The News Show Vlog Turns Viewers into Producers

Video blogging is becoming a standard tool for both news creation and viewer interaction, even vlog viewers are coming up with their own ideas for online news videos. CMP Media's The News Show, a daily video news blog on the TechWeb Network covering the technology industry, are not only encouraging audience members to come up with creative video news ideas but they are also giving viewers the means to do so. The News Show is awarding 10 of the best viewer contributed story ideas for ...
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Posted on May 20th, 2012

Ontario Genealogical Society elects a preferred support

/p> [Herndon, VA] gomembers (http://www.gomembers.com) announced today that the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS: http://www.ogs.on.ca/) has chosen a Preferred Support Agreement (PSA) for its gomembers' pinnacle software solution. 'This PSA represents a smart choice for OGS,' said Ann Belair, Director of Operations for gomembers. 'The support agreement protects their software investment and positions them to take advantage of future product enhancements and allows them to adapt to changing ...
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Posted on May 19th, 2012

TRASH PROOF NEWS RELEASES

Would You Rather Be Rich or Famous? This is Not a Trick Question" by Mark Joyner "Champagne wishes and caviar dreams..." Most of us yearn for wealth and fame, and yet secretly believe that those commodities are beyond our reach -- that they are reserved for others, not us. What if I told you that most of the rich and famous people in the world became rich and famous simply because they knew how to ethically influence the media? And what if I told you that if you could learn their publicity ...
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Posted on May 18th, 2012

Top 5 Online Press Release Writing Mistakes to Avoid

Copyright 2005 Ted Kushner Did you know that using online press releases is one of the most powerful ways for almost instantly driving hundreds or even thousands of potential targeted customers to your new product, web site or newsletter? Within hours of having your press release distributed over the Internet your press release could be picked up by some of the major online news networks like Google News and Yahoo News. And then within days or just a few weeks they will begin to show up in the ...
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Posted on May 17th, 2012

Alternative News Media

While television advertisers are scrambling to conquer Tivo® and get people to actually look at their ads, a new breed of fast emerging media may be just what they've been looking for. The new media that could save the day for advertisers looking to recapture lost viewers is called "pixel ads". Pixel ads are found on web sites that sell micro-ads sized in 10 by 10 pixel increments. The tiny ads are placed on the pixel ad site's home page and link to the web sites of the various ...
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Posted on May 16th, 2012

gomembers' participates in Texas Society of Association

gomembers, Inc. (http://www.gomembers.com) makers of the meetingtrak, the industry leading meeting and event planning software, participated in the September 19, 2004 meeting of the Texas Society of Association Executives (TSAE: http://www.tsae.org) at the Gaylord Texan Hotel in Dallas, Texas. This special Meetings Technology panel focused on new trends and changing technology, how it benefits the Meetings industry, and ways to adapt it in their organizations. 'We are increasingly working in an ...
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Posted on May 15th, 2012

News Search Is Influencing Internet Marketing

The search landscape is changing so fast that half of what we knew a year ago about search engine optimization and marketing is now obsolete, reports Greg Jarboe in his SEO-PR Newsblog. Jarboe is a regular presenter at the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conference and web search versus vertical search (in search areas like news) was one of the new search trends featured at the San Jose SES. The growth of the news search has only come about in the last few years. According to Nielsen/Net ...
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Posted on May 14th, 2012

How To Create An Online Newsroom The Media Will Love

From time to time, people ask me how public relations has changed during the two decades in which I've been seeking publicity. My answer: technology. Twenty years ago, the fax machine was a newfangled novelty. Our primary means of communicating with journalists was the telephone and the US Mail. The advent of e- mail and the web has made life easier in many regards and tougher in others - namely, thanks to hordes of clowns with money making schemes and software that "blasts" press releases ...
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Posted on May 13th, 2012

4 Characteristics of Social Media Optimization vs SEO

There is a need in all humans to feel connected with one another, to interact with others and to be able to relate to another person. Social media optimization thrives on that need. Social media is all about communication. Its about sharing perspectives, insights, experiences and opinions with one another via blogs, wikis, message boards, and videos. While SEO is still an effective means to gain traffic, the web is no longer two dimensional. It has evolved. Its become increasingly interactive, ...
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Posted on May 12th, 2012

Friedman Proves The Flat Earth Society Is Right--Sort Of

/p> The Flat Earth Society has claimed that the earth is flat. They've tried to 'deprogram the masses' since 1547 to the present'those pathetic, confused, dim-witted folks like me who wrongly assert the earth is round. Just in case you haven't heard, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman's recent book proves that the world is flat. It hasn't always been flat, mind you, but globalism in the 21st century has flattened the earth economically, bulldozing it into a global level playing field. ...
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Posted on May 11th, 2012