http://www.newinfluencer.com A blog about social media, culture and technology Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:26:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I'm going to be part of a panel discussion that will focus on blended search.  I think it will be interesting.  Then again, I've spent a good amount of time studying the topic in the past few weeks so I'm biased.  Also, I'm the one speaking so that makes ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/speaking-at-smx-west-next-week/ This past week, Brandy and I chatted with Jason Kintzler, founder of PitchEngine.   The interview can be downloaded or heard online at WebmasterRadio.fm. http://www.newinfluencer.com/interview-with-kintzler-pitchengine/ There are a variety of perspectives on how best to analyze influence in Twitter and it is not the goal of this post to present another approach.  Rather, I want to take take account of the existing ones, spend a few minutes presenting a perspective and hopefully get a few ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/analyzing-influence-in-twitter/ This past week I had a great chat with Stuart Foster, social strategist at Mullen.  We got into a number of topics including the role of creativity in public relations, the incredible (and sometimes forgotten) potential within social bookmark communities and more. http://www.newinfluencer.com/conversation-with-stuart-foster-social-strategist-at-mullen/ HARO (Help a Reporter Out) is launching a host of new features to support their system, which connects journalists and bloggers (let's call them content producers) with PR/marketing folks interested in getting coverage. According to most accounts, HARO was launched as a Facebook group in 2007 (although HARO had probably been ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/haro-announces-product-launch/ I got together with Daniel Odio from PointAbout and Peter Corbett from istrategylabs at 1410Q last week, PointAbout's new corporate headquarters. Turns out that Daniel has a much grander vision for the space than simply housing the PointAbout group.  The goal is to create an "entrepreneur-friendly technology innovation hotspot, where we ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/1410q-a-home-for-innovation-in-dc/ I toyed around with OnlyWire for a while today and wanted to share some initial observations but first a little bit of foreplay. Bookmarking is a vestige of the Mosaic browser (circa 1993) and has subsequently emerged into a persistent feature of Web browsers.  Bookmarks aren't rocket science: There are a lot ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/review-of-onlywire/ I chatted with CT Moore from NVI Interactive Strategy at Pubcon a few months back about several topics including some of the things we've seen from Google News in the past year or so. Note to self: Remember to take off that ridiculously large event badge next time. http://www.newinfluencer.com/getting-indexed-in-google-news/ Business Wire recently announced the launch of "unique features that 'super-charge' press releases."  After spending several minutes trying to slice my way through marketing sludge (that included an actual reference to "global-mobile-social-measurable features") I think I managed to distill the following: Increased mobile distribution - Business Wire will be distributing content ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/business-wire-super-charging-press-releases/ File sharing company drop.io is currently working on a news release creation tool called PressLift.  PRNewser's Joe Ciarallo provided a good synopsis of PressLift this past week. Without taking a deep dive into the product, the key components seem to include: A basic CMS that will provide users with the ability to ... http://www.newinfluencer.com/presslift-review/