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Archive for October 2008

New to Twitter? Who to follow…

Posted by: admin on: October 23, 2008

I’m relatively new to Twitter, Who you follow depends on how you use Twitter and what you expect to gain by using it. There are, however several that are worth following regardless of your industry. These tweeple just get it. They know how to harness the power of Twitter and social media and guide conversations.
@chirsbrogan
@guykawasaki
@jowyang
@briansolis
Otherwise, [...]

Win a Wii from Noobie

Posted by: admin on: October 15, 2008

Ok, let’s be honest. We’re all a little geeky in one way or another, but even the tech-savviest turn somewhere for friendly tech advice that’s real and easily implementable (is that even a word?).  Noobie is the guy you turn to when you can’t figure out how to program your Harmony remote or get the [...]

Benvenuti

Posted by: admin on: October 9, 2008

Hope is the sentiment in Muncie and East Central Indiana as Wednesday heralded the welcome of a new corporate citizen. Brevini, an Italian maker of power transmission units used in building energy-generating wind turbines, will relocate its US headquarters from Chicagoland to Muncie in 2009. According to The Star Press and the Muncie-Delaware County Economic [...]

Still Undecided…

Posted by: admin on: October 7, 2008

The closer we get to the presidential election, the more unsure I am about the candidates campaigning for my vote. Each day, news or propaganda surfaces that makes the decision even more difficult. I came across a post on Mashable with a collection of links, both official and unofficial, to help navigate the muddy waters. [...]

PR Musings – HARO and PR 2.0

Posted by: admin on: October 3, 2008

Peter Shankman’s (@skydiver on Twitter) HARO (Help a Reporter Out) is a great public relations network to be involved in as a professional. Peter’s free service connects journalists with 30,000 (and growing) sources. Journalists submit a form with specific requests and these requests (and a few thoughts from Peter) are forwarded via email to HARO’s [...]

New Media Meets Muncie Politics

Posted by: admin on: October 2, 2008

As the election looms, I’ve had enough of Obama ads on Facebook. When the candidates first announced their campaigns, we all watched (and participated) in fascination of their strategists’ use of social media marketing. Remember, Obama announced his veep choice via text message?  Never before have we witnessed an election in which there were so [...]