January 23-27 Hires and Appointments in PR
January 23-27 new signings, hires and promotions from across the PR industry. People Moves is a new weekly category, that will tell you who’s hired who, who has been promoted, and so on.
RPR Public Relations Expands Social Media Team
Romano PR has recently added two new Account Managers to its social media team within its consumer PR division: Alexis Lauren and Isabella Sophia Varese.
PalDrop Helps Publishers Sell Cloud Hosted Files
PalDrop adds a publishing mechanism and payment gateway to files and folders hosted on Dropbox. In seconds, and with a few clicks, Dropbox users can build an online store and immediately sell digital files.
Job of the Day: Social Media Interns for Skirt PR
Skirt PR, a public relations agency specializing in fashion, beauty and lifestyle, is looking for social media interns for its 2012 internship programme.
UK Consumers Reject Big Brands’ Marketing
Practically two-thirds of the United Kingdom does not want to be bothered by big-name brands on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, according to a survey. The survey of more than 72,000 internet users demonstrates that the UK is less inclined to online marketing messages and corporate blog posts than internet customers in other countries.
General PR News
January 23-27 Hires and Appointments in PR
January 23-27 new signings, hires and promotions from across the PR industry. People Moves is a new weekly category, that will tell you who’s hired who, who has been promoted, and so on.
RPR Public Relations Expands Social Media Team
Romano PR has recently added two new Account Managers to its social media team within its consumer PR division: Alexis Lauren and Isabella Sophia Varese.
Job of the Day: Social Media Interns for Skirt PR
Skirt PR, a public relations agency specializing in fashion, beauty and lifestyle, is looking for social media interns for its 2012 internship programme.
Meredith Alexander Quits London 2012 Watchdog in Ethics Row
A member of the 2012 London Olympics ethics watchdog has quit the body in protest of links between the Dow Chemical Company’s link to the infamous Bhopal disaster and its involvement in the design of London’s Olympic Stadium.
Job of the Day: IBM Is Looking for External Relations Professionals
IBM, the world’s largest IT and consulting company, is looking for external relations professionals to protect and enhance the IBM brand. This position will support IBM’s global services business, with an emphasis on expanding IBM leadership role in cloud computing, analytics, and support the company’s Smarter Planet initiative.
Technology
PalDrop Helps Publishers Sell Cloud Hosted Files
PalDrop adds a publishing mechanism and payment gateway to files and folders hosted on Dropbox. In seconds, and with a few clicks, Dropbox users can build an online store and immediately sell digital files.
Small Town Boredom Killer: Super Wi-Fi Goes Live
For those of you living on the periphery of net connectivity, small town USA or elsewhere, your download pleas may soon be answered. News from SlashGear tells of the very first so called “Super Wi.Fi” network having been deployed. Now even Mayberry and Dogpatch could soon have blazing Internet. The first ever long range Wi-Fi network in the nation has finally been deployed in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Mobile Technology
Call Social Network Connections for Free with Freephoo 2.0
Freephoo, a VoIP service that has been around since 2008, uses innovative technology to offer new ways of communication through online devices and has just announced a new version of their iPhone and iPod Touch app, freephoo 2.0.
Android Models Dominate Social Media Mentions
Samsung, along with other Android models HTC and Motorola are the top three most mentioned smartphone brands accounting for over two thirds (68%) of all measured customer comments.
Mobile Marketing to Increase in 2012
Marketers should be keeping a close eye on the rising sales of smartphones as a sign that mobile phone marketing is going to be taking over online marketing as the main way advertisers reach the masses.
Medialets Unveils Mobile Ad Buying Platform
Medialets Private Marketplace is a fully transparent buying platform that lets advertisers directly plan, buy, execute and measure brand advertising on the world’s top publishers’ mobile properties.
New AT&T Mobility Powered by Apperian
AT&T recently announced a new mobility solution for Mobile Application Management that provides businesses with the ability to untether their employees by simplifying the delivery of apps. While the number of enterprise smartphone users continue to rise (the number is expected to reach 285 million worldwide this year), companies are finding it hard to deliver applications to the thousands of workers with different job functions and various types of devices.
Tips and Lessons
Simple SEO Facts: Images & Link Building Value
SEO is a subject even the most dilligent publishers or communicators sometimes shy away from. Even though experts in SEO and SEM seem to lurk at every corner of the web, it seems a bit funny that more web authorities do not take advantage of the simplest tips and tools. Today let’s examine a tactic often overlooked, the inherent SEO power of images.
12 Powerful Press Release Ideas for Any Business
Coming up with different ideas for press releases can be difficult. Discover 12 ideas you can use time and time again.
