By Geoff Livingston and Danny Brown. Cross-posted on Geoff’s blog. Contrary to Violet Blue’s disappointing stance about women in tech in 2010, this year saw a terrible new trend, the outright enforcement of the glass ceiling in technology. First there was Michael Arrington’s terribly ignorant rant, followed verbally by the likes of Robert Scoble and… [Continue Reading]
There’s an event taking place tomorrow, Wednesday December 8, called Help a PR Pro Out, or HAPPO. Organized by two people I’m proud to call friends, Arik Hanson and Valerie Simon, the aim of HAPPO is simple and does exactly what it says on the tin – helps a PR professional out. Specifically, helps a… [Continue Reading]
This is a guest post from Danielle Smith and is a follow-up to my recent post about PR and blogger relations. Danielle is a former award-winning Television Anchor and Reporter who has turned her attention to the online sphere. She is the founder and primary author of ExtraordinaryMommy.com, a vlogger, online TV host, speaker and… [Continue Reading]
I read a post over at Mom Blog Magazine that left me shaking my head the further I read, and reinforced why so many bloggers don’t like PR agencies. Entitled Why PR People Get Paid And You Don’t, it was a post by an anonymous PR professional (“Sarah”) who, in her own words, is “an… [Continue Reading]
This post is slightly different, in that I’m helping a friend help a friend out. Last night, I saw a tweet from Jason Crouch about helping his buddy Nate Davenport out. The gist of the tweet is that Nate is trying to win a job at the very cool iwearyourshirt.com, where companies pay to have… [Continue Reading]
Last week, I wrote about a new blogging project we’re launching over at Bonsai Interactive Marketing. Today, we’re soft-launching it and I wanted to share it with you. For Bloggers, By Bloggers is a blogging resource centre that will cover WordPress, Blogger, Typepad and Squarespace (other platforms might follow as the site grows). Its aim… [Continue Reading]
Comment spam is a pain in the ass. If you’re a blogger, you’ll know yourself how much fun it is to clean up spammy comments left by companies desperate to shill their services. It’s not just restricted to blogs, mind you. Emails, Facebook Pages, Twitter direct messages, etc – all a lively source of some… [Continue Reading]
Yesterday I shared two posts I thought you should read over at the Spin Sucks blog. One of them was by Gini Dietrich and looked at how the PR industry is letting itself down when it comes to blogger outreach programs. This post in particular has sparked a great debate in the comments section on… [Continue Reading]
This weekend just gone, I was honoured to meet a guy I’ve admired for a long, long time, Mark Horvath (Mark’s in the centre, my business partner Troy Claus is on the right). Based out of Los Angeles, Mark is someone with an incredible story. Fifteen years ago, Mark was homeless and sleeping on the… [Continue Reading]
Customers and employees are your two most important ingredients in a successful business. Without one, you can’t have the other. Customer service is an especially hot topic for me, as I’ve worked in improving how service is measured and improved at a few companies, where previously it was maybe in third or fourth place when… [Continue Reading]
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Danny Brown is VP, Product Intelligence at Jugnoo Inc., an internet and media technology company for consumers and business. An award-winning marketer and blogger, he is also the author of The Parables of Business, offering business strategies and advice through the art of storytelling. [Read More…]
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