The PR Warrior

This Video Will Blow Your Mind in Under a Minute

This is one of my favourite biz videos.

I originally posted it on my Posterous blog in April - it's has accumulated over 2100 views since with virtually no promotion!

If you want to see first-hand 'the great divide' between someone who gets the new reality of marketing today (Gary Vaynerchuk) and those in traditional broadcast media who are obviously oblivious to the seismic changes that are occurring in the marketplace, then check out this video.

It doesn't take long - you'll be in and out in under a minute!

"This is the calm before the social media storm," declares Vaynerchuk.

Classic!

How to Integrate Twitter on TV {VIDEO}

Stumbled across the 'Twitter and TV' video this morning. It's pretty cool.

It highlights the best integrations of Twitter on TV including hashtags on-air, handles on-air, live-tweeting and curated Tweets.

If you liked this video, you might like to visit Twitter's YouTube channel.

(Hat-tip David Wesson).

Social Media Revolution Video 2011

Here is the second reworking (third instalment all up) of the highly popular Socialnomics 'Social Media Revolution' video by author Erik Qualman.

Plenty of in-your-face stats reflecting the revolution that is social media.

Here are the previous videos - original and refreshed version.

Enjoy!

Launched Today: BlogHUB - the Heart of Australia's Blogging Community

Blogging in Australia is on fire!

For years we’ve had growing pockets of blogging enthusiasts keeping the faith; today however, blogging in Australia has exploded from being somewhat of an ‘underground oddity’ into a mainstream phenomenon.

This example from this weekend's Herald Sun: Queens of the Blogosphere.

We have blogs about parenting and family life; marketing, PR, law and business; media and entertainment; art and craft; fashion, design and architecture; health and nutrition, technology, politics … not to mention seemingly hundreds of blogs dedicated to food, drink and lifestyle.

Central point online for bloggers

But, rightly or wrongly, I felt there was a need for a central point online for local bloggers - a site that promoted and celebrated blogging in this country. 

Enter BlogHUB – the heart of Australia’s blogging community - a new blog/website launched today by the PR Warrior!

Check it out here. I would be interested in your feedback, and if you're wanting to get involved, please do let me know :)

BlogHUB is also on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

The top 50 marketing blogs in Australia

To mark the launch of its new proprietary tool BlogLevel, PR firm Edelman Australia collated a list of the top 50 marketing blogs in the country.

BlogLevel was developed by Edelman for measuring a blog’s influence, popularity, engagement and trust.

The PR Warrior is chuffed he squeezed into the top 20:)

{Disclosure: I work in a strategic role for Edelman Australia}.

	Blog Name Score	Influence Score	Popularity Score	Engagement Score	Trust Score
1	Digital Buzz Blog	80.8	83.8	82.8	83.8
2	The Inspiration Room	71.2	71.2	65.6	70.1
3	Banner Blog V2	69	67.8	64.5	66.7
4	mUmBRELLA	66.7	66.7	63.3	69
5	Campaign Brief	65.6	65.6	61	66.7
6	Brand DNA	59.9	59.9	54	59.9
7	Servant of Chaos	58.7	61	58.7	61
8	Social Network	57.6	58.7	52.9	56.4
9	Personalize Media	56.4	58.7	55.2	56.4
10	Amnesia blog	56.4	57.6	55.2	57.6
11	B&T	56.4	59.9	52.9	59.9
12	Better Communication	56.4	55.2	49.3	55.2
13	Adspace Pioneers	54	55.2	54	54
14	youngie	54	50.5	52.9	50.5
15	Young PR	54	51.7	46.9	49.3
16	Online Marketing Banter	51.7	54	45.7	50.5
17	Media Hunter	50.5	54	51.7	54
18	Consumer Psychologist	49.3	46.9	38.5	45.7
19	A Digital Perspective	49.3	50.5	45.7	49.3
20	PR Warrior	49.3	49.3	46.9	48.1
21	Trevor Cook	48.1	46.9	34.8	45.7
22	The Whistling Duck	46.9	46.9	42.1	46.9
23	threebillion.com	46.9	49.3	40.9	49.3
24	Way Cool Jnr	46.9	48.1	45.7	46.9
25	Pigs Don’t Fly	45.7	46.9	42.1	45.7
26	MatthewGain.com	45.7	48.1	43.3	45.7
27	Untwisted Vortex	45.7	46.9	42.1	46.9
28	Datarati Actionable Insights	44.5	46.9	42.1	48.1
29	acidlabs	43.3	40.9	32.4	38.5
30	Publicis Digital	43.3	42.1	38.5	40.9
31	Dan Pankraz Vs Youth	42.1	43.3	37.3	43.3
32	Marketing Mag	42.1	43.3	27.5	39.7
33	PR Disasters	42.1	40.9	33.6	39.7
34	Tim Longhurst’s Blog	42.1	40.9	37.3	39.7
35	the gloo.	42.1	42.1	37.3	40.9
36	Tailored Web Services	40.9	40.9	31.2	39.7
37	Get Shouty	40.9	37.3	32.4	36.1
38	Sticky	40.9	45.7	37.3	40.9
39	Marketingeasy	39.7	43.3	39.7	42.1
40	Talking Digital	39.7	37.3	38.5	37.3
41	Arrow Internet Marketing	38.5	40.9	33.6	37.3
42	Frontiering Talk	37.3	37.3	33.6	36.1
43	Who’s in control of your	36.1	34.8	29.9	32.4
44	Shifted Pixels	34.8	32.4	25	28.7
45	Matt Granfield.com	34.8	33.6	31.2	32.4
46	Free Beer	34.8	37.3	32.4	34.8
47	eicolab	33.6	32.4	28.7	33.6
48	AdNews	32.4	38.5	15.1	29.9
49	Dominique Hind’s Coll	32.4	31.2	32.4	32.4
50	Creativity in PR	32.4	31.2	31.2	29.9

To find out how your blog scores, or to see the BlogLevel for other blogs visit www.bloglevel.com.

 

Breakfast With Sir Richard Branson (Video)

I was lucky enough to join a bloggers' table at a breakfast event on Friday featuring entrepreneur extraordinaire, Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson (hat-tip to the ladies from Women in Focus).

The event, run by Emma Isaacs' Business Chicks, was a sell-out - testament to Branson's rock star status within the business community.

Given my excellent vantage point I was able to shoot a bit of video of the great man being interviewed on stage by the 7PM Project's Carrie Bickmore.

Here is the result - it contains three short excerpts from the interview.

Enjoy!

Further information - Business Chicks, Virgin Unite; photos from the event here.

BELOW: Popular Melbourne blogger Steve Sammartino (Start-Up Blog) was among the crowd of people who attended the Richard Branson event.

What did he think of Sir Richard's appearance on stage?