Tag Archives: Geoff Livingston

10 Years From Now – A Look Back

Again this year, I got links to dozens of those inevitable posts that come up at the beginning and end of a year. All this got me to thinking about both inevitability about wishes for the future. An email from a friend came also, remindin me of a whole list of things that weren’t around in the olden days [...]

Livingston Is Gone

We are announcing the acquisition of Livingston Communications this morning by CRT/tanaka (original tight race image by Jani Kajala).  The deal closed on Tuesday, March 31. As part of the acquisition, we will cease to trade as Livingston Communications, and become the Washington, DC office for CRT/tanaka.
Personally, I am thrilled by this move. As I [...]

Our 1000th Buzz Bin Blog Post

Introducing the Social Media Rabbi

BlogPotomac 2009 Features Great Minds

It’s a new year, and now more than ever it seems we still need great, affordable events to learn about social media best practices.  BlogPotomac 2009 will be held on the second Friday of June this year (June 12) at the State Theatre again.  Like last year, 2009’s line-up features seven sessions from some of [...]

25 Signs You’ve Got a Strong SM Consultant or Agency

by Beth Harte (cross-posted on the Harte of Marketing) and Geoff Livingston
Our original post “Top 25 Ways to Tell if Your Social Media Expert Is a Carpetbagger” was really meant as a silly riff in reaction to the sudden rush of folks offering social media services in the wake of the economic crisis. The post [...]

Geoff Livingston Embraces and Changes Personal Brand for 2009

After much thinking and several conversations with the LComm team, I’ve decided to embrace the personal brand marketing theory. And, based on that theory it is evident that I need a new image for 2009. I mean, who needs value?

Thanks for the great year of interaction and discussion on the Buzz Bin. [...]

The Now Is Gone Bookiversary

Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Now Is Gone’s release! So much has happened since then, it’s been amazing and humbling at the same time. Thank you to everyone who supported Now Is Gone (image by lunaweb).
I know Brian Solis also was humbled by the reception towards the book. For me, it [...]

Rebutting Six Arguments for Personal Brands

Since last Thursday’s post, “I Don’t Care About Your Personal Brand,” there have been many conversations about why personal brands are or are not valid marketing models (image by Nirav Mehta). There have been some threads that unite to form general arguments for the personal brand, which deserve some discussion. Why? Because they fail [...]

Four Social Media Primers

Yesterday, I gave another one of my half day workshops on social media to my third PRSA chapter, the National Capitol Chapter (priors were San Antonio and Ft. Worth). Perhaps this one was a little sweeter because it was DC. Thanks to Heathere Keenan and Phil Rabin for having me.
Anyway, I committed to putting [...]