Paul Colligan – The People And Business Of New And Social Media

The Offer I Made On Twitter – And What It Means To You

Monday, March 2 Paul Colligan

At 910pm last Tuesday night, I made the following Tweet – “Check this out – http://ping.fm/EMO3w – enter “friendofpaul” in the coupon code box.” It took me 13 seconds to write. Did it “work?” There were clicks, we know that. There are always clicks. More than a thousand? Nope. More than a hundred? You bet….Read More »

On The Death Of Pownce And Other “Surprises.”

Tuesday, December 2 Paul Colligan

On my massive to do list is a strategy for leveraging “Pownce” in my marketing efforts. It was a good strategy too – was gonna help me accomplish a few very strategic things … If you haven’t heard, Pownce is being shut down, and quickly. I’ll say it here – in every way, Pownce is/was…Read More »

What Are You Doing Today For Your Business In 2009? Win A Free Month In The NMIC

Tuesday, November 4 Paul Colligan

Updated: Marie Tucker, You Win! I’ll be emailing the address associated with your post with access directions. Congrats. I posted this on Twitter, etc. earlier today and started getting some really fun responses. I figured we could/should learn from each other here so I issue this challenge … Place your plans for getting ready for…Read More »

Why Alex And I Twitter

Friday, September 26 Paul Colligan

Alex (my co-author for The Business Podcasting Bible and co-host for Marketing Online Live) and I chatted about why we Twitter on the MOL we recorded last week. Forgot to mention it, thought you might enjoy our thoughts on Twitter. Heck, why don’t you just subscribe to the Podcast? iTunes Link | RSS Link

The Orbitz Saga Part 2: Lack Of Understanding Of New Media AND Customer Support (Not A Twitter Success Story Yet)

Tuesday, August 26 Paul Colligan

Update #1: Just got off the phone with @CarlyAtOrbitz. The story is over and they offered no additional help, compensation, etc. (and I standby quotes and assessments made here). Highlight quotes include [we were] “promised these were the seat assignments” and “did try to go above and beyond” and my favorite … “only so much…Read More »

Will Orbitz Rise To The Occasion? Is This A Great Twitter Success Story?

Monday, August 18 Paul Colligan

Update #6: The rest went so bad, it gets a special blog post accordingly. Update #5: First half of flight completed. Only one of the two seats was in position promised (although both were certainly in the up front / window/aisle category). In a totally unrelated issue, missed connection in Pheonix and had to be…Read More »