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Re: I’ll Just Be Up the Street

micah — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:06:33 -0000

Jim, you are an amazing person. I almost wrote (and you have touched me too) but this is a corporate blog...

Re: I’ll Just Be Up the Street

Genuine — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:45:38 -0000

Just wondering if I need to actually warn this new company...

As always Micah you will be a special friend. I cannot begin to tell you how you have touched me personally.

Re: Why companies move to San Francisco…

araba oyunları — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:12:48 -0000

I think for better life cycle to pass during nowadays crises !!

Re: The Ethics, Or Lack Thereof, Of Ghost Blogging

JasonFalls — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:43:03 -0000

Pshew. I'm glad to hear that perspective from someone out there doing it. Thanks Jim. Nice to know I'm not alone and that someone in the trenches sees the issue similarly.

Re: The Ethics, Or Lack Thereof, Of Ghost Blogging

Genuine — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:28:14 -0000

As owner of Bloggers For Hire and someone that has been doing this nearly 5 years for companies I felt compelled to respond to this in a quick fashion and then perhaps a more in depth response on my blog.

I will take the stance now that, Ghost Blogging does not work. I know we have tried it on more than one occasion. I now tell companies that I'm sorry but we could not possibly represent the writer as passionately or as knowledgeable or in the manner that would do them justice.

Most of the difficulties for this is that the CEO or "writer" wants to be seen as the hero but has only so many hours in the day and pout very little emphasis on the time necessary to show they care. I now tell them that writing their mission and message and representing that should be a priority. Again, another blog post altogether.

Our bloggers are hired by the company to be their evangelist. If they don't believe in the company or want to make the world know about that company they won't be good at the position ad I usually end up replacing them with someone that does.

Blogging works. I have numbers and case studies to back that up. Ghost blogging does not. I also have these examples. I wish now that I was able to make it to Blog Indiana, as one of my bloggers told me it was a wonderful event and now I know why. Thanks Jason for this post. Perhaps we can carry on this conversation further.

Re: Gatekeeping is a losing strategy (Scripting News)

Genuine — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:42:15 -0000

You went to Marshall not as a gatekeeper but as an amplifier. He may not have got in you to the cool kids group, but he had a larger audience in the genre you were looking to reach. The gatekeeper would have been someone that allowed you to have Marshall's ear.

Re: Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Web Event Guide

tamarw — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:46:04 -0000

Jim, we'll get you there shortly!

Re: Wanna Meet Up At BlogWorld Expo?

nhangen — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:34:26 -0000

Excellent! How about we say we're going to join a high stakes poker game! Whoops, maybe that's the wrong idea :)

Re: Mashable’s Weekly Social Media and Web Event Guide

Genuine — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:23:50 -0000

Tamar you are so going to get me fired. Perhaps I'll just mention it here. BlogWorld & New Media Expo is October 15-17, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I blame Adam.

Re: Wanna Meet Up At BlogWorld Expo?

Genuine — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:16:28 -0000

I'll cover you. What our story so we can keep it straight? ;)

Re: Missed it...by "that much"

Genuine — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:39:20 -0000

We are behind you drew and when you feel like this. sned out a Tweet, we'll kick cancer's butt. We3ll at least we'll tell you you're right this sucks.

Re: That Moment of Love

Genuine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:50:34 -0000

You just forgot that link to BWE. LOL We love you too Chris!

Re: Warm the Mug

Genuine — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:17:38 -0000

I sent a similar post out on Twitter only in a shorter fashion.

http://twitter.com/Genuine/status/2913945769

Yes, adding value by doing something unexpected earned her some reward. That is a byproduct of doing more than expected. Something my parents instilled in me at a young age.

Re: George Did a Great Job

Genuine — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:15:42 -0000

oops wrong post.

Re: Twitter Launches a Twitter 101 Guide for Business

Genuine — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:11:31 -0000

Congrats to the Mashable folks for getting a link from Twitter on their page of resources. Should be a little bump for you in traffic. Was TechCrunch snubbed from the resource page? I thought it was sort of ironic myself. http://www.onebyonemedia.com/techcrunch-snubbed...

Re: Three Keys To Non-Profit Success In Social Media

JasonFalls — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:44:02 -0000

Thanks, Jim. I'm sure Josh and the folks at NSP will love the Tweet your safety idea. Good thinkin'!

Re: Three Keys To Non-Profit Success In Social Media

Genuine — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:07:21 -0000

I think we need to capitalize on the 140 number. Sort of a "Tweet your safety in 140 characters and locations".

This is excellent Jason and I commend you for helping out. We all cannot help with our checkbook, but we can help in other ways. Bravo.

Re: Advertising at the Point of Need

Genuine — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:31:32 -0000

Ummm yeah.

Re: I Got a Job!!!

Genuine — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:55:14 -0000

Awesome news. I love to hear about someone getting employed. It is so much better than the alternative.

Re: Behind the scenes with @garyvee at one of the best wine stores in the world

Genuine — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:32:20 -0000

Be willing to bet that the baby is already crushing it!

Re: Are Media and PR Pros Ready to Embrace the Twitter-Sized Press Release?

Genuine — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:39:55 -0000

A dollar a character? I am definitely doing something wrong.

Re: Gary is Totally Right

Genuine — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:58:58 -0000

This falls right in line Chris with your idea of outposts.

Re: My Death Notice From Frenzied Waters

Genuine — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:57:17 -0000

Forget the shark thingy I am curious about the tee sirt with pirate exercises on it.

Re: Laying Out Your Online Experience

Genuine — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:45:11 -0000

On the RSS version of this Chris I get down to the very bottom and I see Jim and Adrienne and I think there is one more picture and it turns out to be a RSS huge advertisement picture for SocialText. LOL It smacked of so much irony I had to come on here and say it.

Re: Social Media Pros: Where Do We Go from Here?

KatFrench — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:07:19 -0000

Jim, your analysis is more spot-on than you could possibly know (see my response to Joe Mescher below).

In psychology-speak, probably a lot of "transference" going on. And yes, my clients are like my kids. Except they generally look a lot less like me, and listen more often.