Archive for the ‘pr talk’ Category
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New York Fashion Week gets off to an interesting start
Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Thursday, February 11th, marked the first official day of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the Tents at Bryant Park.
The morning of Day 1 was quickly overshadowed by news that famed British designer Alexander McQueen had committed suicide. In this day in age, word spreads quickly–I first heard the moment I pulled up Twitter that morning. Apparently, [...] -
RECAP: “What is Your Social Music Currency?”
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Last night, SoundCTRL — a group that explores the convergence of music & tech — hosted an Official Social Media Week panel on the future of music in the digital era and the question “What is your Social Music Currency?”
The event was fittingly held in the old Tower Records space on 4th & Bway, which [...] -
INVITE: SoundCTRL hosts only music-centric panel during NEW YORK Social Media Week
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Entitled, “WHAT IS YOUR SOCIAL MUSIC CURRENCY?” SoundCTRL hosts the only music-related panel during this week’s Social Media Week in New York.
The discussion will be moderated by social media maven, James Andrews (Co-Founder, BeEverywhere.tv & TheKeyInfluencer.com), and the panel will feature: ?uestLove (National recording artists & infamous drummer of The Roots and The Jimmy Fallon [...] -
Who will face the music? PR frenzy heats up over Adam Lambert and ABC
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
As with every major music award show, there is always one defining moment that gets America talking at the water cooler the next morning and forever solidifies itself as a defining moment in “pop culture” for years to come. In 2003 we had the infamous Britney/Madonna kiss, in 2004 we had Janet Jackson & Justin [...]
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“Crush It” like Gary Vaynerchuk: New book hits stores October 13th! [VIDEO INTERVIEW]
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book, “Why Now is The Time to CRUSH IT! Cash in on Your Passion,” is being released next Tuesday, October 13th, and for the New Yorkers out there, he’s doing a book signing at Columbus Circle (book tour details here).
The book surrounds his relatively quick and calculated rise to personal branding fame [...] -
How To Plant an Item in Page Six (Via PRNewser.com)
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The other day, my friend Joe Ciarallo, the new full-time editor over at Media Bistro’s PRNewser.com, asked me if I had any tips for pitching the infamous Page Six for a story. PRNewser, a blog interested in all things PR, went ahead and ran my tips along with some other interesting tidbits right from the [...]
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Mashable’s 3rd NextUp NYC: “Social Media Marketing 101″
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
Tonight, I attended the third Mashable NextUp NYC event at 92Y, which was the third in a series of three, and also a part of this week’s “Internet Week” celebration in New York. [If you missed my recap of the first two, here they are: "The State of the New York Blogosphere" and "Lessons from [...]
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Mashable’s 2nd NextUp NYC: “Lessons From the Local Internet Start-Up Community”
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
April 28th marked the 2nd in a series of events dubbed NextUP NYC, put on by Mashable – the bible for all things social media. [If you missed the run-down from the debut event of the Mashable NextUP Series, you can check out my recap here.] The topic at hand this time around [...]
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“Girls in Tech” Re-Launch Party for the NYC Chapter
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Last night I attended the re-launch of the New York Chapter of “Girls In Tech.” Once a male-dominated field, “Girls in Tech” is an organization all about building recognition, encouragement, and support for women who work in (or women who are interested in) technology. What I love about GIT is that it does not discriminate. [...]
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Meet The Press: Q&A with Celebrity Blogger, Micah Jesse
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
Who is Micah Jesse? Well, the more appropriate question might be, Who Isn’t Micah Jesse!? A simple google search tells me a lot about Micah including the fact that he is a blogger, red carpet interviewer, radio host on Blog Talk Radio, PR-guru, socialite, AND named “The Perez Hilton of the East Coast” [...]
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Meet The Press: Q&A with MediaPost’s Kelly Samardak
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Kelly Samardak, AKA @socialmedium on Twitter, writes “Just An Online Minute” for MediaPost, a column that covers events, workshops, seminars, conferences and parties in and around the New York media world. On the scene, Kelly doubles as a reporter and a photo journalist, snapping shots at the events and taking note of the who’s who [...]
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INVITE: Mixed-Media Painter, Amanda Dolan, unveils her 3rd Annual Exhibit, “Heart Attack” at the Ward Nasse Gallery
Monday, March 2nd, 2009
On Saturday, March 7th, an opening reception will be held for Mixed-Media Painter (and client at AMP3), the infamous Ms. Amanda Dolan, at the Ward Nasse Gallery on Prince Street in SoHo.
This year’s exhibit, “Heart Attack,” differs from last year’s portrait-style exhibit, “Call Me Crazy,” in that it is much more open to interpretation and [...] -
Mashable’s NextUp NYC Debut: “The State of the New York Blogosphere”
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Last night, Mashable hosted the first event in a series of events called “NextUp NYC” at the 92Y’s new downtown location, in Tribeca.
The topic at hand was the “State of the New York Blogosphere” and was moderated by Mashable’s Adam Hirsch. In true techie form, the venue offered a separate “Bloggers Lounge” where the [...] -
Fashion 2.0 Meetup: Digital Moda
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Digital Moda–an event designed to bring together the online fashion publishing world, emerging design talent, and tech/social media influencers–was an exploration of an innovative alternative to the traditional runway show format typically seen during fashion week. This Style Coalition event was organized in conjunction with NextWeb and POP! Events & Marketing.
The digital revolution theme [...] -
Social Media Week 2009 Round-Up
Sunday, February 15th, 2009
What do you do when you have a series of tech events coinciding all in one week, all in New York City? You name it Social Media Week and you welcome other events to join the calendar as well. This year, that week was Monday, February 9th through Friday, February 13th,2009.
Though there were a series [...] -
Meet The Press: Q&A with Kelly Will of The New York Post (PART TWO)
Friday, February 13th, 2009
If you missed PART ONE of this interview, click here to read it first…
PART 2 – Freelancing, Tech, PR & More:
Alyson Campbell: So, your personal blog, Blonde Rules, when did you start that blog and what do you use it for now?Kelly Will: Honestly, its 100 percent personal. Its truly for friends and family [...]
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What Would Google Do?
Friday, February 6th, 2009
Last night, we attended a book party at the Daylife headquarters for “What Would Google Do” by Jeff Jarvis (journalist for TV Guide, People, Entertainment Weekly, NY Daily News, San Fransisco Examiner, creator of BuzzMachine, and Associate Professor of Journalism).
After some initial mingling, Jeff Jarvis took the stage to give us the speed-talking version of [...] -
Hell’s Kitchen Premiere in Hell’s Kitchen!
Friday, January 30th, 2009
Last night was the Season Five Premiere of Hell’s Kitchen and the two Tri-State area contestants, Chef Ji Cha (a Manhattan-native and current New Jersey resident) and Chef Seth Levine (a Great Neck, NY native), threw their NYC-based viewing parties in style, in of course, none other than Hell’s Kitchen.
We started out at Chef Ji [...] -
Meet The Press: Q&A with Georg Szalai of The Hollywood Reporter
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
This week, I got a chance to catch up with my Austrian friend, Georg Szalai, the NY Bureau Chief and Business Editor of The Hollywood Reporter (and for the record, he was the first to point out that he has an Arnold Schwarzenegger-esque accent, not me–just don’t ask him to say California 5 times fast!). [...]
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Fashion PR 2.0 Meetup
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Last night, I had the honor of speaking on a panel at the Fashion 2.0 Meetup, and this month, the topic at hand was Fashion PR 2.0, one of my favorite hot topics. I sat alongside the lovely Christine Perkett, President & Founder of Perkett PR, and Orli Sharaby, a Social Media Strategist [...]