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Media2010: Print, Web, blogs, ads, and The Wall

by amy mengel on March 5, 2010

On Wednesday I attended the “Media 2010 Summit” presented by the Albany Times Union. It featured a panel discussion with three of the TU bloggers and Greg Dahlmann, co-founder of popular local blog All Over Albany.
It took a while to get to some meat in the discussion, and it felt like time ran out just [...]

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Why I’ve quit reading “social media blogs”

by amy mengel on February 28, 2010

I’ve spent the last year and a half reading and learning as much about social media as possible, going from a complete n00b with barely a Facebook profile to a recovering social media addict. I ravenously consumed blog posts about PR, communications and social media. But after awhile, a lot of the information begins to [...]

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While I was skiing: The 10-day media lowdown

by amy mengel on February 17, 2010

I was on vacation last week and then had a quick family trip home, so I missed out on a whirlwind week of media news. Perhaps that’s why it’s been hard for me to get back into the swing of blogging this week: I feel as though everything has been discussed to death. I’ve also [...]

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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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I’ve saved the best for last, as Roger Conner’s session at the 2009 Ragan Corporate Communications Conference was far and away my favorite. Conner is vice president of communications for Marriott, a company he’s been with for more than 30 years. You can imagine that he’s accumulated a fair number of entertaining stories in that [...]

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