Media in the New Millennium

Note from Doyle: I was copied on this email to Joe Fuentes from a friend and colleague, Cary Baird, who also worked with him at Coors. With her permission, I’m sharing this here. Thanks, Cary.
Dear Joe,
I just read a blog that Doyle Albee wrote about working with you, and I confess that I cannot do [...]

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posted by Doyle
I just got word from our friend Marie Rotter at Xcel Energy that Joe Fuentes passed away last night. The Denver PR community—in fact, our community as a whole—lost a wonderful person.
Our thoughts are with his wife, Chris, and his entire family. As Jeremy Story said on the Denver PR Blog yesterday, “Life [...]

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posted by Doyle
I often remark how social media is not a new set of behaviors, but just a new set of tools. We’ve always just wanted to talk to each other, and social media makes that easier than ever. As a professional communicator, social media has provided me with a myriad of new outlets—and challenges—but [...]

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posted by Doyle
Well, maybe not predicted, but I noticed some great parallels while having a good time watching Hackers, the 1995 film starring a young Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller, a couple of nights ago.
While it was far from the first time I’ve seen the movie (my wife will actually complain about how many times I’ve seen [...]

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Posted by  Lisa Metzger
A little chuckle to brighten your day: How even a squishy, soft and sweet Muppet can get blasted on YouTube with a barrage of nasty commentary. Obviously a goof (and a hilarious one!), but just imagine what’s it’s life for the truly deserving. Check it out.
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Metzger Associates holds an informal roundtable on social media chatter. Two senior and two junior members share their perspectives on what value socmed conversations have for them.

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Posted by John Metzger
Regarding HB1192 to be heard this week in the Colorado State Legislature: it’s not a great idea to impose a new tax burden on a complex, intellectual form of commerce that government can never fully understand nor keep up with. Software is already taxed — it’s a high margin business that is [...]

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Posted by Lisa Metzger
This is a great primer about social media from the Orange County Register. Basic, but, brevity and simplicity are sometimes all that is called for.
The big take-aways – and advice we give to all of our clients – are below. When dealing with social media, we must:

Talk like a human being
Accept that [...]

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posted by Lauren Preston and Melissa Vizcarra

‘Tis the season to be merry and jolly and eat lots of Turkey and mashed potatoes. It’s also the season to remember what’s most important to each of us.
This holiday season gives all of us Metzgerites a chance to reflect on the things we are most thankful for [...]

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Posted by Melissa
Recently I shared a conversation with my colleague Lauren (@laurenpreston) about the positions employers are creating as a result of the social media epidemic going on right now. As you can see the number of social media job opportunities are growing by the second.

Social media gigs are being referred to by a [...]

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