Portrait of the artist – all it takes is one tweet…and talent

For the past year or so, my son, Jacob, has been creating and producing tracks – house music, as he calls it – electronic music in my world.

He’s been uploading them to SoundCloud, sharing them with friends and slowly building a following.

I think he’s really talented, smart and determined. But what can I say, I’m his Dad.

And so like any excited Dad – who also happens to be a social media addict and in PR – I encouraged Jacob to try to build an online community to promote his work. And like many level-headed kids (young adults?), he said, ‘Yeah, sure Dad… when I’m ready.’ (more…)

Mesh 2011: my Twitter notes

This week on Inside PR 2.57, we continue our discussion about conferences we attended and some of the things we learned.  (We also talk about Google’s acquisition of PostRank and the upcoming IPR-IPO .)

Here are my Twitter highlights from Mesh (with the mesh11 hashtag removed so they’re easier to read): (more…)

Living a life online

Sometimes it’s exhausting. Checking into this venue or that. Scanning Twitter. Facing up to Facebook. Uploading a lifestream…

And of course we need to be mindful of the people sitting right next to us IRL, who may or may not share our social convictions…

In last Sunday’s New York Times, an article about all the wonderful experiences our online friends have that we may not or may not be a part of talked about FOMO – the Fear Of Missing Out (yipes-once something gets an acronym-you know it’s a major concern ).   (more…)

Inside PR 2.46: Happy birthday, Twitter

Last weekend I found out some exciting news: Twitter and I share the same birthday-on-Twitter though I’m about a year younger . OK, it’s within a couple of days…

I remember when I first signed up and tried to explain it to the folks at my agency. I got a lot of blank stares and eye-rolls.

Sometimes, when I talk about Twitter I still get that reaction. (more…)

The amplification of stupidity

By now many of you have heard about last week’s f-bomb deriding Detroit drivers in the errant Chrysler tweet. If you haven’t, here’s a good overview of the story from someone who inadvertently became part of it.

Of course, this isn’t the first and won’t be the last time a dumb mistake is amplified on Twitter.  I think we can learn three things from it: (more…)