It’s been quiet here. I’ve been busy. It’s almost Macworld. What can I say?
In the meantime, you can read my words of wisdom over at TalentZoo.
Archive for the 'Self Promotion' Category
Albany-based Sawchuck Brown Associates has reprinted my article “On Bloggers and Online Outlets” from the November issue of Tactics. I tried to offer some words of wisdom to practitioners, to wit,
It’s easy to treat social media as something new. It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the technology and terminology, but social media has really been with us since the earliest days of human civilization. We’ve always been social creatures, and today’s technologies amplify that fact.
Hopefully it sinks in. It’s always nice to know someone is at least reading.
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I’m starting to reach the proverbial tipping point where I’m being invited to events with the unspoken understanding that I’ll take pictures and put them up on Flickr.
Actually, not always unspoken.
Which is nice. It’s nice to be recognized for contributing to the community.
Of course if you have an event coming up in the NorthEast U.S., I take pictures for conference admission.
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That’s how many votes I got. Which in a normal election in this town might be enough to get elected but the folks who take note of these things tell me this year’s turn out was big. Bigger than even the most recent presidential elections.
So I won’t be looking at color swatches for my new office in the Town Hall anytime soon.
I learned a lot from the experience. It’s a lot harder for PR people to be the story than it is for us to push the story. In my case, seeing my name in the local paper - week after week - in good light and in bad was an eye opener. So I won’t be so glib when I push my clients into the limelight if that isn’t where they want to go. Because I’ve been there and it’s pretty uncomfortable sometimes.
Anyway. Back to my real job.
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Here I am. In 13 hours I’ll either be Councilman elect or have to move out of Town, my children forever stained by the shame….
And wherever you are, don’t forget to vote in your own town or city. Off year elections count.
