December 2011
10 posts
Learn from their fail: Ocean Marketing →
Courtesy of Penny Arcade. This is why customer service and grammar are key and why you should always remember that the Internet is watching.
Dec 27th
Dec 22nd
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Social Media for cats. It's a thing. →
I feel like I should start marketing MyPRGenie newsrooms for cats. Extra! Extra! Mittens Pooped!
Dec 21st
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In the wake of Kim Jong Il's death, @oninnovations... →
Dec 19th
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“In some ways not editing yourself would be like a sculptor dropping some clay...”
– Louis C.K., from a recent Reddit AMA. I think this applies directly to the concept of doing your own social media.
Dec 16th
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Al-Shabab on Twitter: The Dangers of Dishonest...
It’s hard to imagine going to a marketing conference and running into the social media person for Al-Shabab, but now it seems that just might happen. That’s right. Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen, the Somalian group designated as a terrorist organization and most recently in the papers for banning aid workers from an already struggling Somalia, is now on Twitter. Obviously...
Dec 15th
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ZocDoc: Masters of Customer Service
If you’re someone I’ve worked with, lived with, or spoken to in the last few months, or one of the kind employees at ZocDoc that has to read and respond to my fanmail, you probably know what a big fan of them I am. In case you’ve never heard of them (in which case you’re terribly behind the times), ZocDoc is an amazing platform for booking medical appointments online....
Dec 14th
Continuations: Louis CK and the Future of Paid... →
continuations: Comedians get to say what most of us think but don’t have the courage or circumstance to say. Louis CK has a fantastic new special out (warning: if you are easily offended this is definitely not for you) that is full of hilarious but also poignant observations about the human condition. That…
Dec 14th
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Apparently the Chicago AMA already had my idea... →
Dec 13th
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Inaugural Post.
My name is Alyssa. I work at a great little company called MyPRGenie, which offers an awesome do-it-yourself PR and social media platform. Sometimes I have thoughts and, due to my line of work, many of them are about social media. Here are some things you will discover from this blog: Pictures of cats are hilarious and are always appropriate to articulate any thought. MyPRGenie is awesome, and...
Dec 13th