Entries from August 2006 ↓
August 28th, 2006 — Blog, Bloggers, Blogging, Blogs, Media Relations, Media Training, Public Relations, del.icio.us
Apparently Jason Calacanis has created a stir with some journalists by posting his interviews with them on his blog. They are getting scooped by the source. Calacanis only does interviews by email so he has record of what was said and can point out discrepancies. He’s made a habit of posting the interview word for word on his blog soon after it is complete. Mark Cuban posts his at times too. (He got after the NY Times quoting him out of context on this one . . . ). At least that’s what it seems like. I’ll address this later . . .
3 rules for interviewing bloggers (or anyone for that matter). It should be three interview rules . . . whether your interviewing or you are the interviewee. [via MediaBistro ]
Calacanis photo: Peter Kaminski
August 27th, 2006 — del.icio.us
August 26th, 2006 — Consultant, Consulting, Marketing, Media Relations, Strategic Marketing, Utah Marketing
If any company has done a good job of positioning itself as the leader in eCommerce solutions for small businesses, I would say it’s Yahoo!. But, I have not heard good things about using Yahoo! from people whose opinions matter.
After some curiosity and research, I found the following eCommerce solutions?
Are there others? Probably. So here’s the question. What do you recommend? Who do you think has the best eCommerce solution for marketing products online? Ronald McDonald is patiently waiting for your response.
photo credit
August 26th, 2006 — Consultant, Consulting, Customer Evangelism, Marketing, Utah Marketing
August 25th, 2006 — Newspaper, PR, Public Relations, Strategic Marketing, Utah Marketing, Utah PR Firm, Utah Public Relations, del.icio.us
I’ve written about getting media coverage for your business before, and a recent post by a PR cohort of mine reminded me of another great pr tip.
PHOTOS! (Want more media coverage?) via KrisBeldin.com. Thanks Kris.
“The old saying, ‘A picture is worth 1000 words’ is evidently more than a saying. According to Bennett & Company’s 16th Annual Media Survey, 90 percent of journalists are saying that graphics are a good way to get coverage.”
You need more than just a photo though. All photos should have a great caption that can tell an entire story on its own. So here goes.
Russell Page and his brother (name witheld) prepare their own version of a fireworks show as they tie together a series of parachutes that blast into the air for their nieces and nephews to chase as they fall to the ground. The pair were celebrating Independence Day with family in American Fork, Utah where it was more than 100 degrees
August 24th, 2006 — Mormonism, Utah Public Relations Agency, del.icio.us
A woman in my local church congregation says this is a photo of a daguerreotype of Joseph Smith, which she owns. Daguerreotypes were usually about the size of a postage stamp, and the only way to reproduce them was to take a photo. So, this is believed to be a photo of the only known image ever taken of Joseph Smith. There is some disagreement as to whether the daguerroeotype is real.
This woman came to own the photo because an elderly woman she used to take care of passed away, and she found it while cleaning out her house. She took it to an appraiser who said it was real and that they are very rare. Real or not, my wife and I were both awe struck at how amazing and captivating it was.
Thoughts? . . .
UPDATE: Wikipedia says “This photograph is claimed “by many experts” to be a daguerreotype of Joseph Smith, Jr. taken in 1843 by Lucian Foster. In fact it is simply a crude 19th century example of photographic collage, made superimposing the clothes from a genuine photo portrait on the Charles Carter portrait.”
UPDATE 2:
See: Joseph Smith Painting: “Prophet, Seer and Revelator”
August 24th, 2006 — Blog, Bloggers, Media Relations, PR, Public Relations, Utah PR, Utah PR Firm, Web 2.0, del.icio.us
Sometimes you just miss stuff. I did.
Vocus has apparently bought PRWeb for $28 million in stock and cash. For all of you Utah Bloggers out there, PRWeb is the company that our own Judd Bagley joined recently as VP of Social Media. Stuart Dean, former VP of Sales for PRNewswire and a BYU grad also recently joined PRWeb. I believe Stuart is also a Utah man like Judd.
Congrats to David McIinnis and his entire team, especially those Utah PR pros 
.
August 23rd, 2006 — Blog, Bloggers, Blogging, Blogs, Business, Citizen Marketing, Utah Bloggers, del.icio.us
The other day I got curious about how much traffic tech-blog newcomer TechCrunch was getting lately, so I did a TechCrunch/Engadget comparison on Alexa. Here’s what I found.
Blake Snow (a blogger for Joystiq, which is owned by AOL/Weblogsinc, which also owns Engadget) says TechCrunch is pulling in $60,000 a month in ad revenue right now. If TechCrunch is laying down nearly as much traffic as Engadget, they are only hitting the tip of the iceberg in terms of ad revenue to come.
