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105: Identity Crisis

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · PR, Twitter, commentary, crisis, socialmedia

If the cap on the Gulf oil spill holds, BP will be grateful for more than one reason. In addition to ending its $4 billion nightmare, it will no longer have to contend with @BPGlobalPR, a Twitter account set up by an anonymous critic who has been skewering the company’s efforts to manage public opinion [...]

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104: The Joy of Geocaching

April 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · publshing, socialmedia

Paul and David return to the podcasting airwaves with a special show this week and an odd twist. Paul and his wife Dana have just published their latest book called The Joy of Geocaching. The couple, who have enjoyed the sport for many years, took time to interview dozens of cachers, as they are called, [...]

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103: Considering crowdsourcing

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · interview, socialmedia

We talk with Brent Frei of SmartSheet.com about the growing trend of crowdsourcing, the ability to farm out a series of tasks to a group of unknown contributors. Frei has put together a comprehensive report on the crowdsourcing industry that you can download here. He talks to David and Paul about some of the logistics [...]

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102: Social Media at IBM

November 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Twitter, blogs, interview, socialmedia, socialnetwork

Anyone who was around the computer industry during the 1980s remembers IBM as a buttoned-down, almost paranoid company. In the years following the Justice Department’s antitrust suit, IBM became so tight with information that virtually no one other than designated representatives was allowed to utter a word in public without fear of retribution. What a [...]

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101: Driven a Ford Lately?

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments · PR, Twitter, interview, podcast, socialmedia

Automotive companies aren’t usually thought of as models of institutional transparency, but when it comes to social media, that stereotype doesn’t hold. The big automakers have been some of the earliest and most enthusiastic adopters of customer conversations, in part because they believe their stories have been so poorly communicated by the mainstream media. Scott [...]

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Our 100th Show = Your Tweets

May 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Twitter, socialmedia

Believe it or not, were about to record the 100th episode of MediaBlather. In the spirit of new media, crowdsourcing and democratized information, we thought we’d use the latest social media tool of choice — Twitter — to help us with this program. So please contribute by answering the following question in 140 characters or [...]

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96: Social Media on Ice

April 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Twitter, interview, socialmedia

As the National Hockey League seeks to recover from its damaging 2004-2005 lockout,  It’s turning to new media as a means to reach out to the public.  Remarkably, half of all NHL fans don’t live near the teams they root for., so the league is using every medium and its disposal to connect people with [...]

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95: That Southwest Style

March 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · blogs, interview, socialmedia

This week we talk to Paula Berg, Manager of Emerging Media for Southwest Airlines and the team leading the airline’s efforts in blogging, podcasting, and other social media. In a corporate blogging world that has turned in mostly unspectacular results so far, Southwest is a standout.  The company uses ordinary employees — not high paid [...]

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93: The Travelin’ Mama

March 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · commentary, interview, podcast, socialmedia

Shannon Hurst Lane and three other professional travel writers were chatting at a conference early last year when they hit upon an idea. They were all moms with copious travel experience. Why not start a blog to advise families on destinations that are right for parents with kids? But this wouldn’t be your usual Mickey [...]

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89: The generational media divide

January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · socialmedia

There is a growing divide in how we consume media, and it is mostly age-related. But it isn’t as simple as everyone older is using this technology and younger is using that technology – there are a lot more subtle sub-groups. In this episode, Paul and David talk about ways that media professionals have to target and segment their [...]

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