Digital Marketing And Social Media PR – The Future Buzz

Recently, Eric Friedman published an EarlyStager approval matrix I found quite interesting. Taking inspiration from that I decided to create a modern marketing and PR professional fluency matrix. See below for a breakdown of my perspective on the current state of marketing and PR pros. Since this is, of course, a view from my own experiences – I’m curious what you think?

While at the SES conference in San Francisco last week, I noticed the above sign in the front of the session hall. And I had to stop and snap a picture to share with you here – because I think this messaging is misguided.

Last week I was in San Francisco for the Search Engine Strategies conference covering the event for Online Marketing Blog. Last year we put together the different digital pieces, from creating a web analytics culture to turning the social web into real ROI. This year was no different, and I tried to liveblog a variety of sessions that cover the spectrum of digital marketing. Be sure to check them out:

The other day, I wrote a post on the fact that most marketing and PR agency blogs are unreadable. In it I shared my observations that this bothered me – but didn’t provide any real reasons why (pretty much just a rant on the situation).

One of the reasons I was compelled to join TopRank Online Marketing more than one year ago was the agency’s A-list blog – Online Marketing Blog (and I’ve enjoyed writing more than 40 posts there since joining the team). Prior to joining TopRank I had regularly been approached by other digital consultancies and turned them down. One reason why?

Recently, a small bakery in Salt Lake City called My Dough Girl received a legal threat from General Mills. What was the threat exactly? As reported by KSL.com:

The owner of My Dough Girl received a legal “cease and desist” order from Pillsbury in May, stating she had to change her business name or face a lawsuit.