vocus Launches Spring ‘07

By on April 12, 2007 in Applications, Media Analysis, Public Relations

For the sake of transparency, I am a Vocus employee. Now that is out of the way I can get down to writing about the launch of Vocus Spring ’07.  The new release, which I’ve walked through, contains some really amazing upgrades and new features.  It is my plan to start using some of these features, particularly the [...]

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SES Conference

By on April 11, 2007 in Events, Marketing

I’m in New York City for the Search Engine Strategies (SES) 2007 Conference & Expo and am pretty impressed with the volume at this event.  I’m currently in the Wi-Fi lounge, hosted by info.com.  There are so many people accessing the network right now it is making it almost impossible to do anything.  All I [...]

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Blogging Etiquette

By on April 10, 2007 in Social Media

According to a recent article from the New York Times, Tim O’Reilly and Jimmy Wales are working to implement a code of conduct to the blogosphere. There are some who feel that the implementation of some third-party code of conduct would somehow be an impediment to free speech but I think these arguments are dubious [...]

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Cost for Writing a Press Release

By on April 4, 2007 in Online Distribution

The Businesswired blog has an interesting article on the costs involved with writing a press release. According to a Business Wire client, the cost involved with each press release hovers around $5K. There is a good discussion around the posting on the Young PR Pros Web site for anyone interested in participating, and there are [...]

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Social Media Club Meeting – March 2007

By on April 2, 2007 in Events, Media Analysis, Social Media

This past thursday, the DC chapter of the Social Media Club met at the Edelman offices in downtown Washington, DC to discuss measurement of social media.  The turn-out was one of the largest ever for the DC chapter, with a range of people from local start-ups, PR and marketing firms, and a host of other areas [...]

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