Comments for Michelle Damico Communications http://www.michelledamico.com Getting your message to media that matter Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:10:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on What’s your passion? by Michelle Damico http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/whats-your-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Michelle Damico Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:10:17 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=1073#comment-1506 Paul, no need to improve your photog skills. Just get an iPhone. It'll do all the work for you, and you come off looking like a pro. It also helps to have a Mac, with their fabulous iPhoto App. Gotta love Steve Jobs for making things simple for all of us to look like artists! Paul, no need to improve your photog skills. Just get an iPhone. It’ll do all the work for you, and you come off looking like a pro. It also helps to have a Mac, with their fabulous iPhoto App. Gotta love Steve Jobs for making things simple for all of us to look like artists!

]]> Comment on It’s #FollowFriday — You sharing the love? by Michelle Damico http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/its-followfriday-you-sharing-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1505 Michelle Damico Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:07:03 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=968#comment-1505 Catherine, sorry for not noticing your reply sooner. Happy Valentine's Day! No, you're not Twitter-deficient. It's overwhelming at first, and that's why I tell folks to get comfortable with one social media platform before trying another. The way to be follow-worthy is first...to start following others. Who do you follow? There are many ways, by your hobbies, career, profession, location. Google the search term Twitter directories, and you'll find people who share your interests and begin following them. Use the @ (at) sign before their name and reply to something they've tweeted. or if you want to share something they've already tweeted, use the RT sign before their name to retweet their comment. You're starting a conversation with these people, and they're likely to begin following you. Once you get comfortable in the Twitter Dialogue, you can advance your skills by attending a Tweet Chat. And that's another blog topic for me to write. I got the bulk of my followers by attending a variety of Tweet chats. It's a twitter cocktail party dedicated to a single topic where you follow the stream of the conversation and contribute to it. Catherine, sorry for not noticing your reply sooner. Happy Valentine’s Day!
No, you’re not Twitter-deficient. It’s overwhelming at first, and that’s why I tell folks to get comfortable with one social media platform before trying another. The way to be follow-worthy is first…to start following others.
Who do you follow? There are many ways, by your hobbies, career, profession, location. Google the search term Twitter directories, and you’ll find people who share your interests and begin following them. Use the @ (at) sign before their name and reply to something they’ve tweeted. or if you want to share something they’ve already tweeted, use the RT sign before their name to retweet their comment. You’re starting a conversation with these people, and they’re likely to begin following you. Once you get comfortable in the Twitter Dialogue, you can advance your skills by attending a Tweet Chat. And that’s another blog topic for me to write. I got the bulk of my followers by attending a variety of Tweet chats. It’s a twitter cocktail party dedicated to a single topic where you follow the stream of the conversation and contribute to it.

]]> Comment on It’s #FollowFriday — You sharing the love? by Michelle Damico http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/its-followfriday-you-sharing-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 Michelle Damico Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:01:11 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=968#comment-1504 I am thrilled to include you on my #FF list Gini. You're the best. Happy Valentine's Day. I am thrilled to include you on my #FF list Gini. You’re the best. Happy Valentine’s Day.

]]> Comment on What’s your passion? by Paul Kelly http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/whats-your-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-1503 Paul Kelly Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:04:27 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=1073#comment-1503 Michelle: This is nicely done. I'm going to have to improve my photography chops to take advantage. Michelle:

This is nicely done. I’m going to have to improve my photography chops to take advantage.

]]> Comment on It’s #FollowFriday — You sharing the love? by Catherine Johns http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/its-followfriday-you-sharing-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1486 Catherine Johns Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:45:58 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=968#comment-1486 Michelle, I'm a Twitteridiot. I'm active on Facebook (www.facebook.com/catherinejohnschicago), getting better and better at LinkedIn, but I'm lagging way behind on the Tweeting thing. How do I get up to speed so I can be follow-worthy? And how do people find the time to do all this social networking? Michelle, I’m a Twitteridiot. I’m active on Facebook (www.facebook.com/catherinejohnschicago), getting better and better at LinkedIn, but I’m lagging way behind on the Tweeting thing. How do I get up to speed so I can be follow-worthy? And how do people find the time to do all this social networking?

]]> Comment on It’s #FollowFriday — You sharing the love? by Gini Dietrich http://www.michelledamico.com/2012/02/its-followfriday-you-sharing-the-love/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Gini Dietrich Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:14 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=968#comment-1485 I love that you have to say not to be offended if you're not on the list. People sure do get upset about that stuff, don't they? I love doing #FF this way. It gives you more than 140 characters to tell people what's interesting about those you're recommending. Thanks for including me! I love that you have to say not to be offended if you’re not on the list. People sure do get upset about that stuff, don’t they? I love doing #FF this way. It gives you more than 140 characters to tell people what’s interesting about those you’re recommending. Thanks for including me!

]]> Comment on Yes, social media can motivate and inspire by Gini Dietrich http://www.michelledamico.com/2011/10/how-social-media-can-motivate-and-inspire/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 Gini Dietrich Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:50:32 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=902#comment-1388 I'm so proud of you! I’m so proud of you!

]]> Comment on Phone calls DO matter for PR success by Michelle Damico http://www.michelledamico.com/2011/09/phone-calls-do-matter-for-pr-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 Michelle Damico Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:15:10 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=851#comment-1361 Thanks Debbie for taking the time to comment. You are so right about personalization. Blasting emails to the media is a waste of time. Personalizing a pitch, and then calling a reporter to point them to that email pitch has been very fruitful for me and my clients. Thanks Debbie for taking the time to comment. You are so right about personalization. Blasting emails to the media is a waste of time. Personalizing a pitch, and then calling a reporter to point them to that email pitch has been very fruitful for me and my clients.

]]> Comment on Sweet! Great PR results by simply following a blog by Michelle Damico http://www.michelledamico.com/2011/09/sweet-getting-free-pr-by-following-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1360 Michelle Damico Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:13:14 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=837#comment-1360 Thanks Diane for letting me know this blog is helpful. My goal is to share with others the success I've had and also to talk about the mistakes! I appreciate your taking the time to comment. Thanks Diane for letting me know this blog is helpful. My goal is to share with others the success I’ve had and also to talk about the mistakes! I appreciate your taking the time to comment.

]]> Comment on Phone calls DO matter for PR success by Debbie Goetz http://www.michelledamico.com/2011/09/phone-calls-do-matter-for-pr-success/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Debbie Goetz Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:56:41 +0000 http://www.michelledamico.com/?p=851#comment-1359 Michelle, It depends on the media outlet you are pitching to and sometimes it depends on the individual journalist and/or editor. Take a look at a recent piece by Craig Ey, Editor of the Philadelphia Business Journal, about how the phone call is becoming a dying art in PR. I served on a media panel for NAWBO in Philadelphia yesterday and the recurring theme was that journalists are bombarded with emails. The key is to personalize your pitch to individual journalists and not be afraid to pick up the phone. http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/print-edition/2011/08/05/pick-up-the-phone.html Michelle,
It depends on the media outlet you are pitching to and sometimes it depends on the individual journalist and/or editor. Take a look at a recent piece by Craig Ey, Editor of the Philadelphia Business Journal, about how the phone call is becoming a dying art in PR. I served on a media panel for NAWBO in Philadelphia yesterday and the recurring theme was that journalists are bombarded with emails. The key is to personalize your pitch to individual journalists and not be afraid to pick up the phone.
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/print-edition/2011/08/05/pick-up-the-phone.html

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