CloudNine PR: top media channels for reaching UK IT decision makers

Barbarainfluence, Influencer marketing, Public relations, social media

Influencer marketing entails many aspects of public relations. Along these lines, CloudNine PR agency is sharing results of its bespoke study of how 300 IT chiefs in the UK prefer to access news and info about the IT industry. I’m quite surprised by 4 findings in particular: LinkedIn ties with vendor emails as a useful or very useful source for … Read More

Meet Jackie Huba, Shel Holtz, Brian Solis, Dave Carroll and other social media/influencer strategy leaders on Weds April 21 at NewComm Forum in San Mateo, Calif.

BarbaraBloggers, Branding, Events, Influencer marketing, marketing, Public relations, social media

NewComm Forum is a social media and influencer marketing event I always make a point of attending. This year, I’ll attend on Weds April 21st. Per my earlier post at Tekrati, I’m pleased to give you discount codes for both the 1-day package and full conference. Let me know if you’ll be there on the 21st. I’d love to meet … Read More

Silicon Valley influencer relations – join Richard Edelman on March 1st

BarbaraAnalyst relations, B2B, Branding, Consumer markets, Events, influence, Influencer marketing, influencer relations, marketing, Measurement, Public relations, Research, social media

If you work in influencer relations in Silicon Valley, you want to be at the Churchill Club this Monday March 1st for an evening event featuring John Byrne, Richard Edelman, Paul Bergevin, Peter Diamandis and Frank Shaw. The event comes on the heels of the 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer, a global opinion leaders study mentioned in my last post. The Trust … Read More

Industry associations add interesting dimension to influencer marketing

BarbaraAnalyst relations, Influencer marketing, influencer relations, Public relations

Vendor-side influencer relations programs tend to focus on public relations, analyst relations and blogger relations. I’ve talked before (e.g. here and here) about the value of broadening these programs to include other types of influencers, such as the research leads at professional associations. Announcements today from CEA and ESA underscore why this makes so much sense. The Consumer Electronics Association … Read More

Edelman’s TweetLevel – measuring influence within Twitter

BarbaraAnalyst relations, Influencer identification, influencer relations, Measurement, Public relations, social media

You can’t do influencer relations without a good set of tools for identifying influencers and measuring and tracking their influence. Here’s a new tool for your consideration: Edelman’s TweetLevel, by Jonny Bentwood. TweetLevel calculates an “importance” rating of 0-100 for anyone with a Twitter handle. And, it’s free to use. Most of the big agencies provide their clients with pricey … Read More

Building vision through influencer ecosystems

Barbarainfluence, marketing, Public relations

Britton Manasco sparked an interesting discussion over the weekend on PR, influencers and the caliber of a client’s vision messaging. Britton’s take: PR firms, too often, are letting their executive clients down. They are encouraging them to stroll out in the public square unclothed and unprepared. Result? Their clients are exposed as leaders without vision… It seems to me that … Read More

Transparency and agency-placed content on UGC sites

Barbarainfluence, Influencer marketing, Public relations, social media

Transparency is one of the words that has become a victim of Web 2.0.  Everyone has their own idea of what transparency means in social media, and what constitutes embracing transparency.  A good example: the recent MobileCrunch expose on Reverb Communications and the Apple App Store. The plot is simple enough:  an integrated PR-marketing agency has paid staff (whether employees … Read More

Attending BiteBash tonight

BarbaraEvents, Public relations, social media

I’ll be at BiteBash in San Francisco tonight, “Navigating Your Brand through the Great Recession”. It’s such a timely topic. Bite’s David Hargreaves sums up the risks and opportunities that surround marketing right now: “Harvard Business Review recently reported that companies who slash marketing spending often find that they later have to invest much more than they saved in order … Read More

Blogs aren’t what they used to be

BarbaraAnalyst relations, Bloggers, influencer program, Public relations, social media

Duncan raises some good points about the evolution of blogs and microblogs (i.e. Twitter). Blogging is becoming the online publishing platform of choice in many industries, from politics to pharma. This has a couple of implications for influencer programs in 2009. Top of my list, is that 2009 should see the end of consternation over classifying influencers as “bloggers” or … Read More

Do we need new labels for PR, AR and corporate comms?

BarbaraPublic relations, social media

Many of us are thinking about how we weave influencer relations and social media into traditional marketing programs. Todd Defren, a popular blogger and principal at SHIFT Communications, spends a lot of time on this, and in particular on the intersection of PR and social media. He’s raised a valid question: is there a point where the label “PR agency” … Read More