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Is YouTube Direct Right for Your News Organization?2 comments

potterg2000 wrote 1 month ago: Expect to hear a lot of buzz about YouTube Direct.  And, for good reason.  It may be the solution fo … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, kickapps, Local television, User Generated Video, Ustream, YouNews, YouTube Direct

4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists

potterg2000 wrote 1 month ago: Though Twitter Lists are new to most users, some news organizations are trying to stay ahead of the … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, Griff Potter, journalists, news organization, news organizationsnews organizations, Twitter lists

Site of the Day - Obama Weather

potterg2000 wrote 1 month ago: What’s the weather, what to wear? Obama helps you everywhere! How does it work? The site gets … more →

Tags: Site Of The Day, weather.Obama

The Social Media Marketing Test

potterg2000 wrote 2 months ago: Ouch! Graeme Newell has again delivered a much-needed jab to the midsection.  If you contribute to y … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, LinkedIn, Television News, social media mistakes, online storytelling, twitter journalism, Graeme Newell

The Social Media Marketing Test

potterg2000 wrote 2 months ago: Ouch! Graeme Newell has again delivered a much-needed jab to the midsection.  If you contribute to y … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, LinkedIn, Television News, social media mistakes, online storytelling, twitter journalism, Graeme Newell

How to simplify routine stories

potterg2000 wrote 2 months ago: From NewsLab.org:  Every newsroom is stressed to the max these days, with too few people producing n … more →

Tags: Leading & Managing, Griff Potter, LinkedIn, Enterprise Reporting, Multimedia Projects, Time Management, multiplaform journalism

Getting Your Stories to Show Up on Google News - OTNB Idea

potterg2000 wrote 3 months ago: Search Engine Optimization. Everyone who posts content to your news site or channel must understand … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, LinkedIn, SEO, Google News, keywords, Trusted Sources

When the big storm comes, change your site

potterg2000 wrote 4 months ago: Steve Safran, with MediaReInvent, is out with this important weather reminder: With the onset of hur … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, Weather - How to Win the War, Griff Potter, LinkedIn, Weather, hurricane coverage, tv station website, Breaking News

Tips for Covering the economy

potterg2000 wrote 5 months ago: Covering the economy? Who isn’t, these days? But it’s not always easy figuring out which business an … more →

Tags: Leading & Managing, Story Ideas, LinkedIn, covering the economy, RTNDA, Money matters, Tipsheets, NEFE

OTNB IDEA: Share Web Style Guides

potterg2000 wrote 5 months ago: Every news operation should have a style guide, but as anyone whose ever written one can tell you, t … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, Leading & Managing, LinkedIn, journalism training, Web Style Guide, reuters style guide, bbc style guide, ap stylebook

Use your News Cars to promote your "Tweets"

potterg2000 wrote 6 months ago: You can recruit new followers by targeting one of life’s few remaining captive audiences: driv … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, LinkedIn, tweetmybumper.com, news car promotion, news and twitter, promote your twitter handle, likedin.com

OTNB Story Idea: How are closed car dealers disposing of customer records?

potterg2000 wrote 7 months ago: Story Idea: How are closed car dealers disposing of customer records? See how a station in Denver ha … more →

Tags: Story Ideas, LinkedIn, covering the economy, closing car dealers, Story idea, story leads

OTNB IDEA: Putting Twitter to Work in the Newsroom2 comments

potterg2000 wrote 7 months ago: Oh Boy, what a mess! I was asked, “should the newsroom have one twitter account for everyone t … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, LinkedIn, hootsuite, newsroom twitter, cotweet, tweetfunnel, journalists tweeting, journalism best practices, sharing twitter account

OTNB IDEA: Using URL shorteners.

potterg2000 wrote 8 months ago: How can something so short be so important? There is alot more going on beyond the ability to get to … more →

Tags: Maximize your Web Brand, Griff Potter, twitter, LinkedIn, shorten url, tinyurl, budurl, bit.ly, snipurl

OTNB Story IDEA: Economic Downturn hurts Lawyers too!

potterg2000 wrote 9 months ago: The economic downturn is hitting the legal world hard. Pay and jobs are being cut, and even the thir … more →

Tags: linked in, New York Times, lawyer economy, attorneys economy, downturn hurts lawyers

OTNB Story Idea: Alzheimer's (@TWITTER)

potterg2000 wrote 9 months ago: RT @TerryMoran: Why I Got My DNA Tested for Alzheimer’s: http://tinyurl.com/cchc5s Great use o … more →

Tags: twitter, TerryMoran, DNA & Alzheimer's

OTNB Story Idea: Tough Economy-Find Missing Money1 comment

potterg2000 wrote 9 months ago: Missing Money (Missingmoney.com) was featured on CBS’s Early Show today. Missingmoney.com help … more →

Tags: Story Ideas, LinkedIn, missing money, missingmoney.com, CBS Early

OTNB Story Idea: One Layoff Leads to Another1 comment

potterg2000 wrote 9 months ago: Alana Semuels at Los Angeles Times writes a great piece following the dominoes when someone loses a … more →

Tags: Story Ideas, LinkedIn, emotional economic story, Layoffs, LATimes.com

OTNB Idea: Covering the Economy - "How to Haggle"1 comment

potterg2000 wrote 10 months ago: Providing life scripts is a great way to help your customers cope with tough times. MainStreet.com h … more →

Tags: Story Ideas, mainstreet.com, haggling, covering the economy


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