February 2012
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Lucky Birds takes off on iPhone!
Articul Media LLC today announced the release of Lucky Birds, a new arcade, action and puzzle game to the Apple App Store. Lucky Birds is currently compatible with the iPhone3, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S with iOS 4.3 or later.
Lucky Birds for iOS features three characters; Sneaky Sparrow, Dull Pigeon and Big Crow, whose goal is to safety get home before night falls. Lucky Birds love to land on...
January 2012
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Data Privacy Day and Thoughts from a Security CEO
January 28th is the annual Data Privacy Day. Data Privacy Day is an international celebration designed to promote awareness about privacy and education about best privacy practices.
Stina Ehrensvard, CEO for Yubico shares her thoughts on the importance of this day.
“The Internet was designed for sharing, not security. As we have moved our business, e-governments and social lives online,...
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Mynt in Print @PRDaily - 23 Smartphone Apps...
Honored to be published in PR Daily today for 23 smartphone apps perfect for PR pros… to view the article in its entirety, please visit http://bit.ly/ztTih7
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There are more than 1 million applications available for smartphones and tablets. Among the first applications that everyone probably downloaded was Facebook, Angry Birds, or Pandora.
With...
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San Diego's NextLevel Internet Delivers 2011 Year...
NextLevel Internet, Inc., a leader in mission-critical Internet access and hosted voice services, is pleased to deliver a 2011 year in review and 2012 technology forecast.
“2011 was our most profitable and successful year to date. Not only did we see double digit growth in revenue and client base, but we also increased our number of employees by 26 percent,” said Jerry Morris,...
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Statement from Yubico CEO on Zappos.com Security...
“A security breach of the magnitude experienced by Zappos.com is a serious concern for any business that relies exclusively on Internet orders for sales,” said Stina Ehrensvard, CEO, Yubico, Palo Alto, California and Stockholm, Sweden, commenting on how hackers exposed 24 million client records in a security breach over the weekend. “While it appears Zappos’ securely protected the database that...
December 2011
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2012 PR New Year's Resolutions
PR Daily recently posted a great article sharing Public Relations’ professionals New Year’s resolutions for 2012. Ranging from switching up pitching styles, to improving social media use, to having the ability to unplug more regularly, Mynt Public Relations is excited to have been included in the article as we look to keep our inbox tidy.
Taming the inbox “This year, my New...
November 2011
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Wishing all a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving!
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Support #Movember and the battle against prostate...
It is once again that time of year. The ‘Mo’, slang for moustache, and November have come together again for Movember. In 2010, over 64,500 US Mo Bros and Mo Sistas got on board, raising $7.5 million USD.
Mynt Public Relations fully supports the cause and therefore I’ve donated my face to Movember and the fight against cancer (think I will be going with the Clark Gable this year). Every cent...
October 2011
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Ad-Monetization in a Changing Online Landscape
October 27 is the birthday of the first time banner ads were seen on a website. Hotwired.com was the first company to run these ads in 1994 and they were the beginnings of what would become a $24 billion business and generate a CTR of 78%. They were simple ads, created for AT&T and Volvo—the latter’s banner didn’t even send the consumer to the company’s website but rather to a questionnaire...
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The Importance of Branding Through Social Media
Social media is not a phenomenon that can be ignored. Millions of users every day access various social media platforms, and they tweet or post or share information freely. Companies who are working to thrive in the information age cannot pass these platforms by if they expect to be successful. There are many reasons why social media should play a large role in your branding, and the three...
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Devicelock Endpoint DLP enables businesses to...
DeviceLock, Inc., an international leader in endpoint data leak prevention solutions, today announced that its DeviceLock® Endpoint DLP Suite software can now be used by corporate IT to control the use of the Google+ social network on endpoint computers including content filtering of their data exchanges via Google+ services. As Google+ has become one of the fastest growing social networks, its...
September 2011
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NextLevel Internet's service supports disaster...
NextLevel Internet today announced that the company’s NextLevel Voice and co-location services provided uninterrupted service to emergency organizations and first responders during the massive power outage in San Diego on September 8, 2011.
The power outage, which was the largest recorded in the region’s history, lasted for more than 10 hours and left roughly eight million people...
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DeviceLock Names Vincent Schiavo as Chief...
DeviceLock, Inc., a leading developer of endpoint data leak prevention software, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vincent M. Schiavo as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. In this role, Mr. Schiavo will focus on the global expansion of DeviceLock endpoint data leak prevention software and the execution of the organization’s vision and strategic direction.
A veteran of...
We Will Never Forget...
Remembering the heroes and fallen of 9/11
God Bless America
August 2011
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23 Smartphone Apps that PR Professionals Can't...
by Ronnie Manning
At last count, I think there are around 45 billion applications available for our smartphones and tablets. The first application that everyone probably downloaded was either Facebook, Angry Birds or Pandora (Facebook was mine and I even downloaded a virtual pet, which I forgot about, and sadly, the poor guy went to virtual pet heaven). But as more business oriented...
