Social Media to Save the NHL (Part 2)

Here is the second part of the 3 part analysis of the NHL and the use of Social Media by Matt Reitz.
But as great as the highlights and interactive nature of the league’s website is, it’s the extras they provide that show they truly get the new media concept.  They provide visitors the tools to [...]

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This just in…Aerial “Pornography?”

From Kevin Donlin…
Michigan Job Hunters Offered $500 for Aerial “Pornography”

With Michigan’s unemployment rate at 15.6% — the highest since 1983 — two men have “launched” a contest to reward the state’s jobless for scanning the skies this Saturday, in search of … pornography.
“Rome had bread and circuses to help citizens forget their troubles. We’re offering [...]

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Cool Stuff Going on in the D…

I have been working with some pretty cool people as of late.  Though I have still not landed the elusive “BIG GIRL” career.  I have a feeling something good will happen soon.  I mean the karma has to be going into my favor eventually, right?
Third Thursday Roundtable (Sept 17) is a networking lunch which [...]

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Social Media to save the NHL

3 part guest post by  Matt Rietz —creator of View From My Seats.
The in-depth, intelligent blog has been listed all over the hockey blogosphere, on various newspaper blogrolls, the Huffington Post, Yahoo’s Puck Daddy and, most notably, on ESPN’s SportsCenter.
Tired of seeing the same sports websites that were completely detached from what the fans were [...]

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Better Late then Never!

So I am finally posting about #journchat Live Detroit.   I am super slow at posting this but I had a hell of a week last week.   Coping with Grief creeping up on me and holding my first event.  Was a lot of stress to handle plus finding out I didn’t get a second interview for [...]

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Do you have influence or a bunch of followers?

A few nights ago, I asked for some help from Chris Brogan and he gave me some tips.   I am hosting my first ever event and I think and I finally saw the blogger  side of the equation.

This event I am hosting is called #journchat LIVE Detroit.  Bringing bloggers, journalists and public relations professionals to [...]

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Job Hunters Fatigue

I am generally an upbeat, positive person but I would be fooling you if I didn’t get depressed about this job market.  I am doing everything in my power to land a full time position in a tech related public relations firm as an account coordinator or even a marketing coordinator which is tech related.  [...]

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What will be the next wave of journalism?

From Stacy Lukas

For the past few months, I’ve been involved behind the scenes in a very exciting project that will change the face of journalism forever. It is called uwemp (a conglomeration of the words “you, we, me, empowered”), an open-source media company offering experience-based content in a new concept called “dialogue-based journalism.” Our writers [...]

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#journchat LIVE Aug 17, 2009

#journchat LIVE
Monday, August 17, 2009
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. CST
7:30 – 10:00 p.m. EST
The mission of #journchat has always been to improve the relationships between public relations professionals, journalists and bloggers. Together we’ve created a safe environment to explore each industry and ultimately how social media is influencing all of us.
The goal of #journchat LIVE [...]

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The Digital Divide and being mobile!

This has been awhile in the making and I haven’t sat down and wrote down my thoughts on the entire issue.  I am writing this because I am apart of it to a certain extent.  I do have access to the digital world but I am FAR from being mobile and I do not see [...]

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