XBOX gets social media-fied with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm

October 27th, 2009


Last week as part of XBOX Live’s update preview program, we (and by we I mean my wonderful gamer boyfriend) got an early upgrade to the newest version of XBOX Live – which is chock full of features like social media integration with Facebook, Twitter, and Last.Fm … and streaming content from New Yorker cartoons, [...]

1560 The Game’s Sean Pendergast at SchipulCon on creating loyal fans

October 18th, 2009


I saw a lot of great speakers at SchipulCon this year, which wrapped on Friday. One case study I can’t get out of my head is Sean Pendergast from Houston’s sports talk radio station 1560 The Game. Maybe it’s because my boyfriend practically lived in the student radio station in college, or because my dad [...]

SchipulCon Day 1 Recap

October 15th, 2009


It was a great day of learning at SchipulCon! Our keynote Deirdre Breckenridge and all the other speakers were awesome – and spoke on topics ranging from social media to public relations to Tendenci and Drupal and WordPress to blogging and non profit marketing.  Lots of good stuff! Here are some random favorite moments of [...]

@BravoTV makes my day!

June 19th, 2009


Many of you know I have a ridiculous obsession with reality television, especially Bravo. I am what you might call a Raving Fan. I will watch whatever they suggest and share the love about new shows with friends! Recently, I have given Bravo some flack (ex. here) when they tried to branch into Twitter because you [...]

PR 2.0 – You’re Doing it Right Examples

June 8th, 2009


I just finished the book PR 2.0. It’s pretty basic – geared toward traditional PR professionals who don’t quite understand all the tools available on the web to help them maintain their brands. For someone who understands web tools, the descriptions of how an RSS feed works, how a blog can help you, etc. are [...]