Bare Feet StudiosLies, Consciousness, and Social Media
Posted on October 11, 2012 by Roxanne Darling
If you are still depending on other people for your facts, now is a great time to rethink and learn to use the energy as your guidance system. Lies, Consciousness, and Social Media: What an utterly odd cocktail this is, you might be thinking. I agree! First the lies. Jerry Sandusky still claiming innocence after eye witness reports. The exposure of Lance…
Category: Activism, Social Media Tags: absolute, armstrong, consciousness, context, decision-making, influence, intuition, lies, relative, sandusky, Social Media, truth
It’s Official: Bloggers Are Recognized by the FTC
Posted on October 6, 2009 by Roxanne Darling
As I have been discussing here in the past few months, the issue of payola, pay-per-post, freebies, and other incentives by marketers to entice blog coverage has come under review of the Federal Trade Commission. They have published new rules covering paid reviews and celebrity endorsements. The vote was 4-0 in favor. Keep in mind, that just about all of us can…
Category: Money Matters, News, Social Media Tags: #SBOSM, attention, bloggers, ethics, FTC, influence, payola, payperpost, regulations, socialmedia, socialmediaclub
Mahalo Mr. Solis
Posted on May 27, 2009 by Roxanne Darling
Brian Solis, a truly forward thinking PR professional and co-founder of the Social Media Club, took the time and captured a lot of the same thoughts I had, yet was reluctant to post in detail when I discussed Google, the FTC, and paid links. I too am influenced by my friends and business colleagues, and am trying to influence the discussion of…
Category: Activism, Social Media, Strategy Tags: "brian solis", bare feet studios, conversation, disclosure, ethics, FTC, google, influence, nofollow, payperpost, PR, reviews, roxanne darling, socailmedia, tourism, transparency, travel
GoHawaii’s New Campaign Makes Me Frown, Not Smile
Posted on March 1, 2009 by Roxanne Darling
I recently read in the Pacific Business News about the HVCB (Hawaii Convention & Visitors Bureau) Hawaii: A Thousand Reasons to Smile Campaign. It’s targeted at residents of San Francisco, who are frequent visitors here. I support the idea of reaching out to San Francisco residents – I have many friends there including Chris Heuer, Kristie Wells, Stowe Boyd, Susan Bratton, and…
Category: HowTo, Social Media, Strategy Tags: advertising, contest, free advice, gohawaii, hawaii, HVCB, influence, measurement, network, PR, roxannedarling, smiles, socialmedia, tagging, tourism, travel