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Looking for some new Twitter statistics, facts and...
Came across this great infographic from the Touch Agency on the latest Twitter statistics, facts and figures. Soak it in!
July 2011
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Product Review via Daily Stoke: BambooSk8 Natural...
Daily Stoke recently published a great review of BambooSk8’s Natural Longboard Locker/Cruizer Complete with bat tail. BambooSk8 is an ecologically-based skateboard brand and manufacturer of high quality skateboards made from sustainable bamboo from managed forests. To read the entire review, please visit Daily Stoke.
Some highlights of the review include:
Overall I have to give the boys...
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Shortest Blog Post Ever - Follow @MyntPR on...
and @Rmanning_Mynt too!
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Pew Internet - Twitter Update 2011
The Pew Internet and American Life Project recently released its updated statistics on Twitter use. The report found that as of May 2011, 13% of online adults use the status update service Twitter. That represents a significant increase from the 8% of online adults who identified themselves as Twitter users the first time they were asked a “stand-alone” question about Twitter adoption in November...
May 2011
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DeviceLock Receives Two U.S. Patents for Local...
DeviceLock today announced that it has been granted two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for its local synchronization filtering technology. The patented technology allows businesses to control the transfer of data between endpoint computers and locally connected mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and PDAs, including Windows Mobile, Palm, iPhone, iPod touch, and...
Wishing all a great Memorial Day Weekend!!
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Public Relations and Social Media Twitter Chat...
The Social Responsibility blog has published a great list of Twitter Chat Schedules focusing on Public Relations and Social Media. I have included several listing direct from the schedule below, for the entire list please go here.
#journchat – Conversation between journalists, bloggers and public relations folks
Monday from 8-9 p.m. EST
#LeadGenChat - A weekly chat on a variety of marketing...
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ANX Named Winner of 2011 Hot Companies and Hot...
ANX announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading technology research and advisory guide, has named ANX a winner in both the Hot Companies and Hot Technologies categories at the Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. This coveted program recognizes the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, executives and management...
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“Everything you do or say is public relations”
Just heard the above quote today - so simple, so true - especially in today’s real-time broadcasts through social media.
April 2011
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CountOff, a new National Daily Deals Site, to...
CountOff shifts the focus away from confined local discount offers to large-scale customer acquisition for nationwide merchants
CountOff, the new daily discount website for national merchants, today announced the upcoming launch of CountOff.com, the company’s social ecommerce network. Scheduled to launch May 2, 2011, CountOff brings a fresh approach to the ‘daily deal’ format by shifting the...
Public Relations Writing @ UCMO: What is... →
ucmprwriting:
When writing for PR, we are told to be concise, to use the inverted pyramid technique, and to make it newsworthy information. What does newsworthy even mean and how do we make a story that way?
On mediacollege.com, there is an article called “What Makes a Story Newsworthy.” This article was one…
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San Diego's NewBlue Inc. joins EvoNexus to launch...
NewBlue, Inc., a growing provider of integrated video effects technologies, and CommNexus, a nonprofit technology industry association that works to accelerate the success of the technology industry in the region, today announces that NewBlue has been accepted into EvoNexus™, San Diego’s only community-supported, fully pro-bono technology incubator.
Founded by proven, experienced entrepreneurs in...
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ANX to Showcase Managed GRC Technology at ISACA...
ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a leading provider of integrated security and compliance and secure connectivity solutions, announced today that the company will be showcasing its Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) solutions at the ISACA 2011 Spring Conference, April 16-20, in Los Angeles, CA. ANX will be discussing and demonstrating their compliance solutions at booth #18.
The ISACA 2011 Spring...
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PR hashtags for Twitter
A short list of Public Relations hashtags to follow on Twitter - please add any additional you may have!
#PR
#blogchat
#journchat
#PRpr
#PRintern
#PRjobs
#PRadvice
#pr20chat
#Solopr
#PRTips
#prstudchat
#publicrelations
Follow Mynt PR on Twitter here!
March 2011
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ANX Nominated for 2011 Hot Companies and Best...
Network Products Guide has named ANX a finalist for the 6th Annual 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards in both the Hot Companies and Hot Technologies categories. These industry and peer awards from Network Products Guide are the world’s premier information technology awards honoring achievements and recognitions in every facet of the IT industry. Winners will be honored in Las...
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Compliments for OneWingMonkey and Mynt Public...
Every now and then you get something in your inbox that put a huge smile on your face. We just received the following email and excellent compliment today from the website Double Genius - must give a HUGE shout out to OneWingMonkey.com for the great design and branding work they have done for Mynt.
