When I have a client that needs something launched in a big way I go at it with guns-blazing, concurrently pimping their social networks using ManageFlitter, buying followership if their…
Read MoreAre you being seduced by Klout scores?
Klout is a very interesting site that scores people according to their influence, and it’s fun to check your score to see whether you’re trending up today. But don’t fall…
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Influencer outreach is more PR than marketing or advertising
When I pitch my influencer marketing services these days on behalf of my digital agency Gerris, I find that I am not competing against humans at other agencies, I am…
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Take your bloggers and social media influencers to lunch
Come on, don’t you think the thankless job of blogging passionately about a topic for free, persistently, over months and years deserves at least some face time and maybe a…
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Influencer marketing should not be about collecting influencers
Before I start, please attend my free webinar on March 22, Do-It-Yourself Influencer Marketing. [Update: Video is here.] The worst thing about the internet has been the commodification of friendship. Even before…
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The state of the blogger outreach union ten years on
I stared my first blogger outreach agency back in 2006. Called AbrahamPR, it evolved into Abraham Harrison a year later. Now at Gerris Corp, I am still offering influencer engagement campaigns…
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Build a page and profile for absolutely everything
Summary: if you have multiple locations and/or multiple products, you need to create social media channels for every single one of them. If you have several 9Round franchises in Northern…
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Will your job search survive your social media activity?
It is hard to imagine that in this day and age, job candidates still have information on their social media profiles that prevent them from being hired. Not surprisingly, 43%…
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Why 9Round should be using SOCi for social media management
OK, this may well be my weirdest post ever, so bear with me. This isn’t actually happening; it’s theoretical. SOCi is a former client and 9Round is my new HIIT kickboxing…
Read MoreHow to write for social media
This video with Paul Gillin is about the basics of writing engaging social media messages. With so many posts, tweets and chatter filling social media, it’s almost impossible to get a…
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