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European Communications Summit - July 2 & 3, 2009
This week I'll be speaking at the European Communications Summit organised by the European Association of Communications Directors (EACD) of which I am member since the start a couple of years ago. The agenda is full with top keynote speakers like...PR students & social media - an interview with Artevelde Hogeschool
As someone who regularly works with trainees from Public Relations or Communications schools I often hear from these students that "social media" is not really something they learn at school. So what follows below is an email interview I did with...International Survey: Professional use of Social Media
BizInfo & Blackline are launching an international survey to analyze the business use of Web 2.0 tools and technologies (online collaboration, information/knowledge exchange & social networking). We think this is a unique survey, both on...Platform Independant Publishing or getting your news out there...
Recently I have been talking about the concept of "platform independent publishing" to clients, explaining them that the content they create should be able to "travel" as much as possible across the web, independently of format and platform.In...Social Media use in the Belgian PR world, some basic research results.
Time to look at my own little "neck of the woods" here in Belgium and see how my Belgian PR colleagues are using (or nog using) tools such as blogging, podcasting, RSS feeds etc... in the context of business communications.Two little surveys are...Here's the full coverage of the 2 day IAOC Conference in Reykjavik.
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Both Blackline and Leads United have now the ability to perform detailed online buzz tracking and monitoring for their clients through a partnership with Attentio, a Brussels based market intelligence company. We're now able to: Track brand...European Media and their websites in a Web2.0 age...
Mainstream media have turned to the web some time ago but more and more news sites are incorporating social media features like RSS feeds, blogs etc... into their websites. Already in 2006, the Bivings Group started to index this movement when it...Testing out Scribefire
I am currently testing out Scribefire, an add on for the Firefox browser which allows you to write a blogpost while surfing and without leaving your browser window. This blogpost has been written from "within" the browser and while I have several...About widgets, Facebook and portable content.
Those of you who followed my training sessions on RSS learned already that your online content can travel in different formats via different media (mobile phone, email, SMS etc…). Today I managed to create a web widget (small online...Agencies don't "get" social media...
Although I could agree on "most agencies don't get social media" it is not even me saying this but a recent survey by TNS Media Intelligence/Cymfony. The survey, based on 60 responses from marketeers in the US, UK and in France had one clear...Euroblog 2008, Public Relations and the web meet in Brussels.
Euroblog 2008 will take place in Brussels on 13/14/15 March and promises to be one of the best gatherings of PR professionals, educators and social media specialists of this year. Philip Young, one of the organizers just posted an almost final...Online Campaigning in the US- a review by Wired Magazine
Here's a great article about the use of web2.0 tools and services in the US elections.... ...So when I heard that maverick congressmember Ron Paul was entering the fray, I got a little excited. And I wasn't alone. The Texas Republican has become...Are you a "visual type" ?
Some people are more "visual" than others - concept thinkers, instead of analytical thinkers - and the web has found a nice little solution for those among us who like images... WebSlides let's you create a slideshow from any RSS feed and place...Blogging & Recruitment.
With a new "war for talent" going on in the marketplace companies are looking for - what they call - "innovative" approaches to discover, attract and recruit employees. One of those tools is blogging. It seems that "a blog to recruit" makes much...Cross posting from Blackline: Master Class in New Media Relations
After some well deserved holidays we're back at full speed at Blackline. Together with Leads United we've set up our first training sessions and are ready to take enrollments.On February 12 we kick off the season with a master class on "New Media...Leaving IBM and starting a new adventure/company.
Dear reader... Time has come for me to take on a new adventure. After 8 fantastic years with IBM I have taken on the opportunity to create a new social media agency together with Leads United, a leading Belgian PR agency. Today we announced...Euroblog conference to take place in Brussels.
Euroblog, the conference which focuses on (the only) scientific research on blogging, social media and communications in Europe will take place in Brussels on March 13/14/15, 2008.I was there last year and did a short interview about the findings...Unethical PR - Vote at the Falsies Awards
According to the Center for Media & Democracy, "2007 was a year full of spin, manipulation and deception...". Well now you can vote for the most unethical PR at the 4th Annual Falsies Awards. "This year, we are asking you to help identify the...
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“I would compare Facebook Like-Gates to capturing email and other contact information by offering ebooks and whitepapers. Without these, you'd be providing great content but that doesn't mean that everybody would go out of their way to dish out their contact details. It's a way to incentivize content providers to continue to generate great articles, inforgraphics and videos. And unliking a page is ...”
“Nonverbal communication is as important as our verbal or written messages. And how we appear in photographs on the web-- and specifically on Linkedin--can be critically important to our personal brands and our messages. The research you cite about warm and cold impressions is critical to how we are perceived. Thanks for the insightful post, Victoria, and I'm looking forward to the future posts. ...”