“I do huge amounts of work with various public relations firms around the country on a...
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LinkedIn Reaches 100 million members and counting…
Today, LinkedIn announced that the business social networking site has reached 100 million members worldwide.
I love statistics about membership, growth and trending. According to this LinkedIn post , they are growing at roughly one million new LinkedIn members every week, the equivalent of a professional joining the site at faster than one member per second. With 44 million members within...
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The Most Socially Networked Cities in America
by Ronnie Manning
As social media becomes more and more intertwined with PR strategy and planning, I found a recent article in Men’s Health listing the Top 100 Most Socially Networked Cities in America of great interest. Due to the fact that as of late I’m regularly deep in the trenches of social media, I was extremely surprised at some of the findings - especially how low on the list San Diego...
Firm predicts customer service will become more... →
prbriefs:
MediaPost Publications reports that in the next two years, 30% of large companies will extend their online community activities to include improving customer service, compared to only about 5% in 2010, according to data from Gartner Inc.
The article reports, “We expect the high-profile…
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ANX to Help USRowing Go for the Gold
ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a provider of managed security, compliance and connectivity solutions, and USRowing have signed a two-year agreement designating ANX as an official corporate sponsor of the U.S. Men’s National Team through the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
“USRowing looks for sponsors that possess the same drive and dedication as our athletes,” said Glenn Merry,...
February 2011
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Writing Well.. excerpts from Feb. 2011 PRSA PR...
Highlights of this month’s PRSA PR Tactics via successofkimball - view the original post here.
“I received the current issue of PRSA PR Tactics this week and I found a particular article quite interesting. I thought I would share some of the tidbits of information for those who don’t subscribe. Enjoy.”
Ernest Hemingway’s tips for writing well
Use short sentences.
Use...
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NextLevel Internet Offers SAS 70 Type II Compliant...
NextLevel Internet, Inc. today announced that the company has opened access to a new, secure, SAS 70 Type II compliant data center in Rancho Bernardo, CA. The expansion to the new World Trade Drive Data Center follows the relocation of NextLevel Internet’s headquarters to North County San Diego in September 2010. NextLevel Internet provides business-to-business co-location, Internet,...
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ANX Introduces Cashier Security Awareness Training...
ANXeBusiness Corp. (ANX), a provider of networking and security managed services, today announced the new Cashier Security Awareness Training component of its TruPCI Compliance Management Solution. Created to help Level 4 Merchants meet PCI DSS Requirement 12.6.1, “Educate personnel upon hire and at least annually,” ANX Cashier Security Awareness Training differs from traditional...
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Foursquare sees 3,400 percent growth in 2010
Foursquare has become an important PR tool for hospitality, social and business connections. Not surprisingly, the company most recently posted that it saw a 3,400 percent growth in 2010. Throughout 2010, Foursquare received 381,576,305 check-ins which included one check-in from outer-space (thanks NASA).
For the athletic type, California ranked highest for Gym check-ins at 2.48% - narrowly...
January 2011
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#PR140 - Defining Public Relations in 140...
By Ronnie Manning
It happens often, you tell someone that you work in public relations and it seems that the question that comes back is “So that’s advertising right?” or “That’s interesting, what exactly does that mean?”. Public Relations can carry a broad definition depending on what types of clients you are working with, the type of campaigns you are executing and the markets that are...
PR briefs - 3 ways to make your story more... →
prbriefs:
Brad Phillips, founder and president of Phillips Media Relations outlines three ways to make a story more newsworthy to the press. Phillips was formerly a journalist for ABC News and CNN, and also headed the media relations department for the second largest environmental group in the world.
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Data Locker DL3 USB 3.0 AES Encrypted Portable...
Data Locker Inc. (www.lockerdrive.com), a leading developer of encrypted data storage products, announced the new Data Locker DL3, encrypted USB 3.0 portable hard drive at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Data Locker DL3 is billed as the most secure portable hard drive in the industry due to its 256 bit AES XTS mode full drive encryption, two factor authentication and...
December 2010
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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
Mynt Public Relations would like to wish all a great holiday season and a fantastic 2011!
Albert Qian: The Social Media Dude: Social Media... →
albertqian:
Social Media Explorer has some notable statistics on social media today:
Internet users spend a quarter of their time using social media.
Nearly 4 out of 5 users visit social media sites on a monthly basis
46% of Internet users interact with social media on a daily basis
These numbers make…
Great info..
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The Top 5 Publicity Stunts of 2010 - via eReleases
Mickie Kennedy, founder of eReleases just published the top Five publicity stunts of 2010. I enjoyed the article and wanted to repost a few of my favorites. And I still can say I haven’t tried the KFC Double Down, as tempting as it may be.
Enjoy
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via eReleases - This past year wasn’t the most prolific year for stunt publicity, but some good stories did crop...
