While Japan was often seen as slow in introducing the PC into the household, it has been the global leader in telecommunications and is a few years ahead of Europe and the US in several areas. One of these areas is the use of mobile devices to consume web content. A recent study by comScore put [...]
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Has the Social Media Release Killed the Press Release?
May 12th, 2008 by Jeremy · 3 Comments
PR professionals are being bombarded daily with pitches for template social media release (SMR) services, often by the same companies - PR Newswire, Businesswire, et al - who distribute traditional press releases to the media.
Perhaps as a result of this, we’re increasingly seeing social media releases used instead of traditional press releases. This isn’t necessarily all [...]
Social Media and UK Politics, Part II: The Lame Chicken and the Apathetic Egg
March 27th, 2008 by Jeremy · 3 Comments
The low level of online political engagement in the UK cannot solely be the responsibility of UK politicians, disappointing though their attempts to climb aboard the fast-moving social media train may have been.
(Consultants are allowed to use phrases like “fast-moving social media train” once before being fired - Ed.)
It’s certainly more complicated than that. For all that [...]
Social Media and UK Politics, Part I: It’s Too Easy Being Mean
March 18th, 2008 by Jeremy · 4 Comments
Cold pizza for breakfast. Turning right at a red traffic light. Undertaking on a motorway. Hip hop. Being friendly to people you don’t know. There are many things that work well in America but not in Britain. But why is the fusion of politics and social media among them?
Dan has been lamenting the level of [...]
Social media and the political process
March 14th, 2008 by Jezza · 1 Comment
Greetings from San Francisco, a lunatic leftie enclave, or the sole remaining pocket of sanity in a morally bankrupt nation (depending on whether and how far you hang to the left or to the right).
The brains trust here at RMM is exploring the applicability of the now-famous KUDOS approach (have you been paying attention there [...]