Social Media
Facebook Sucks: A New Perspective
Today a comment was left on my post, Top Ten Reasons Facebook Sucks, that I thought was intelligent enough as well as amusing enough to highlight in its own post (you can still find the comment on the original post as well). This perspective comes from a reader named Simone and goes a bit beyond […]
My Beef With Twitter (Or Why Twitter Sucks)
I was asked a little while ago what my beef with Twitter is (by Kami Huyse of MyPRPro.com). I really couldn’t care less if other people want to waste their time on Twitter. Honestly, I hardly consider them worth the time and blog space for a rant to begin with. Twitter sucks (about as much […]
Top Ten Reasons Facebook Sucks
Not long ago I promised a “top ten” list, and I’ve been itching to bitch about everybody’s favorite former-Myspace-wannabe, current-LinkedIn-wannabe Facebook.
Maybe I’m one of the last few sane people, but I’m not on Facebook. I won’t join. If you send me a stupid invite or I receive an email saying you added me to your […]
Social Media Index is a Joke
Below is my response to Edelman’s Social Media Index, detailed recently at SixtySecondView.com. The index is supposed to allow for a “top blog” ranking based on influence. I’ve copied my comments from that blog post here:
Why the SEO Gurus and Social Media Monkeys Can Suck Rocks
I was reading Amanda Chapel’s recent post today at Strumpette: Social Media Guru Calls for Most PRs to Leave the Profession. (Go for it… it’s definitely worth a read.) I don’t want to get too much into the Strumpette post, but in the end it brought up a really touchy subject with me, especially […]
Social Media Press Releases: A Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
If you follow the PR industry, you’ve likely seen the term “social media press release” thrown a lot lately, and more recently the “social media newsroom.” PR 2.0 has certainly arrived. But is that a good thing?
Private RSS Feeds and Social Media Newsrooms
If you know anything about building online press rooms, you’ll know it’s generally not a good idea to have it password-protected to ensure only journalists have access. The reason is pretty simple: journalists are too busy to be bothered with tracking down and storing the passwords. Shouldn’t any advances in the press room concept at […]
