Comments for Views from the West - A blog about public relations & social media in the Rocky Mountains http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog A blog about public relations & social media in the Rocky Mountains Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Everyone wants to drink the social media Kool-Aid by Randy Blauvelt http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=654&cpage=1#comment-4916 Randy Blauvelt Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:04:24 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=654#comment-4916 I agree, but you're gonna get letters. Er, perhaps emails, or Tweets or wall postings..... I agree, but you’re gonna get letters. Er, perhaps emails, or Tweets or wall postings…..

]]> Comment on The World Cup: Connecting communities through soccer by Michele Wells http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=625&cpage=1#comment-4806 Michele Wells Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:52:05 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=625#comment-4806 Mark, We've all had fun watching you agonize about every World Cup event. Thanks for reminding us about the things that are truly important in life -- soccer, the great uniter of nations. Mark,

We’ve all had fun watching you agonize about every World Cup event. Thanks for reminding us about the things that are truly important in life — soccer, the great uniter of nations.

]]> Comment on The World Cup: Connecting communities through soccer by Ef Rodriguez http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=625&cpage=1#comment-4805 Ef Rodriguez Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:23:14 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=625#comment-4805 You look adorable in that scarf. You look adorable in that scarf.

]]> Comment on Nice guys don’t finish last by Karen Miller http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=618&cpage=1#comment-4797 Karen Miller Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:09:37 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=618#comment-4797 Gwin, thank you for sharing this personal note; it is so touching and true. Thank goodness for nice guys, and you're included in that group Bob Threlkeld. Wishing you strength as you make your way through without Don. What a loss! Karen Gwin, thank you for sharing this personal note; it is so touching and true. Thank goodness for nice guys, and you’re included in that group Bob Threlkeld. Wishing you strength as you make your way through without Don. What a loss!
Karen

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]]> Comment on LEGO leadership potential by Rubin Moncivais http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=56&cpage=1#comment-4762 Rubin Moncivais Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:35:12 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=56#comment-4762 My own son is actually mad regarding lego in addition to star wars lego - cheers for the insight! My own son is actually mad regarding lego in addition to star wars lego – cheers for the insight!

]]> Comment on A Public Relations Nightmare by Larry W. Lindsey http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=581&cpage=1#comment-4735 Larry W. Lindsey Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:43:12 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=581#comment-4735 You hit the nail on the head! All too often a company's knee-jerk reaction is to try to cover up something like this, when the only logical reaction is to take it on the chin and admit that you screwed up...and then FIX the problem and recoup as much of your reputation as you can. Then, you work very hard to see that it does not happen again! Any time you give the media an excuse to go on a witch hunt, they will blow the event way out of proportion and it will be 10 times worse than if you made the announcement yourself. Larry W. Lindsey, Pres. & CEO AFI Media Group You hit the nail on the head! All too often a company’s knee-jerk reaction is to try to cover up something like this, when the only logical reaction is to take it on the chin and admit that you screwed up…and then FIX the problem and recoup as much of your reputation as you can. Then, you work very hard to see that it does not happen again! Any time you give the media an excuse to go on a witch hunt, they will blow the event way out of proportion and it will be 10 times worse than if you made the announcement yourself.

Larry W. Lindsey, Pres. & CEO
AFI Media Group

]]> Comment on Simple Ways to Monitor Social Media Success by Maria Ogneva http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=605&cpage=1#comment-4734 Maria Ogneva Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:21:42 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=605#comment-4734 Some other great paid tools are Biz360 (disclosure: I work for Biz360) and ScoutLabs. Like Filtrbox and Radian6 that you mentioned above, they offer a comprehensive sweep of the social web (at Biz360 we monitor blogs, microblogs, forums / discussion boards and online news), as well as sentiment measurement. If you are looking for a new tool to add to your arsenal, feel free to reach out! Maria Ogneva @themaria @biz360 Some other great paid tools are Biz360 (disclosure: I work for Biz360) and ScoutLabs. Like Filtrbox and Radian6 that you mentioned above, they offer a comprehensive sweep of the social web (at Biz360 we monitor blogs, microblogs, forums / discussion boards and online news), as well as sentiment measurement. If you are looking for a new tool to add to your arsenal, feel free to reach out!

Maria Ogneva
@themaria @biz360

]]> Comment on Simple Ways to Monitor Social Media Success by Katie Delahaye Paine http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=605&cpage=1#comment-4729 Katie Delahaye Paine Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:57:48 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=605#comment-4729 You also might consider www.socialmention.com and www.trackur.com both provide excellent monitoring for free You also might consider http://www.socialmention.com and http://www.trackur.com both provide excellent monitoring for free

]]> Comment on R U an Integrator or Net-Newser? by Cher Gack http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=84&cpage=1#comment-4721 Cher Gack Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:37:09 +0000 http://www.johnstonwells.com/blog/?p=84#comment-4721 Great post! I liked the information you contained in it. I would have never learned of this site if I did not see it Googling random things! Great post! I liked the information you contained in it. I would have never learned of this site if I did not see it Googling random things!

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