Inside PR 2.20 – Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Gini and Joe kick off the new school year with a discussion about the social media tools every new PR student needs.

0:26 Martin opens the show.

1:43 Joe mentions that it’s the beginning of a new school year and that Martin is teaching again at McMaster’s PR program.

2:44 Martin kicks off the discussion about this week’s topic: social media tools every new PR student needs.

3:03 Joe shares the first tip: remember there is only one you and be consistent with how you present yourself across all mediums.

4:40 Joe reminds students to build a professional profile from day one.

5:40 Gini gives some advice for students who are hesitant to start a blog.

7:37 Martin points out how important it is to be careful about what you post online.

8:28 Joe stresses the importance of communicating and engaging.

11:26 Joe shares the 3 places students need to be to build their online profile: a blog of their own, Twitter and LinkedIn.

14:56 Martin says students need to have a good RSS reader to organize all their feeds and stay current.

16:05 Gini adds that she always asks interviewees about the last book they read, magazines they read and blogs they subscribe to. It’s important to be well read.

20:00 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.17 – Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin and Gini discuss ghost blogging and whether it should be done or not.

0:25 Martin opens the show.

1:44 Martin thanks Sallie Goetsch for helping us correct a glitch with last week’s episode of Inside PR. (Thanks again, Sallie!)

2:17 Martin tells us about a great movie he saw over the weekend, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

3:26 Gini introduces this week’s topic: ghost blogging and talks about a discussion that went on about it on her blog post.

8:10 Gini wonders if there is a middle ground with ghost blogging – should we do it for clients or not?

8:17 Martin shares his perspective.

18:10 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.15 – Wednesday, August 4, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe and Gini discuss a listener’s comment on PRoper English and how they decide which events to attend.

0:30 Martin opens the show.

1:37 Joe shares the first listener comment, from Clint Stiles, about Inside PR #30.

3:37 Longtime listener, Chartwell 65, offers some suggestions to improve the show.

8:55 Joe talks a bit about Third Tuesday and how it started up.

10:20 Joe kicks off the next topic and asks Martin and Gini how they decided which events to attend and why?

14:37 Martin tells us about his first time attending PodCamp Toronto.

15:35 Joe shares what he looks for in a conference.

19:46 Gini encourages everyone to check out Empire Avenue.

20:13 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.13 – Wednesday, July 21, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe and Gini keep it short and sweet and discuss pitches and tweets.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

3:25 Martin shares a listener “comment” with us.

4:45 Joe tells us a little more about the pitch.

8:41 Joe brings up another point in the pitch and wonders if we should follow up with reporters to find out why they’re not interested.

10:34 Martin introduces the next topic: To tweet or not to tweet on behalf of clients? That is the question.

11:18 Martin shares his agency’s policy about tweeting.

16:20 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.11 – Wednesday, July 7, 2010

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This week on Inside PR,  Joe and Gini discuss the rising popularity of social media monitoring tools and whether the internet really is over.

0:28 Joe opens the show.

1:50 Joe talks about the summer slowdown.

6:12 Joe asks Inside PR listeners if summers are slower at their workplace and what they do to manage the lighter workload while keeping morale high.

7:10 Joe talks about the show’s first topic: Sysomos’ recent acquisition by Marketwire. He mentions a recent post by Dave Fleet about other social media monitoring tool acquisitions over the past year.

8:30 Gini talks about the various social media monitoring tools her business uses.

10:10 Joe shares his favourite social media monitoring tools.

17:12 Gini talks about Prince’s outrageous comment “The internet is over”.

21:45 Joe wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.10 – Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin, Joe and Gini discuss the role of social media played in the G20 Summit and how social media is changing the way news is shared.

0:27 Martin opens the show.

2:17 Martin tells us how the G20 impacted his move to the new energi PR offices.

3:46 Joe paints a picture of what the G20 was like over the past weekend in Toronto and introduces this week’s first topic: the G20 and social media.

6:36 Joe points out the limitations of social media during the G20.

12:51 Joe wonders why the G20 organizers failed to incorporate elements of social media to inform the public during the talks.

14:53 Martin introduces the second topic: how social media is breaking “news” before traditional media.

18:18 Gini explains how it is difficult to determine what is and isn’t credible on Twitter.

21:18 Martin closes the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.07 – Wednesday, June 9, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss the G20 Summit in Toronto, how to deal with negative comments on blogs and how Energi PR came to be.

0:28 Martin opens the show.

0:42 Joe brings up the G20 Summit and Martin and Joe discuss how it’ll effect Toronto and Public Relations agencies in the Toronto financial district.

3:03 Joe explains that the G20 Summit will have a negative impact on the business community.

3:43 Joe asks Gini about her bicycle accident she had last week.

5:45 Martin tells us about Energi PR.

15:32 Martin tells us how Darryl Salnero helped with shaping Energi PR.

18:19 Joe asks Gini about a recent blog post that got a lot of feedback – both positive and negative.

28:14 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.06 – Wednesday, June 2, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum of Communications Meca and they discuss Meca’s recent merger with Palette PR.

0:26 Joe opens the show.

0:37  Joe announces that he will be hosting the show by himself today and explains why Gini and Martin aren’t recording.

1:37 Joe tells us that Martin’s agency, Palette PR has merged with Communications Meca to form Energi PR.

2:52 Joe interviews Carol Levine and Esther Bachsbaum about the new merger.

8:10 Joe offers up some commentary about the interview and the merger.

9:27 Joe wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.05 – Wednesday, May 26, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin, Gini and special guest Abbie Fink discuss what they’ve taken away from the Counselors Academy in Asheville, NC.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

1:04 Martin thanks Kevin Hunt and Matt Resetta for their comments

1:50 Gini tells us that Martin, Abbie and herself are recording together in the lobby of their hotel.

2:52 Abbie tells us about the Counselors Academy and how it benefits agencies and attendees.

5:12 Martin asks Abbie and Gini what the highlights of the conference were so far for both of them

7:50 Martin mentions a session by Elise Mitchell that he found particularly inspiring.

9:45 Gini talks about her first visit to the Counselors Academy 5 years ago and how different perspectives from competitors makes the profession better.

10:50 Martin agrees with Gini and shares his perspective.

16:00 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.

Inside PR 2.03 – Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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This week on Inside PR, Martin,  Joe, and Gini discuss how different organizations and people are approaching privacy on the internet.

0:21 Martin opens the show.

0:35 Joe mentions he’s heading to Stratford, Ontario for the University of Waterloo’s Canada 3.0 festival.

3:13 Martin brings up listener comments from last week’s show.

3:47 Al Croft commented on an article he wrote about a British agency that did away with billable hours all together and was still quite successful.

4:29 Daniel Davidson, asks whether there is a conflict in how the media might perceive a PR person pitching from two unrelated areas of public relations.

8:32 Joe introduces this week’s topic: how we’re approaching privacy on the internet.

18:45 Gini recommends that everyone Google themselves at least once a week to see what’s out there.

18:59 Joe kicks off the -30- segment.

23:40 Martin wraps up the show.

Our theme music was created by Damon de Szegheo; Roger Dey is our announcer.

This week’s episode was produced by Yasmine Kashefi.