2. About
• PR guy for 25 years
• Social Media for the last 4 years
• Blogger with.... 4 blogs
• Journalist.... columnist “Express-News”
• Content producer
3. Musician who loves music
• drummer for 40 years
• learning guitar
• I’m on Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, etc.
• helping my guitar teacher on Social
Media
• Hang out at RedBone Guitar and do fun
videos and product reviews
4. Two Core Principles
• #1. The Social Web not substitute
traditional PR; complements and
becomes part of your overall
communications strategy
• #2. Must tie to messaging, strategy,
metrics, business and creative goals, etc
• end result is that you should combine PR /
Social Web to elevate communications
5. My Personal Music Social
Media Strategy...
my concerts
content
product
reviews
6. Traditional PR
• Messaging
• Press Releases
• Outreach
• Pitches / Causes
photo of telephone by Alan Weinkrantz - shot @ SpaceCity near Moscow (c) 2008
7. How I’ve used the power of social web to get
media coverage, gain credibility and
demonstrate thought leadership for myself, my
clients, Redbone Guitar, and my guitar
teacher, Steve Owens
15. Going to the Social Web
• Complements PR efforts
• Gives your company or management a
human voice
• Impacts search results
• Makes the pitching process more
efficient
• Lets you be “found”
20. Copy of presentation
• online today:
alanweinkrantz.typepad.com
• copy and share with others
• this is just what I believe and seems to
work
• your mileage may vary