wannabeMogul

One of the biggest knocks against MySpace — especially from me — was that the design of the profile pages was just too busy. Too much color, flashing boxes, music and spam. photo credit: freezelight I never even made a profile on MySpace because I never saw the need to enter that public online chaos. [...]

Pitching bloggers, just like traditional media outlets, takes research and significant effort. To be effective, you really have to know your audience and what will interest them. Off-topic pitches are a bad first impression, and they can stick with you if you are unlucky enough. With the growing number of social media communication tools and [...]

Not to offend anyone who was caught in the crossfire of Wired’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson’s backlash recently, but one of the most important rules of media relations is knowing your target journalist and tailoring your message to their outlet/beat. Anderson recently posted the email addresses of anyone who had emailed him as editor-in-chief rather than [...]