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Designing Effective Online Newsrooms: Making Ease-of-Use a Strategic Plan

By Eric Schwartzman | March 4, 2009

As I tweeted on #journchat, online newsrooms are the heart of effective online organizational communications. Twitter and Facebook are your embassies, but your online newsroom is your homeland, where awareness is converted to measurable advertiser impressions, user registrations, lead generation, and ecommerce transactions with the least amount of friction. But before you get mired in…

Digital Marketing Mash Up Podcast with Christopher Penn and John Wall

By Eric Schwartzman | March 3, 2009

Christopher Penn, Eric Schwartzman and John Wall present a special mash-up episode about online PR and social media marketing. Show Notes: 2:56 – John Wall on Korn Ferry CMO Don Spetner’s upcoming presentation on the skills public relations professionals need in the current job market, and Christopher Penn asks about the state of PR job…

Homeland-Embassy Marketing Strategy: Website Marketing vs. Social Media Marketing

By Eric Schwartzman | March 3, 2009

When you implement a homeland-embassy digital marketing strategy, your website is the homeland, and your social media accounts are your embassies. Your social media presence extends your reach and builds influence. But there’s no where like your own website to convert awareness into measurable transactions through content creative. The website is the single, most credible…

Digital Marketing Training Courses at Media Bistro

By Eric Schwartzman | February 26, 2009

Digital marketing training programs aren’t all Media Bistro offers. Listen in as Media Bistro founder and cyber hostess Laurel Touby talks about the importance of social media lingo, how to build a profitable, sticky online community and what color to paint your nails in a down economy. Media Bistro Digital Marketing Training Program 1:23 –…

Online Newsroom Design Best Practices

By Eric Schwartzman | February 23, 2009

It’s time to streamline your online newsroom, according to Former CBS News correspondent David Henderson. But exactly who should you be streamlining it for? Who’s your target audience? The news media? Or everyone? Above is the online newsroom for UCLA, which my company iPressroom built and hosts. To keep it up to date, a staff…

PR Agency Hiring Best Practices with Jon Greer

By Eric Schwartzman | February 20, 2009

PR Agencies have different strengths and weaknesses. Client’s Guide to Hiring a PR Firm with Jon Greer of Catching Flack interviewed at the Public Relations Society of America International Convention in Detroit. Jon Greer is a senior communications strategist with over 20-years in media and communications, including over 20 years as a public relations consultant.…

Free Media Training for Corporate Spokespeople

By Eric Schwartzman | February 12, 2009

Media training can help you interview better when you talk to reporters, journalists and online influencers. This free media training course features Commcore Consulting Group CEO Andrew Gilman, a master media trainer, who was interviewed following his master class at the PRSA International Convention in Detroit. Commcore provides executives and spokespeople in corporations, associations and…

Tech Startup Marketing with Loic LeMeur

By Eric Schwartzman | February 9, 2009

Entrepreneur Loic LeMeur talks about how he mobilized the web to support Sarkozy’s election campaign, how digital marketing has changed public relations for tech startups, the impact of increased transparency on personal privacy, and how he hires tech PR agencies. Tech Startup Marketing Highlights 2:36 – Loic LeMeur talks about how he became one of…

Public Relations Crisis Communications Workflows with Gerald Baron

By Eric Schwartzman | February 6, 2009

In this exclusive interview on crisis management, PIER Systems Founder & CEO Gerald Baron explains the trends in online crisis communications, software public relations firms rely on, and the insatiable quest for speed in the media relations business. PIER Systems is an on-demand information management software. PIER Systems differentiates its software by tailoring its offering…

Edelman EVP, Media Insights and Strategy Steve Rubel on the State of News Media Relations

By Eric Schwartzman | January 26, 2009

In this exclusive episode, Edelman Media Chief Steve Rubel delivers a gripping keynote about the state of news media relations and what it means for PR firms. Show notes: 1:13 – Intro to Rubel’s speech at the Digital Impact Conference. 2:51 – Rubel online public relations responsibilities at Edelman Digital. 3:46 – Rubel on the…

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