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Reputation management: Royal Caribbean and Haiti

by amy mengel on January 21, 2010

External crises can force companies to make consternating choices.
Royal Caribbean has come under fire for continuing to dock its cruise ships on the Haitian peninsula of Labadee in light of the devastating earthquake. An article in The Gaurdian, later picked up by The Huffington Post and the LA Times travel blog, among other outlets, questions [...]

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Why I blog

by amy mengel on December 6, 2009

I’ve flogged this deceased equine before, but no foray into social media– be it blogging or anything else– should be without strategy. That emerged as a major theme from last Friday’s Social Media Breakfast Tech Valley #4, which featured a panel discussion on blogging.
The panelists discussed how companies should decide what they hope to get [...]

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Why I was wrong about lifestreaming

by amy mengel on October 20, 2009

I sat staring down the white screen of Wordpress death tonight knowing that I was due a blog post but unable to come up with anything (I’m sure no blogger has EVER had that problem before, EVER).
So, in my writer’s-block-induced haze, I sent out the following tweet:
The lucky winner? Mark Krynsky (@krynsky) responded first:
Crap.
(Although I [...]

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How I use Google Reader without going insane

by amy mengel on September 17, 2009

It’s a never-ending refrain in the social media world: “There’s just so much content out there!” So many good blogs to read and think about. For a while my Google Reader was getting out of control as I continued to add RSS feeds.
I’ve tried various ways to get a handle on the many blogs I [...]

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A new look for Mengel Musings

by amy mengel on July 21, 2009

If you’re reading this post in a feed reader, stop! Click over to the site right now and check out my new design. I purchased the Thesis theme for WordPress about a month ago and have been mired in CSS and PHP mods for the last month trying to come up with a fresh look [...]

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