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Re: Foods for When Your Life is a Disaster

TimOtis — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:36:22 -0000

Yolanda, you're an awesome, honest writer. Keep it up!

Re: Best Consumer Brands, September 20, 2013

TimOtis — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:50:03 -0000

Yes, nice departure from "co" as in company

Re: Holly's Hate - Roar

TimOtis — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:42:54 -0000

lol, Tone. And how did she get away with using "Eye of the Tiger"? Isn't there a trademark on that lyric???

Re: Poweranks Power Rankings, August 24, 2013

TimOtis — Tue, 27 Aug 2013 12:06:37 -0000

haha, deal!

Re: How To Influence Behavior

TimOtis — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:46:20 -0000

Good thought!

Re: Poweranks Power Rankings, August 24, 2013

TimOtis — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:29:58 -0000

Ok. Goal for next week. Be a solid #2. Thanks for your views!

Re: Hungry B.I.T.C.H Power Rankings, June 29, 2013

TimOtis — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:20:10 -0000

Sorry to hear you're sick. Come back to us, Hungry BITCH.

Re: Holly's Hate Power Rankings: 7/14-7/20

TimOtis — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 19:46:20 -0000

Sitting on a flight for 2 hours after waiting in the airport for two hours going nowhere because we haven't taken off yet and then the captain tells us there is a clasp that broke so the engine cap won't lock. Apparently we couldn't take off because of that. Then, an HOUR later, the captain announces the part is on its way ( meanwhile several people have missed their connected flight and complaining). Then 45 minutes later the captain says the part won't be arriving tonight so then everyone was asked to deboard the plane and catch a later flight, and by later I mean it's not arriving until 10:20 pm and it's 3 pm. Total wait time: 13.5 hours. How's that? :)

Re: Pop Culture Power Rankings, July 15, 2013

TimOtis — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:13:05 -0000

I'm terribly disturbed by Sharknado. Terribly. This was the new snakes on a plane, IMHO.

Re: Consumer Brands Power Rankings, June 18, 2013

TimOtis — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:49:09 -0000

Similar experience, Ben. Only I'm missing the Touch, the Air, and the Desktop. Oh and the Pro, which is soon to have a new OS called Maverick.

Re: PR Pro’s New Title: Content Marketers

TimOtis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:47:35 -0000

Yes, me too, Elissa. I can't get away from content analysis and auditing a brand's social networks to see how they could make their content more engaging and produce active users/advocates at a faster rate.

Re: PR Pro’s New Title: Content Marketers

TimOtis — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:46:18 -0000

That's the million dollar question, Sam. But I'd lean on us becoming more like marketers. Or we could all just collectively proclaim we're "content strategists"

Re: The Importance of Follow Up in PR

TimOtis — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:27:40 -0000

Very true, John. I share a similar experience when I was at a "Meet the Pros" event on behalf of my alma mater. I was a guest speaker on the subject of social media and there were about 50 students in the room. Of those 50, 10 came up to me afterward and said they wanted to come into to the agency at which I am currently employed to learn more, and I walked away with 10 resumes to review and provide feedback on that night. Here's the clincher: no one followed up - card, e-mail, tweet, nothing. And on another note, it's important to remember that people remember things -- so if I were to meet one of those students later on in their career, I'd remember they never followed up and still wouldn't have the best impression of them. Hopefully, at that time, they'd be wiser.

However, for those that do follow up, thank you cards that are clearly "form" and don't carry much thoughtfulness are a clear indicator that you're shopping the job market, not necessarily passionate. Just desperate.

Re: Eight Companies With the Potential to Disrupt the Media

TimOtis — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:25:06 -0000

I like ProConIt. Seems to be a great way to actually qualify positive and negative sentiment surrounding a topic or brand. That is something that is severely lacking with social media monitoring platforms.

Re: http://timotis.tumblr.com/post/5799399813

TimOtis — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:03:24 -0000

Yes, that's actually what I pulled these list of chats from. But there are so many that I wanted to help PR people narrow them down. It's a great resource.

Re: Is Klout a Good Judge of Your Social Media Influence?

TimOtis — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:08:44 -0000

I agree with David that it's a huge work in progress. I'm also not wild about the +K influencer endorsement, because, as Elijah pointed out, suddenly he can get a "+1" for aviary. And this supposed "influence" is really just semantics for the fact that someone is really good at building relationships -- and through that, can be determined an influencer. I wrote a rant about the many things wrong with Klout, but sadly I failed to include the fact that Klout uses its influence rating to scale everything else. Here's my post if anyone's interested: http://timotis.tumblr.com/p...

Re: http://timotis.tumblr.com/post/6513132084

TimOtis — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:18:20 -0000

Again, I can't thank you enough for answering my e-mail and providing actionables/steps to become a business sponge in a very noisy environment and industry. You will be seeing good things from me coming up here.

Re: http://timotis.tumblr.com/post/6513132084

TimOtis — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:16:05 -0000

Yes, completely agree that it is common sense. Just funny how so many aren't following common sense and instead waisting company dollars as a result of having little to no impact on transacted targets.

Re: A Community Manager Gets Community Managed

TimOtis — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:44:56 -0000

This is great: seeing digital interactions become real-life hard copy ones. Nice post.

Re: http://timotis.tumblr.com/post/5203159181

TimOtis — Mon, 09 May 2011 00:54:38 -0000

Thanks for your comment, Gini! Yes, I use Paper.li just to stay abreast of stories I'd otherwise not have known about, and to me that's valuable. I actually read my own paper, haha. And I'll be sure not to send you 25 updates. I think my paper is set to distribute only once a day.

Re: Who’s Not Talking About Bin Laden?

TimOtis — Thu, 05 May 2011 07:40:16 -0000

Jason,
Great thoughts! Especially in this day and age, it's important to make sure all news is streamlined in terms of messaging, but it has and will continue to be all over the place. I find that scattered accounts leads me to believe that clearly we have not heard the true accurate account of what happened. And I don't think we ever will. Time to move on and learn from this I guess.

Re: Experience vs. Education

TimOtis — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:50:46 -0000

Ben, where are you taking boxing classes at? I used to have a membership at Uppercut Gym. Loved working out there, but never got in the place of sparring.

Nice analogy -- and so true!

Re: Why PR Pros Need Tumblr in Their Social Media Toolkits

TimOtis — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:32:10 -0000

Jen,
I completely agree with you about Tumblr. Though, right now I'm only using it as a personal blog. But I can see the value of it to external audiences -- whether it be for agency/firm recruitment, branding, or marketing a service or product. Thanks for the insight.

Re: Do you have FOMO?

TimOtis — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:30:33 -0000

I should mention that FOMO doesn't just apply to those who are married and living vicariously through their friends' updates; rather FOMO affects everyone. (Ha, sounds like one of those cheesy ads for a medical prescription).

Re: Please Vote for the NOW Revolutionary of the Month

TimOtis — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:41:29 -0000

I hadn't really followed the other nominations, though I have to say that I was in shock to see how quickly NameCheap reacted to the Parsons dilemma. In a world that can be oftentimes steeped in legalities, this deserves some credit. My vote is for Tamar.