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Vlingo is a life saver.
My friends and family sometimes accuse me of being distracted by shiny objects. Often those shiny objects are mobile technology applications or cool new gadgets. The latest addition to my shiny object arsenal is the @Vlingo voice recognition app. And I’m told that admitting you have a problem is an important step in getting [...]
Tune-up or Trade-in? How to tell if your social media approach is a lemon.
How can you tell if your social media strategy or partner (or both) is nothing but a lemon? Use the 9-point Social Media Inspection scorecard to help you determine whether your social media approach simply needs a tune-up, or whether it’s time to trade in for a high-performance model.
Why BizTech is the biz place to be.
On Wednesday, April 28th, 2010, we will be broadcasting live from the BizTimes Media BizTech Conference and Expo at Wisconsin Exposition Center at State Fair Park. BizTimes Publisher Dan Meyer and reporter Alysha Schertz will spend some time with us to talk about how social media and marketing came together to promote this year’s event [...]
No company left behind: 5 ways to seek social media help.
When did everyone get together to decide that it’s the thing to do to talk about social media at a post-graduate level? There appears to be an assumption out there that everyone already knows how Twitter actually works and that everyone is already proficient on Facebook and has populated their LinkedIn profiles to 100% completion.
10 writing tricks to connect with online audiences who won’t actually read
No one actually reads online content: they scan. If you’re lucky. So how do you need to write for people who aren’t going to read anyway? Very strategically.
Socialnomics: is the social Web changing life as we know it?
Erik Qualman, author of Socialnomics: How social media transforms the way we live and do business, is joining us on Comet Radio on Wednesday, February 17th at 11 am Central. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
Will it Blend? George Wright of @Blendtec knows the answer.
What do smoothies, iPhones, Ford Fiestas and BB guns have in common? Just one thing: they all blend. George Wright, the marketing brains behind Will it Blend?, changed the game for Blendtec and brands everywhere. Join us on Comet Radio on Wednesday, February 10th at 11 a.m. Central to hear the inside scoop from the [...]
Homemade cookies for Chris Brogan
We caught up with Chris Brogan recently at a morning Tweetup in Milwaukee, WI. Chris was kind enough to take some time out to chat with Comet’s roving camera about the random things people give him when they meet him. Like cookies, for example.
Comet Branding named among 50 fresh interactive studio and social media agency Web sites.
*blush*
What a surprising and cool thing to discover in our Mint Web Analytics last week. Catalin Zornini (@zorzini), writing for Noupe.com, did a cool review and round-up of Web sites from interactive studios and social media agencies that she deemed “fresh” and included Comet Branding among the 50 they featured.
FastMinds Think Alike: Greg Ferenstein, Expert Blogger, on Comet Branding Radio 12.02.09
Sometimes you just know you like someone from the moment you meet them. Gregory Ferenstein is like that. When we first met over coffee and a hangover (on my part, at least) at Blogworld 09 in Las Vegas, I could just tell that Greg was one of those guys who is the real thing. He [...]
Al Krueger
Founder | Partner | Right Brain of Comet Branding + PR in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Host of Comet Branding Radio. Covers progressive branding, marketing, PR 2.0 and social media topics.
Sara Meaney
Partner | Left Brain of Comet Branding + PR in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Co-host of Comet Branding Radio. Writes about marketing and communications strategy and general observations about life.
Mike Wisniewski
PR + Social Media Strategist. Writes about emerging trends, marketing and communications, and the activation of social media plans.
Laura Gainor
PR + Social Media Strategist. Writes about written and visual content development, community building and other ideas in social media.
Emily Lenard
PR + Social Media Coordinator. Writes about emerging trends in PR and social media within the context of strategic communications.
Andrew Wiech
PR + Social Media Coordinator. Writes about starting his career in PR and social media and his perspective on the execution side of strategic planning.
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