Author Archives: Gary James

Social Media Change Resistance | seowizardry.ca

Social Media Change Resistance | seowizardry.ca.

Asheville North Carolina: Celebrate Earth Day with PRAWNC and Toast to Spring

We had a glitch in calendars and dates….the date is THURSDAY, April 22nd! Come join us. Semi-networking event, fun peeps, good food and wine. Asheville North Carolina: Celebrate Earth Day with PRAWNC and Toast to Spring.

Republicans, Leukemia Team Up To Repeal Health Care Law |

Thought clearly, satire, the definition which is, according to Wikipedia,  ” human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are censured by ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent of improvement.[1] Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its purpose is often not so much humor for its own sake [...]

How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked out

Good case study on public relations meets reality television. Excellent example of defining the problem wrong and then creating the wrong solution. How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver’s ‘Food Revolution’ Flunked out | | AlterNet.

Study: 52 Percent Of Bloggers Consider Themselves Journalists

Yesterday a number of our crack, ace, super social media guru blogger experts when all a-twitter announcing that Google had chosen Asheville in its “google fiber initiative,” linking to the blog announcing the win, and giving themselves whooo-hooos and high fives. I did a quick search in Google, under “google fiber initiative,” (10 sec) and [...]

‘South Park’ season premiere Tiger gets clubbed; Cliffs missed oppty?

[But] the 14th season premiere wasn’t really slamming Woods and other famous names — it was doing its usual trick of satirizing a media that gets all huffy and self-righteous about bad behavior.

Google Fiber Asheville

Like many other cities in the US, Asheville is vying to become a “test” market for the Google Fiber Initiative. Unlike many cities in the U.S., Asheville is uniquely situated to be a good choice. Be sure and nominate us. Google Fiber Asheville.

Designing A Website That Works

This is a very good article on all those necessary components that make a website findable. Chris has been working in the field for many years in Asheville, and has a great handle on what works, and what doesn’t. Check it out. Designing A Website That Works.

The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration

The 10 Stages of Social Media Business Integration.

Public Relations Association of Western North Carolina 
welcomes 2010 Board of Directors

PRAWNC returning board members Sherri L. McLendon, Gary S. James, Jaime McKee, Amy Fowler, Jennifer Perez, Alicia Knighton, and Angela Betancourt welcome Kathy Thielke, Kasey Gruen, Rachel Miller, Brian Jennings, Elisabeth Bocklet, Judy Davidson, and Sandra Adams to its 2010 board. Installed in December 2009, the sixteen members met as a full board for the first time Jan. 22 at CarePartners’ Seymour Auditorium for an annual planning session.

We’re Googling Ourselves Stupid – Salon.com

What they didn’t know, and never could’ve predicted, was that the Web would also transform itself into an enormous, never-ending high school reunion (See also: hell).- from the article, “What has the Internet done to us?”

How to Build Conversations in Social Media Using the 3 P’s

How to Build Conversations in Social Media Using the 3 P’s.