Among those hiring this week are the Colorado Health Foundation, Dumb Friends League, DEX, Group Publishing, ITT, One Beacon Insurance, Reed Business Information, St. Mary’s Hospital (Grand Junction) and TaxSalelists.com.
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Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are the University of Colorado Denver, American Sentinel University, Denver Public Schools, Echostar, Jeppeson (three positions) and Pendum.
Denver PR Twitterers You May Want to Follow
If you are interested in following the tweets of Denver’s PR community, PRSA Colorado is assembling the comprehensive list.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are FCCServices, Jefferson County Public Library, GHX, Sunbridge and the Zocalo Group (Chicago).
‘Media on Twitter’ Database Moves to its Permanent Home
The “Media On Twitter” coalition – Digital Idea Media’s Melissa Hourigan, Elgin Community College’s Sarah Evans, Help a Reporter Out’s (HARO) Peter Shankman, FutureWorks’ Brian Solis, and TrackVia’s Ed Dunigan – announced today that the database has moved to its permanent home at http://www.mediaontwitter.com. The database has grown to nearly 1,000 reporters, editors and producers since it launched three weeks ago.
KMGH/Channel 7: ‘How Tweet it is for Local Businesses’
Cori Keeton Pope of Keeton PR was featured in a KMGH/Channel 7 story on companies that are using Twitter to connect with consumers.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Exempla Healthcare, City of Westminster, FTI, Lake Dillon Fire Protection District, Starz Entertainment, and U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
Event: Mile High Social Media Club
Free drinks alert! The Mile High Social Media Club’s April event is “How to Improve Customer Service and Protect Your Brand Through Social Media,” and will feature Bridgeline Software’s EVP/GM Tim Higgins. The details are:
Mile High Social Media Club
Wednesday, April 15, from 5-8 p.m.
Curtis Hotel, 1405 Curtis Street
Click here to register
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are the American Red Cross Mile High Chapter, City of Westminster, Corinthian Colleges, Lake Dillion Fire Protection District and One Beacon Insurance.
Top 10 Reasons Your Company Should Not Tweet
What’s Next Blog compiles the list.
The FTC is Having a WTF Moment
Inexplicably, the FTC is considering revised guidelines that would hold companies liable for inaccurate statements written by bloggers who receive samples of the companies’ products.
The Best Ways to Track Your Brand in Social Media?
WhatsNextBlog compiles the list of tools. (Hat tip: PRNewser)
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are VisiTech PR (three positions), Webb PR, University of Colorado Denver, Western Union (two positions), Democratic National Committee, DigitalGlobe, IBM, ITT Corp. and Poudre Valley Health System.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Webb PR, City of Glendale (Brad Bawwman need not apply), Graland Country Day School and the University of Colorado Denver.
PRSA Colorado Goes Social
JW’s Gina Seamans and Cactus’ Ashley Boyden, working with Elaine Ellis and her team at Metzger, are taking Colorado PRSA social:
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Covidien, MillerCoors, National CineMedia, National Ecological Observatory Network, R.W. Beck, IT Tech, AECI (Springfield, Missouri), March of Dimes (Phoenix, Arizona) and the Salina Airport Authority (Salina, Kansas).
Twitter, Facebook the Future of ‘Sponsored Conversations’
IZEA (formerly PayPerPost) founder Ted Murphy believes it has taken the industry three years to “warm up” to the idea of sponsored conversations such as blog posts. And with the trend evolving to include Twitter and Facebook, questions of disclosure and authenticity will take center stage.
PR Firm WaggEd Turns Application Developer
PR firm Waggener Edstrom has launched Twendz, a Twitter tool that examines tweets on topics and calculates whether opinions on them are trending positive or negative.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are CH2M Hill, Children’s Hospital, Eco-Cycle, GHX, Level 3, NewsBios.com, Platte Valley Power Authority and the Women’s College of The University of Denver.
The Wall Street Journal Discovers Twitter
Which means there’s a 50 percent chance it has jumped the shark.
Social Networking Guru Taylor to Team with Metzger
Boulder-based social networking guru Dave Taylor has formalized a consulting agreement with Metzger Associates to help the agency’s clients “maximize their effectiveness in today’s online conversations through public relations tactics, blogging, podcasting and through social media sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.” Details of the arrangement are here.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Digital Globe, Financial Planning Association, Jeffco Public Schools, Kaiser, Regis University, Swisslog, USO,and the Visiting Nurse Association.
In Defense of Ghostwriting Blog Posts
Bill Sledzik, a professor at Kent State and a public relations veteran, makes the case.
(Hat Tip: PRNewser)
Seth Godin on Genuine vs. Superficial Networking
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Arrow Electronics, Bikes Belong, Commerce City, NREL, Pikes Peak Behavioral Health Group, Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine and SwissLog.
