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Six Strategies For Being An Effective Media Outlet For Your Small Business

November 8, 2009

In order to be an effective media outlet for your business, you should abide by some basic journalistic principles. While the technologies that support journalistic endeavors are constantly changing, the basic tenets of good journalism have remained constant for hundreds of years. The challenge for you is to use those principles to establish the branded [...]

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The Media Is You: Atlanta — Venue Confirmed!

November 2, 2009

I am pleased to announce that the venue for The Media Is You: Atlanta has been confirmed! The social media training event of the year for Indies will be held in the southeast at the American Management Association’s Executive Conference Center at The Proscenium located at 1170 Peachtree Street, NE. A short drive from Hartsfield [...]

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Announcing The Media Is Y-O-U!

November 2, 2009

Announcing The Media Is Y-O-U, a one-day intensive, hands on social media training workshop designed especially for Indies! If you’re an Indie Business owner, you know how important it is to use the Internet to spread the word about your products and services. Today, doing that is easier than ever with my one-day intensive, hands [...]

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Should You Use Your Real Name Online?

November 2, 2009

Yesterday, I Tweeted my experience linking from a small business owner’s Twitter page to her website, and not finding her name anywhere. There was also no phone number and no address, yet her products were sold via a shopping cart at her site and her newsletter subscription form required subscribers to enter a first and [...]

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Even The Media Doesn’t Need The Media

November 2, 2009

This past Sunday, Mike Soltys, a media relations vice president at ESPN, announced the termination of ESPN sports personality Steve Phillips. As you may know, Mr. Phillips has been embroiled in a nasty sex scandal. I don’t watch ESPN, but I’m quite sure that ESPN must have announced this action on the air at some [...]

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