May 2011

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05.20.11

A little social experiment Facebook, Foursquare, Linkedin, PR, Social Media, Social Media Experiment, Twitter | (0)
The likes of Klout and Peerindex have been around for a while now and are an OK way of measuring social media influence. Tools such as these are a good way of general benchmarking . However, the introduction of The Times Social list has got me thinking. Much like the Time Rich List the Social List also examines wealth, but not wealth in the traditional monetary sense by how much money you make, but by how rich you are socially. The format takes into account activity across four ‘social networking’ tools, Twitter, Foursquare, Facebook and Linkedin. Once a day the system counts ...
05.17.11

Come on people. If you want a job in PR at least try. Employment, PR | (0)
I’ve harped on about this before, but I’m beginning to worry about the standards of CV coming through from PR graduates and experienced professionals looking for a job. Its not the experience or necessarily the content that concerns me, it’s the severe lack of attention to detail and creative approach that worries me. Don’t get me wrong, as is evident throughout this blog, my spelling and grammar is appalling at times. However, I’m not using this blog to apply for a job, nor am I writing it on behalf of a client. All I want is a CV to stand out a ...