Today's post is sponsored by the No. 5

As I am putting together this post, a lot has happened. For starters, my fiancé is debating putting out a restraining order on Omaha Steaks who calls her more times in a week than I do (roughly 3-4 times a day). I also saw this hilarious photo montage of hilarious protest signs (do check it out) that would have made the list if it had more words, and found out that one of the places we considered for a wedding site went bankrupt and we would have been SOL if we had chosen them. So without further adieu, here is this week’s installment of Five for Friday.

Flack in Training – Vol. 3 – This article is from my friend Jess Greco (@jessisjuicy) from the PR Breakfast Club, a first year PR pro who is blogging about her first year as a full-time staffer. In this post, this Juicy connoisseur dives into the mindset of many companies who hire outside agencies or hire newbies to handle their social media in lieu of training existing staff who have a feel of the corporate culture. It’s a good read for all of us who probably face that dilemma right now.

A Redskin feels the heat of a Tweet – Who is Robert Henson, if you look at the ‘Skins stat sheets from the first two weeks of the season, you wouldn’t know who he is aside from being one of the five inactives. However if you Google his name, you’ll turn up countless reasons why the NFL has instated the no-social media, in particular Tweeting during games. On his account, the reserve LB tweeted: “dim-wits” who “work 9 to 5 at McDonalds,” about fans in response to their favorite teams’ recent ugly win.

What’s your Twitter ROI? – It’s not often that I read ComputerWorld, not because it’s not a good publication, but rather the subject matter doesn’t interest me too much, however this article was popping up on my Twitterstream and I decided to check it out. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway to this piece is the different variations of ROI that are mentioned – that and the dancing otter video.

Launching brands in public – While this post may come off as a simple commercial for Seth Godin (it’s his blog so it is), I think it is actually a brilliant idea that he hatched up. By using the public information swirling about companies on the Web, he almost forces brands to pay his company to have control and to be able to have their say.

Microsoft debuts social media monitoring product – All I can say to this one is interesting. The article reads like Microsoft is launching something ground breaking, but is already being offered by other companies. Since they have launched Bing, I would be interested to see what kind of real-time metrics they come up with. My guess though is that this may wind up like many of their other products, full of bugs and glitches.

Some Twitter folks to follow on this lovely Friday in the realm of PR & SM: @cargillcreative, @prcog, @prdude, @JayKeith, @kottavio, @aerocles @missmotorcade @stina6001

Today's post is sponsored by the No. 5

As I am putting together this post, a lot has happened. For starters, my fiancé is debating putting out a restraining order on Omaha Steaks who calls her more times in a week than I do (roughly 3-4 times a day). I also saw this hilarious photo montage of hilarious protest signs (do check it out) that would have made the list if it had more words, and found out that one of the places we considered for a wedding site went bankrupt and we would have been SOL if we had chosen them. So without further adieu, here is this week’s installment of Five for Friday.

Flack in Training – Vol. 3 – This article is from my friend Jess Greco (@jessisjuicy) from the PR Breakfast Club, a first year PR pro who is blogging about her first year as a full-time staffer. In this post, this Juicy connoisseur dives into the mindset of many companies who hire outside agencies or hire newbies to handle their social media in lieu of training existing staff who have a feel of the corporate culture. It’s a good read for all of us who probably face that dilemma right now.

A Redskin feels the heat of a Tweet – Who is Robert Henson, if you look at the ‘Skins stat sheets from the first two weeks of the season, you wouldn’t know who he is aside from being one of the five inactives. However if you Google his name, you’ll turn up countless reasons why the NFL has instated the no-social media, in particular Tweeting during games. On his account, the reserve LB tweeted: “dim-wits” who “work 9 to 5 at McDonalds,” about fans in response to their favorite teams’ recent ugly win.

What’s your Twitter ROI? – It’s not often that I read ComputerWorld, not because it’s not a good publication, but rather the subject matter doesn’t interest me too much, however this article was popping up on my Twitterstream and I decided to check it out. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway to this piece is the different variations of ROI that are mentioned – that and the dancing otter video.

Launching brands in public – While this post may come off as a simple commercial for Seth Godin (it’s his blog so it is), I think it is actually a brilliant idea that he hatched up. By using the public information swirling about companies on the Web, he almost forces brands to pay his company to have control and to be able to have their say.

Microsoft debuts social media monitoring product – All I can say to this one is interesting. The article reads like Microsoft is launching something ground breaking, but is already being offered by other companies. Since they have launched Bing, I would be interested to see what kind of real-time metrics they come up with. My guess though is that this may wind up like many of their other products, full of bugs and glitches.

