Posts tagged "Google"

The Knowledge Graph explained: a guide for PR professionals

Google has introduced an important update to its search facility, which goes live very soon. It’s called the Knowledge Graph. Here’s a summary and why it’s important for PR and marketing professionals: What is the Knowledge Graph...

Dissecting Today’s Top Social Media Tools [Infographic]

With so many different social media tools, it’s often difficult to determine which are best to use for specific campaigns or outreach strategies. Luckily, Zintro compiled a useful infographic (see below) detailing the demographics and benefits of four of today’s major social networks, including Facebook, Twitter,…

Google Cube game brings fun to learning

A very neat idea from Google – a game to raise awareness of, and educate you about, Google Maps. Cube runs in your browser (ideally Google Chrome). You play it by completing levels that set you navigational challenges in various cities around the world. I just completed the first level, navigating to a bowling venue...

Google Cube game brings fun to learning

A very neat idea from Google – a game to raise awareness of, and educate you about, Google Maps. Cube runs in your browser (ideally Google Chrome). You play it by completing levels that set you navigational challenges in various cities around the world. I just completed the first level, navigating to a bowling venue...

Lunch and Learn: Social Media B2B Strategies

It’s undeniable—social media’s role in PR is growing dramatically and fundamentally transforming strategic communication plans. A whopping 93 percent of social media users believe a company should have a social media presence. But with so many tools to choose from, how can…

Greenpeace Asks: Is Cloud Really Clean?

Greenpeace recently called out Apple, Amazon and Microsoft as the worst offenders for failing to live up to the perceived “green” reputation of cloud computing. On the other hand, the environmental advocacy organization applauded the more sustainable efforts of Yahoo, Google, Facebook…

Google Honors Zipper Inventor

For some reason, I’m fascinated by inventors of every-day things. Most people know the big game-changers like Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin, but what about the little-known guys and gals? I’m haunted (not really) by questions like… Who invented chairs? Who invented…

Engagement ain’t nothing but a number – why 1% isn’t good enough

The headline calls attention to everything that’s wrong with how businesses measure engagement in social media today. Businesses that invest any level of marketing resources in networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and the like (get it?) are being groomed to focus on soft metrics instead of the relevant activity that signals the strength and...

Bingo!

+McKinsey & Company has a good assessment of social media in their quarterly journal article “Demystifying social media.” The chart you see here shows a visual representation of key points in the article. It’s good and something I would guess will make its way into the PowerPoint decks of anyone doing a presentation to the...

That old issue of transparency again: bloggers vs PRs on sponsored content

I’m heading to BlogCamp in Birmingham on Saturday to talk about the uneasy relationship between PRs and bloggers. PRs have been quick to recognise the opportunity to work with bloggers to connect their clients with highly targeted and engaged audiences, but often with limited success. Here’s the issue. PRs have taken the media relations skills...

Engagement methodology evolved

You hear often about mainstream media publishers designing a digital version of a print publication for mobile devices such as the iPad. Turn that idea the other way around – via PaidContent UK, here’s what Hearst UK is doing with the relaunch of their quarterly Good Ideas magazine: “[...] Good Ideas has been especially designed...

The value of free internet

One of the feaures of travel these days is the (usually-met) expectation of high internet charges in your hotel. It’s common in Europe, for instance, for hotels to charge eye-watering rates to let you get online: charges of £20 or equivalent per day aren’t unusual. Some hotels include internet costs in their room rates, treating...