It's 2011 - What Are Your Business Resolutions

Want to make 2011 business resolutions and need some tips? Click here for my most recent post with PRLine.

Update

Since September, I have started posting with PRBrandBuilder on PRLine. As I did before with my posts with Howard, Merrell & Partners, I will continue to link my new posts on PRLine here. Enjoy :)

Doing Social Good with Social Media

Check out my new post about the Social Good Summit hosted by Mashable, 92Y and the UK Foundation at HMandP's Friend Logic blog!

Friend or Foe: Is personal branding detrimental to your company?

I recently became the client services coordinator for PRBrandBuilder. I also started to post on their blog - PRLine. Check out my new post this week on personal branding!

I don't have e-mail, I have Gmail!

Check out my most recent post on HM&P's Fried Logic blog about the Gmail Priority Inbox!

Foursquare: Adding Value For Enterprises

Check out my newest post about the benefits of Foursquare for businesses on HM&P's Fried Logic blog!

Twitter, Skype and Virtual Closets: Students Get Ready for Back To School

New post about social media and back to school on HM&P's Fried Logic blog!

Facebook: The Online Shopping Network?

Check out my post from 8/4 on HMandP's Fried Logic blog about Facebook's new currency !

Twitter: Food for an Open Mind

Check out my post from 7/28 on HMandP's Fried Logic blog and learn all about how Twitter sparks creativity

MySpace: Back With a Vengeance

6/16 post by me on HMandP's Fried Logic blog!

Geocaching: Location-Based Technology Treasure Hunt

7/7 post about location-based technology at HMandP's Fried Logic blog!

Social Media Day: Why Not Celebrate?

6/25 post by me on HMandP's Fried Logic blog: http://bit.ly/b4paGN

The 2010 FIFA World Cup: A Social Media Event

6/18 post by me on HMandP's Fried Logic blog: http://bit.ly/9TecbC

Creating a Website? Improve Your SEO

6/11 post by me on HM&P's Fried Logic blog: http://bit.ly/bjEoDL

AP Style Guide Releases New Social Media Guidelines

6/2 post by me at HMandP's Fried Logic blog: http://bit.ly/cqO7Yq

Twitter: Optimize Your Search

New post by me at HM&P's Fried Logic blog for 5/28 : http://bit.ly/dcIlrh

Job Search: Tailoring your online presence to intended career path

5/20 post by me for HM&P's Fried Logic blog: http://www.merrellgroup.com/blog/2010/05/20/job-search-tailoring-your-online-presence-to-intended-career-path/

Job Search: Benefits of an online presence

5/14 post by me at HM&P's Fried Logic blog: http://www.merrellgroup.com/blog/2010/05/14/job-search-benefits-of-an-online-presence/

For the Moment...

I have enjoyed providing you with a weekly blog post for the past five months or so!

However, I recently started interning in the Social Media department at Howard Merrell and Partners. I am going to provide a weekly post for their blog: Fried Logic. Since I will be posting about similar topics that I post on here, I am going to ask you to follow my posts on their blog for the summer. When the summer ends, I will pick up the pace back here. If you don't want to look for my posts on the HM&P blog, I'll also provide a link each week on here. Thanks and enjoy :)

Press Release Professionalism

For a recent assignment, I had to learn how to use a social media site to build an online media release. While I was completing the task, I realized how there is absolutely no room for error. Once you decide to distribute the release, then it is out there and there is no taking it back. With this in mind, I realized how stressful writing a good press release could be because so much could go wrong.
For instance, here are some of the basic things to worry about: spelling & grammar. But the list does not stop there. When reporting a release there is usually an appropriate format to follow. Only the most recent and relevant information regarding what you are "releasing" about should be listed. The person writing the press release needs to make sure that all of their information is up to date and they are not citing/reporting anything wrong. Therefore, a lot of research must be put in ahead of time. Furthermore, a release should include relevant pictures, quotes, info about the organization providing the release, and tags/links to relevant sites (if written online). The pictures must also be current and relevant and speak to the viewer without a lengthy explanation needed. Quotes should again be current, correct and the right person should be being cited. Info. about the organization should be short and to the point. Maybe a mission statement? Finally, tags/links (if written online) should direct the reader to a site that gives more information regarding what was covered in the release or sites to places that were covered in the release.
Now, I know I only have minimal experience with this. But I think the aforementioned should be carefully thought about everytime a release is given. If the criterion is given strict attention then a successful release could be the product. If not, another release might be being written to cover the failure of the last one.