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Full Disclosure: FTC Regulations for Bloggers Take Effect Today
By: Marijean Jaggers
12/01/2009 - Today's the day the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) guidelines for bloggers go into effect. That means that bloggers who get paid or receive freebies for posts must begin disclosing it on their Web sites. I don't really have an issue with this; in fact, it…
Six Ways to Use Social Media to Promote Your Brand and Your Business
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/25/2009 - Recently, I presented to two great groups: Social Media Club Charlottesville and the C'ville Entremoms. The two came together for networking and to accommodate my schedule, since they both wanted me to speak and we could only find a single date that worked. There is,…
Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon – Play Yourself via LinkedIn
By: Loren Wassell
11/20/2009 - About 15 years ago, three Pennsylvania college students dreamed up the parlor game that came to be known as "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon." Theoretically, you can reach almost everyone in movies within six steps of Kevin. For example, early film legend Charles Chaplin has…
Five Things I've Been Into Lately
By: Justin Lopinot
11/18/2009 - I was inspired by Greg Sullentrup, of Momentum Worldwide, who delivered a presentation to our office. After discussing the topic at hand, he shared 10 things that recently have caught his interest. He said he always concluded his presentations with this "10 things" practice. For us,…
The Power of Plain Old Publicity
By: Amber Morris
11/12/2009 - I honestly can't remember the last time I had my TV on. I get my news from the Internet. And in this age of social media, I think we tend to forget the power of plain old publicity via traditional, non-digital sources. I listen to the radio…
How to Repurpose Content to Support Your Brand Through Strategic Communications
By: Marijean Jaggers
10/30/2009 - I've been doing a lot of coaching with clients on how to repurpose content they're already creating to maximize their reach, particularly in the online space. All the content created by members of your team -- whether it's in internal e-mails, on social networking sites,…
How Skype Is Becoming a Business Tool
By: Tammy Stankey
10/22/2009 - Imagine you want to reach a small but influential group of people and engage in more personal dialog than a Webinar allows ... enter Skype, the free, online video- and voice-conferencing and file-sharing tool that is moving from primarily personal use to more commercial use.…
4 Tips for Hospitals That Use Twitter: Follow, Complete, Engage and Be Regular
By: Justin Lopinot
10/20/2009 - I recently read an article posted by the St. Charles Journal about local hospitals using social media. In the article, I learned that Progress West Hospital in O'Fallon posts emergency room waiting times on Twitter. While focusing on wait times alone seems, to me, like…
Nielsen Says Social Class Linked to Social Networking Tools: Do You Agree
By: Marijean Jaggers
10/13/2009 - An article posted today on CNN.com asks, Does your social class determine your online social network? This caught my eye because it's something I've been saying for a while. In fact, I blogged about it in the post Facebook is the Suburbs, MySpace is the Ghetto, raising…
Using Digital Communications to Create Event Excitement, Collaboration
By: Marijean Jaggers
10/12/2009 - Standing Partnership client Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) approached us with a challenge. The School of Pharmacy would be hosting a learning summit for pharmacists and students studying pain management and palliative care. The school wanted a solution to offer both participants in the summit…
