I keep hearing podcasts that just need some really simple fixes to make a big difference to their audio quality. Having been on a crash-course in radio production, and running the Studio 31 facility at Porter Novelli, I know that there are certain standards you must adhere to in radio. This is why you can [...]
Tag Archives: podcasting
What would hyperaudio look – er – sound like?
I was listening to a Topaz brothers PR podcast on my non-iPod the other day, and the term ‘astroturfing’ came up. I had heard of it before and did once know, but wasn’t sure. So I thought to myself “I wish I could find that out now. If I were reading this, and it were hyperlinked, [...]
Would this be cheating at ‘playing podcast’?
I’ve been very, very, very, very, very, very tentatively looking into the possibility of doing a podcast recently. This is mainly since setting up my podcast feed, I’ve really enjoyed spending some time on the journey into work listening to what amounts to ‘Radio PR’ available anywhere. It’s like reading a blog but you can [...]
(Another) new social media metric?
Hot on the heels of Advertising Age’s adoption of the Power150 and Edelman’s Social Media Index, Judy Gombita of PR Conversations has very kindly forwarded me an extremely interesting article about (yet another) New Way To Standardize The Podosphere*: The newly formed Association for Downloadable Media, based in San Francisco, is setting out to standardize* audience [...]
The Friendly Ghost BlogBoost: review of ‘a shel of my former self’, Shel Holtz
Add to New PR • Save to del.icio.us • Digg This! Recently I reported on the Case of the Disappearing Widgets in which, because my blog reverted to its default layout, I realised how useful the blogroll could be and started displaying it again. Now I’m starting to think that it’s about time I really [...]
If you’re interested in Whitehouse and Wolfowitz, you’ll love this.
I don’t just receive. Actually, I don’t really receive much at all on this blog. But I do give. Subscribe to my feeds and you get a good all-round view of what’s happening in the PR, journalism, copywriting and tech blogospheres. I’m not going to tell you exactly how I created these feeds, but what I [...]
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- Ian Green: PR still doesn't get social media Ian Green
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
- Spinning Around: THE UK'S TOP MARKETING WEBLOGS James Gordon-macintosh
Social spume
- 5 Tips For Politicians on PinterestFrom presidential contenders to school board hopefuls, political candidates are experimenting with a wide variety of social platforms to get their message heard. Some are turning to Pinterest, the explosively popular image-based pinboard site — even President Obama and Ann Romney, wife of Mitt Romney, have accounts on the image-based social network. What’s t […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- 6 Brands Get It Right on ViddyViddy, the hot social video editing and sharing app, has racked up millions of ordinary users and a whole host of celebrity participants. Perhaps leery of video, brands are not signing up to the network quite as fast. Nonetheless, there are some early-adopter corporate Viddy accounts worth checking out. We’ve taken a look at six brands currently using Viddy […]Amy-Mae Elliott
- Top 10 GIFs of the Week1. Getting Down You'll never look at the Power Rangers in the same way again. Image courtesy ruinedchildhood.Click here to view this gallery.It’s been a lively week in the animated image world. We found a GIF of the Power Rangers dancing inappropriately, another of a hugging cat, and one that shows President Obama and likely Republican nominee Mitt Romn […]Samantha Murphy
- Joe Trippi: ‘Texts From Hillary’ Could Help Clinton Win in 2016Joe Trippi, former campaign manager for Howard Dean and author of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything, thinks the ultra-popular “Texts From Hillary” Tumblr could help her win the 2016 presidential election because of the public relations boost it’s given her, especially among digitally-savvy young vo […]Alex Fitzpatrick
- 12 Extravagant Instagram Pics by the Rich and Famous1. itsludacris Ludacris doesn't have to worry about a no-parking zone when it's his Ferrari 458 Italia next to a private plane. “Conn. we on the way!!! Show will be crazy tonight!” - LudacrisClick here to view this gallery.We love it when celebs open up their lives to us on social media. Once the envy subsides, we can daydream about the perks of Ho […]Stephanie Buck
- Facebook May Launch Smartphone by Next Year [REPORT]Facebook may be gearing up to launch its first-ever smartphone by next year, a new report suggests. According to The New York Times, engineers have been sought by recruiters to work on building hardware for a Facebook smartphone. This would be the social network’s third attempt to develop a smartphone, the report said, citing sources close to the matter. The […]Samantha Murphy
- Defend Your Home From These 10 ‘Space Invaders’ Accessories1. Space Invader Welcome Mat Welcome visitors to your home with a lone invader for them to wipe their feet on -- sweet revenge for all the times they got zapped by the aliens. Cost: $45Click here to view this gallery.Released all the way back in 1978, Space Invaders has become more than a retro classic — it’s a cultural touchstone for multiple generations, s […]Amy-Mae Elliott
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