The headline of this post might be a little misconceiving. It is my belief that the point of LinkedIn is to connect and either add business partnerships or find a new job. Well, neither of those have happened yet for me. I have, however, found success connecting with my past fellow employees and with people [...]
Archive for November, 2008
LinkedIn works for me
Posted in Melanie's Life, Uncategorized, tagged LinkedIn on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Poor Black Friday ads
Posted in Melanie's Life, tagged Black Friday, shopping, Thanksgiving advertisments on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Maybe it was just me, but I was a little disappointed in the advertisements that came in Thursday’s newspaper. For the past couple of years these ads have played a key role in my Thanksgiving — watching my husband, his family and my family rifle through them and choose things they like. However, this year [...]
Longhorn fans unite through social media
Posted in Melanie's Life, Uncategorized, tagged BCS, Bevo Beat, College Football, Longhorns, Statesman on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The power of social media is helping Longhorn fans to fight for their team this week. With the BCS rankings too close to choose a Big 12 South winner (an expected national title game participant), Longhorn fans have created a Facebook group called “Texas did beat OU 45-35, lest we forget.”
You can read a full blrub [...]
Second lesson from Motrin
Posted in Public Relations, tagged Motrin ads on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week I talked about the impact social media had on the Motrin ad campaign. Here’s lesson two: social media can turn quickly — one way or the other. Already it seems as if the turmoil over the Motrin campaign has died down. Karlene Lukovitzwrote a more detailed article about the fleeting nature of [...]
Who will write our news?
Posted in Public Relations, tagged AP, Future of newspapers on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Associated Press plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce in 2009. What makes this especially interesting is that daily newspapers were cutting staff and thus were needing to rely more on AP copy or completely burn out their newsrooms. If everyone keeps cutting, who is going to be left to write our news? [...]
Reflections from PR seminar
Posted in Public Relations on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I attended a seminar this morning where journalists turned PR professionals were supposed to provide a little insight into how the transition has impacted their current careers.
A few thoughts:
1. I found it interesting that no one really addressed the role writing experience has played in their transitions. I stressed just last week to a group from [...]
Future of newspapers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Express-News, Future of newspapers, KENS, MySA, San Antonio on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Christian Science Monitor and PC Magazine are both pulling their issues off the shelves in favor for online versions. This is simply where things are headed — here’s a great post about this.
It may sound horrible since I am in PR, but I do not subscribe to one newspaper, and I only subscribe to one magazine [...]