Red Hot & Hired
Only Andrew Hudson would attempt a combination career seminar, job fair and salsa dance, and I am sure his “Red Hot & Hired” event is one that you aren’t going to want to miss. Costs are $40 for the career seminar, job fair and networking party ($119.95 if you want to add a one-year subscription to the DBJ) or $25 for just the job fair and networking party ($104.95 if you want to add the DBJ). Details:
Seminar – 4 p.m.
Job Fair, Networking, Salsa Dancing – 5:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 12
La Rumba
99 West Ninth Ave.
Denver, Colorado
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Business Wire, Bio-Logical Capital, University of Colorado’s School of Public Health, Molson Coors (two positions), Denver Scholarship Foundation, Examiner.com, FTI, Intrado, Physician Health Partners, CU Denver and Western State College.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are the City of Denver, Accuvant, American Humane Association, American Income Life, University of Colorado at Boulder, Dovetail Solutions, Echostar, National Wildlife Federation, University of Phoenix and the San Francisco 49ers.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Miller Coors, Western Union, MWH Engineering, Starz Entertainment, Volume Public Relations, Allied Advertising, Dovetail Solutions, Covidien, Manual High School and Raytheon (Tuscon, Ariz.)
Andrew Hudson Sparks Debate with ‘Newspaper Tax’ Proposal
Andrew Hudson is out this week with a not-so-modest proposal to enact a Newspaper Tax to “to subsidize the operations of statewide and local newspapers.” To Andrew, propping up newspapers that are important to communities is no different than subsidies that have propped up Denver’s symphony, opera, public transportation system and NFL team. To get the dissenting opinion, check out the blog post from GBSM’s Steve Silvers, who argues that “the potential closing of the Rocky Mountain News represents the market-driven loss of a delivery product, not the wholesale elimination of news and journalism.”
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Kaiser Permanente, the American Cancer Society (Grand Junction), The Center for Clean Air Policy, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, the Colorado Chapter of the National MS Society, the City of Papillion (Neb.), Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Rangeview Library District and the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
I’m Pimping Gossip Like a Penny Parker Column
Congratulations to jobs guru Andrew Hudson, who (successfully) proposed to Christine Marquez on Christmas Eve.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Northern Colorado Water Conservation District, Town of Snowmass Village, City of Lone Tree, LuciData (contract position), the City of Papillon (Neb.), and CIGNA (in Phoenix).
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Advantage Business Media, American Water Works Association, CaridianBCT, Kaiser Permanente (Colorado Springs) and CU-Denver.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this holiday week are the City of Boulder’s Parks and Recreation Department, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center, the Space Foundation in Colorado Springs and Xcel Energy.
Social Media Experts Launch New Firm
PR pro Brian Solis, online journalist Tom Foresmski, blogger Neville Hobson and Social Media co-founder Chris Heuer have teamed up to form AdHocnium, “an ad-hoc agency that trains PR firms and clients to use new media.” PR Week has the details.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Arrow Electronics, EnCana, Colorado Ready Mixed Concrete Association, GH Phipps, Construction Companies, National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), Pinnacol Assurance, TeleTech, The Wildlife Experience and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association.
Westword: ‘Andrew Hudson is Suddenly Very Popular’
Westword Editor Patty Calhoun profiles Andrew Hudson and his burgeoning career-counseling business.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are the Colorado Oil and Gas Association, Colorado WINS, Effective UI, GH Phipps Construction, Pinnacol Assurance, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Starz, Union Telephone, Affiliated Computer Services (Sandy, Utah) and PR Newswire (Albuquerque, NM).
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are the IRS, Poudre Valley REA (Fort Collins), Raytheon and RH Donnelly.
Reporters Increasingly Rely on Social Media Tools
Nearly half of reporters are using social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs and Wikipedia to research their stories. So are you using those tools to talk to (or at least influence) reporters?
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are HRO, Qwest, Front Range Community College, Banner Health (Greeley), State Farm Insurance (Lincoln, Neb.), and Zions Bancorporation (Phoenix, Ariz.).
Finding a Good Job in a Bad Economy
Everyone’s favorite jobs guru Andrew Hudson will be on the CBS4 10 p.m. newscast tonight to share his tips for finding a new job in a bad economy. And if you want the full Andrew Hudson experience, head over to El Chapultepec where Andrew will be performing between tonight 9 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Twitter Takes Down Johnson & Johnson
Johnson & Johnson brand Motrin got schooled in the finicky art of social media over the weekend when one of the ads it wanted to “go viral” did just that. Unfortunately, the conversation, which began on Twitter and spilled over into the blogosphere, focused on why the ad was insulting rather than clever.
