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Burning Platform: Pandemic and Tech AR/PR

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Brian Sommer and I have recorded 12 episodes in this series - see index here. Last couple of weeks, we have had several guests -Rob Kugel of Ventana, Josh Greenbaum of EA Consulting, Bonnie Tinder of Raven Intel, Frank Scavo.

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Wasted PR bullets

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My friend and fellow EI Ross Mayfield has had a week which calls for multiple press releases. The company he co-founded, Socialtext has gained a strategic investment by Bedford Funding ($1.4B PE firm) and will integrate with Peoplefluent. The company.

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Let your customers do the talking

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I get way too many PR pitches where I am offered to talk to an exec of a vendor or one of its partner firms. When I ask instead to speak to some customers the answer is some variation of. Industry Commentary'

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Return to Sender

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I have noticed a pattern where PR firms send me press releases, unsolicited, and when I ask to be taken off their list (which I never asked to be on in first place), they go – sorry you were not. Industry analysts (Gartner, Forrester, AMR, others) Industry Commentary'

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Oracle Open World input

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I thought it was pleasant that Oracle’s PR firm, Blanc and Otus asked me for input 6 weeks before the event. Usually organizers will ask you to fill surveys after you attend an event. Other Oracle folks have also reached.

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What keeps you grounded?

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In a recent conversation, the thoughts drifted to the relentless barrage of PR both of us get about “innovative” new start up products. I enjoy catching up with Chris Jablonski who writes about emerging technology at ZDNet. Just this week.

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The Book of the Courtier

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IBM’s PR firm sent me a story idea about the Charleston Police Department using its analytics for “predictive policing”. It looked a very good candidate for New Florence, except that 6 months ago I had already posted about predictive policing.

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