Category Archives: Social Media

Leading Chicago Companies are Doing Social Media Right

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Tech PRose

Last week, Crain’s Chicago Business took a look at which companies in the Chicagoland area are doing the best job of effectively leveraging social media to reach consumers, increase brand awareness and ultimately rise sales. As I was reading the … Continue reading →

Posted in Christine Westendorf, Social Media | 48 Comments

Social Media: Figuring out Facebook Timeline, Sorta

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Tech PRose

To claim I’m on the cutting edge of social media would be a stretch. Sure, I have an iPhone with too many apps. I check Facebook daily, if not compulsively throughout the day. And safe to say I know my … Continue reading →

Posted in Kristen Rose Miller, Reviews, Social Media | 34 Comments

Are Your Networks Anti-Social?

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Tech PRose

I’ve founded three clubs in my lifetime and all suffered the same fate. They would start out strong and quickly acquire members. Then a small group of members would volunteer to produce content for our newsletters and events. By year … Continue reading →

Posted in Mike Nikolich, PR and Marketing, Social Media | 40 Comments

Where, oh where, to post?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Tech PRose

Still wondering which social media channel is the right one for your status update? In this post, The Breaking Copy copywriting blog provides a tongue-in-cheek flowchart to help even the most uncertain social media poster child out there. There’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media, Tim Boivin | 81 Comments

How to Build a Personal Brand

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Tech PRose

Q&A with Matthew Royse – Author of the Knowledge Enthusiast blog and managing editor of Forsythe Technology’s FOCUS Magazine One of the most frequent requests I hear from Tech Breakfast Club (TBC) members is: How do I build my personal brand? You … Continue reading →

Posted in Marketing & Public Relations, Social Media, Success Stories | 137 Comments

Google+ … Two Months Later

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Tech PRose

If you’re a continuing reader of the Tech PRose blog, chances are you might have seen my earlier post about the introduction of Google+. Having been a member of the up and coming community for more than two months now, … Continue reading →

Posted in B2B, Christine Westendorf, Media, PR and Marketing, Reviews, Social Media | 49 Comments

Social Media: It’s Not a Choice

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Tech PRose

This blog post originally ran on CompTIA’s blog and can be viewed here http://blog.comptia.org/2011/08/02/social-media-its-not-a-choice/ Kindergarteners are learning off iPads, not chalkboards. Fifty percent of the world population is under the age of 30. As best-selling author Erik Qualman says, “We don’t have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Media | 14 Comments

Finding the Right Mix of Social Tools

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tech PRose

Chris Brogan shares an interesting take on how to use the mix of tools in his recent blog post, “Social Tools Workflow.” Social media is something Chris does for a living, so it’s an interesting perspective to see where he gets … Continue reading →

Posted in Dennis Collins, Social Media | 20 Comments

Oscar Wilde would’ve loved social media

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Tech PRose

There’s a great Oscar Wilde quote that ought to be hanging on the office wall of every technology marketer and technology public relations practitioner: The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. That has never … Continue reading →

Posted in Ken Krause, Marketing & Public Relations, Social Media | 29 Comments

Google+ Tries to Simplify Web Sharing and Social Networking

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Tech PRose

Just when you thought sharing online was simple and sometimes privacy lacking thanks to social media tools like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, Google is showing you you’re wrong with the soft introduction of its Google+ project. Claiming to bring real-life … Continue reading →

Posted in Christine Rojewski, Social Media | 79 Comments