By 8:30 last night, the Motrin website was down as the company removed the ad. Unfortunately for Motrin, the print executions will continue for another month before they cycle out.
JobsGobble Networking Party Still Has a Few Tickets Left
Andrew Hudson’s JobsGobble seminar Wednesday has sold out, but there are still a few spots open for the evening networking party. Register here if you are interested.
Denver PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are Pure Brand, CloudMade, DirecTV, ExxonMobil, FEMA, Kaiser Permanente, Momentum Media, Playa Lakes Joint Venture and Qualistar Early Learning.
Andrew Hudson Launches JobsGobble
Andrew Hudson has created JobsGobble, a quarterly job-seeker seminar, job fair and networking party, and the inaugural event is Wednesday, November 12, at the Denver Athletic Club. The event includes a CEO Roundtable featuring GroundFloor’s Laura Love, Webb’s Pete Webb and Cactus’ Joe Conrad, followed by a networking party and jobs fair. Details and registration are here.
Ernie Bjorkman to Cat: ‘Turn Your Head and Cough’
Here at the Denver PR Blog, we are committed to covering Ernie Bjorkman the way Penny Parker covers Wendy Aiello Trista and Ryan (seriously, Penny, we wish them the best but their 15 minutes of fame was up four-and-a-half years ago. Let it go). So in that spirit, we offer you the following “Ernie Update” sponsored by Andrew Hudson’s Jobs List, Denver’s leading purveyor of marketing-related jobs:
Ernie is headed to his mountain home in South Fork to become a veterinary technician.
Andrew Hudson Resigns Position to Focus on Jobs Site
Those of us who have been in Denver for a while have watched with amazement as Andrew Hudson built what started as a small email distribution list into the full-blown marketing jobs machine we now know as Andrew Hudson’s Job List. During that run, we have seen Andrew move from the Wellington Webb administration to Frontier Airlines to ARCADIS. But Andrew has now resigned his position at ARCADIS to devote himself full-time to his jobs site. Penny Parker at the Rocky has the details. We’re big fans of Andrew and his site, obviously, and we wish him the best of luck.
Congratulations! Your Social Media Plan Meets SMAC Standards
Sure social media is interesting and can be effective. But it has been missing something. We had trouble putting our fingers on it, and then it hit us: it has been missing a regulatory oversight body. You know, an organization that can deliver the kind of standards that will prevent the confusion that has reigned over the industry. Now we all can know that blogs are Web 2.0, podcasting is Web 2.1, Vlogs are Web 2.2, Twitter is Web 2.3, etc. And because Richard “Head” Edelman is involved, we can be assured it will be “authentic.”
If a Toilet Has a Facebook Page, Why Don’t You?
Denver Water has gone Web 2.0, and “Johnny Flush” is seeking friends.
This Week’s PR Jobs
Among those hiring this week are John Hickenlooper’s Office, CH2M Hill, DISH Network Jeppesen, Lynott & Associates, Metzger, Rocky Mountain Institute, Turner PR and Xcel.
Was KKR’s Last Investment to Short Frontier Stock?
The airline business continues to grow more cutthroat. If it isn’t your financial partners trying to screw you against the wall, it’s your own pilots. We bet Andrew Hudson thinks ARCADIS is looking pretty good right now.
Colorado Communicators Conference — April 10-11
A reminder that the Colorado Municipal League and DRCOG are sponsoring the two-day Colorado Communicators Conference April 10-11. Speakers include Andrew Hudson, Ed Sardella and Steve Silvers.
In Memoriam
Our sympathies to Andrew Hudson and the entire Hudson family. Andrew’s mother, Julie, passed away yesterday. Penny Parker at the Rocky has the details.
Is There a Denver PR Recession?
It is hard to tell exactly what effect the recession is having on the public relations industry so far. Like a lot of other economic bellwethers, the PR-specific information seems inconclusive and often contradictory. PR Week has speculated in the last few weeks that the economic fears have frozen employment at a number of PR agencies, but hasn’t yet resulted in significant layoffs. Locally, it is just as muddled.
One trend that may be an indicator, though, is that Andrew Hudson reports he is seeing an increase in the number of people posting to the “People for Hire” section of his Web site. Let’s hope that is just an indication of the continuing growth in the traffic to his Web site rather than a sign that more people are out on the streets job-hunting these days. If you are one of the ones posting to the site, there is some encouraging news: Andrew has been surprised by how many companies hire individuals based on their profiles. And if you plan to post your profile, be succinct. Says Andrew, “God rewards good writing, brevity and creativity.”
So, let’s all take a moment to silently thank him for creating his PR Jobs List, which is one of the greatest resources ever created for Denver PR people.