Katie Farrell | Digital PR & Content Marketing

VP at Come Recommended, a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for job search and human resources technologies. Photographer. Animal lover. #UMich fan.

buzzfeedrewind:

Awesome ’90s themed cakes and cupcakes

Love these!

Companies grapple with this question every time there is a major news event. In the wake of Superstorm Sandy Beth did a blog post about how PR professionals should act. The headline there: keep it classy – and never capitalize on the tragedy.

Read on: How to Behave on Social Media in the Wake of a Tragedy: Ask Yourself These Questions

Great read about improving interaction on Facebook on @ProBlogger: The Wave System: How to Get Your Facebook Page Updates Seen By More People

prweek:

Google has published a tool to help locate people following a series of explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday. Initial news reports said two people were killed and more than two dozen injured by the blasts.

Remember when websites looked like this? So hilarious now. (Also, Netscape!)

(via frickyeah1990s)

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Here’s what one minute in social media looks like. Crazy!

explore-blog:

New Pew study charts the explosive growth of American social media. Usage of Twitter alone is now at a 16%, having doubled since late 2010.

(via thenextweb)

Social Media + ISS

I love what Col. Chris Hadfield is doing with social media in order to spark new interest in space programs. Particularly this AMA on Reddit. Doesn’t hurt that he shares some awesome photos of Earth from space, either!