Some Twitter folks to follow on this lovely Friday in the realm of PR & SM: @cargillcreative, @prcog, @prdude, @JayKeith, @kottavio, @aerocles @missmotorcade @stina6001

Today's post is sponsored by the No. 5

As I am putting together this post, a lot has happened. For starters, my fiancé is debating putting out a restraining order on Omaha Steaks who calls her more times in a week than I do (roughly 3-4 times a day). I also saw this hilarious photo montage of hilarious protest signs (do check it out) that would have made the list if it had more words, and found out that one of the places we considered for a wedding site went bankrupt and we would have been SOL if we had chosen them. So without further adieu, here is this week’s installment of Five for Friday.

Flack in Training – Vol. 3 – This article is from my friend Jess Greco (@jessisjuicy) from the PR Breakfast Club, a first year PR pro who is blogging about her first year as a full-time staffer. In this post, this Juicy connoisseur dives into the mindset of many companies who hire outside agencies or hire newbies to handle their social media in lieu of training existing staff who have a feel of the corporate culture. It’s a good read for all of us who probably face that dilemma right now.

A Redskin feels the heat of a Tweet – Who is Robert Henson, if you look at the ‘Skins stat sheets from the first two weeks of the season, you wouldn’t know who he is aside from being one of the five inactives. However if you Google his name, you’ll turn up countless reasons why the NFL has instated the no-social media, in particular Tweeting during games. On his account, the reserve LB tweeted: “dim-wits” who “work 9 to 5 at McDonalds,” about fans in response to their favorite teams’ recent ugly win.

What’s your Twitter ROI? – It’s not often that I read ComputerWorld, not because it’s not a good publication, but rather the subject matter doesn’t interest me too much, however this article was popping up on my Twitterstream and I decided to check it out. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway to this piece is the different variations of ROI that are mentioned – that and the dancing otter video.

Launching brands in public – While this post may come off as a simple commercial for Seth Godin (it’s his blog so it is), I think it is actually a brilliant idea that he hatched up. By using the public information swirling about companies on the Web, he almost forces brands to pay his company to have control and to be able to have their say.

Microsoft debuts social media monitoring product – All I can say to this one is interesting. The article reads like Microsoft is launching something ground breaking, but is already being offered by other companies. Since they have launched Bing, I would be interested to see what kind of real-time metrics they come up with. My guess though is that this may wind up like many of their other products, full of bugs and glitches.

Some Twitter folks to follow on this lovely Friday in the realm of PR & SM: @cargillcreative, @prcog, @prdude, @JayKeith, @kottavio, @aerocles @missmotorcade @stina6001

Today's post is sponsored by the No. 5

As I am putting together this post, a lot has happened. For starters, my fiancé is debating putting out a restraining order on Omaha Steaks who calls her more times in a week than I do (roughly 3-4 times a day). I also saw this hilarious photo montage of hilarious protest signs (do check it out) that would have made the list if it had more words, and found out that one of the places we considered for a wedding site went bankrupt and we would have been SOL if we had chosen them. So without further adieu, here is this week’s installment of Five for Friday.

Flack in Training – Vol. 3 – This article is from my friend Jess Greco (@jessisjuicy) from the PR Breakfast Club, a first year PR pro who is blogging about her first year as a full-time staffer. In this post, this Juicy connoisseur dives into the mindset of many companies who hire outside agencies or hire newbies to handle their social media in lieu of training existing staff who have a feel of the corporate culture. It’s a good read for all of us who probably face that dilemma right now.

A Redskin feels the heat of a Tweet – Who is Robert Henson, if you look at the ‘Skins stat sheets from the first two weeks of the season, you wouldn’t know who he is aside from being one of the five inactives. However if you Google his name, you’ll turn up countless reasons why the NFL has instated the no-social media, in particular Tweeting during games. On his account, the reserve LB tweeted: “dim-wits” who “work 9 to 5 at McDonalds,” about fans in response to their favorite teams’ recent ugly win.

What’s your Twitter ROI? – It’s not often that I read ComputerWorld, not because it’s not a good publication, but rather the subject matter doesn’t interest me too much, however this article was popping up on my Twitterstream and I decided to check it out. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway to this piece is the different variations of ROI that are mentioned – that and the dancing otter video.

Launching brands in public – While this post may come off as a simple commercial for Seth Godin (it’s his blog so it is), I think it is actually a brilliant idea that he hatched up. By using the public information swirling about companies on the Web, he almost forces brands to pay his company to have control and to be able to have their say.

Microsoft debuts social media monitoring product – All I can say to this one is interesting. The article reads like Microsoft is launching something ground breaking, but is already being offered by other companies. Since they have launched Bing, I would be interested to see what kind of real-time metrics they come up with. My guess though is that this may wind up like many of their other products, full of bugs and glitches.

Some Twitter folks to follow on this lovely Friday in the realm of PR & SM: @cargillcreative, @prcog, @prdude, @JayKeith, @kottavio, @aerocles @missmotorcade @stina6001