about 1 year ago - 2 comments
I don’t have an iPad, but I know several people who do. I also know that I am using audio on almost all of my posts now, and video on many. Which means it’s time for me to make those past embedded videos HTML-5 friendly, if I want to be seen and heard along with
about 1 year ago - 91 comments
Video is increasingly important for a variety of reasons. First, we’re just now getting a handle on how persuasive you can be when better engaging the visual cortex. There are some stories that play better with visual and emotional information. And lastly, Youtube is now the second-largest search engine, right behind its parent company, Google.
about 1 year ago - 11 comments
In a crisis, what you see is what you get. No, I am not making a trite statement about “it is what it is,” or about transparency. What you see is what you comprehend… what you understand… what you internalize. I’ve been thinking quite a bit lately about the pieces you need for effective crisis
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
Sam is a friend of mine from college. He sent me a rant the other day. I think most news outlets WAAAYYY overvalue their internet video content. For the record: I HATE IT. I never willingly click on a news video. Ever. I’m looking for information, not some ****-***-slow-to-load or streaming content barfed on me
about 2 years ago - 20 comments
Do you hear that thunder in the distance? That’s the sound of ordinary people unshackling themselves from traditional one-way media. And it’s going to get louder. If you’re a business that relies on traditional advertising models, now would be a good time to figure out where those people are going with their newfound freedom, and
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
From my friend Jamey Tucker at WKRN in Nashville. Follow him on Twitter.
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
My apologies – this is a social media post, and I am too lazy to write it all out, and I don’t have anywhere else to put this idea, and this is a run-on sentence.
about 2 years ago - 2 comments
Ragan Communications CEO Mark Ragan interviewed me when I was in Las Vegas for the Social Media for Communicators Conference, and the edited version of that discussion is now online.
about 2 years ago - 5 comments
Marketing Guru Peter Shankman (Founder of HARO, @skydiver on Twitter) is coming to the Alabama PRSA on April 14th. He’ll try as best he can to uphold the high standards set by March’s guest speaker; filmmaker, Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival founder, Workplay entrepreneur and original MTV jock Alan Hunter:
about 2 years ago - 6 comments
Daylight Savings Time for 2009 will consume 7 months and 24 days. “Standard Time” will resume on November 1, 2009; and will continue for 4 months and 13 days. I think I’m on to something…
about 1 year ago
This is great! Fun little video. Visuals, such as videos are always my favorite.