CHRIS ABRAHAM A pioneer in online social networks and publishing, with a natural facility for anticipating the next big thing, Chris is an Internet analyst, web strategy consultant, and advisor to the industries' leading firms. He specializes in Web 2.0 technologies, including content syndication, search engine optimization (SEO), online reputation management (ORM), content marketing, online collaboration, business development, blogging, and consumer-generated media. Chris Abraham was named a Top 50 Social Media Power Influencer by Forbes, #1 PR2.0 Influencer by Traackr, and a top 10 social media influencers by Marketwire. He has a Klout score of 78, a PeerIndex score of 77, X Facebook friends, and X Twitter followers. Chris is Principal Consultant of Gerris Corp, a digital agency focused on social media marketing, digital PR, blogger outreach, technology and social media strategy, online engagement, SEO, and ORM. Chris is currently Director of Social Media at Unison agency, where he is expanding their social media offerings by executing a comprehensive, strategic social media marketing plan. Unison is an integrated brand agency combining strategic, creative, and technology services to help their clients build and strengthen their brands. Chris recently completed a 5-month contract with Reputation.com as Team Lead, Special Projects, in sales for their "Whale Hunting" team. Chris was one of experts charged with securing clients for their high-end Picasso ORM and Executive Privacy products, campaigns of $10,000-$100,000/month for high-net-worth and high-profile individuals and Fortune 500 companies. Chris was hired by Reputation.com for both his sales acumen and because he was an early adopter of SEO and ORM--developing his brand promotion and protection skills as a Technology Strategist at New Media Strategies. Prior to Reputation.com, Chris ran his own digital PR and marketing company, Abraham Harrison, LLC, from Washington, DC, Portland, Oregon, and Berlin, Germany, with clients including: Kimberly Clark, The Daily, Habitat for Humanity, Greenpeace, The Fresh Air Fund, International Medical Corps, Sharp, Pew, and the Alzheimer’s Association. Services included digital PR, social media marketing, blogger outreach & engagement, SEO, and ORM. Previous to starting Abraham Harrison, LLC, Chris worked on the Interactive Team at Edelman Public Affairs in Washington, DC, consulting with clients such as Wal-Mart, Shell, and GE on blogger and social media strategy. Before Edelman, Chris was Technology Strategist for New Media Strategies, a pioneer in online brand promotion and protection with clients including Sci-Fi Channel, Buena Vista, TomTom, Paramount Pictures, Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Disney, Reebok, EA, RCA, and NBC. As a technologist, Chris has consulted for T. Rowe Price, the U.S. Department of Treasury CIO, Friendster, Deutsche Telekom, and others. In addition to writing regular articles and blog posts for the Huffington Post, Biznology.com, Socialmedia.biz, and Business2Community.com, Chris maintains his own blog, ChrisAbraham.com. Chris has also written for AdAge’s DigitalNext and Global Idea Network blogs as well as for the Rosetta Stone blog. Chris has taught blogging courses for the Writer's Center of Bethesda; has been a guest lecturer on public affairs blogging at Columbia University's SIPA school and the American University in Washington, DC; has been the Emergent Technologies Advisor to the Urban Institute's Communications Advisory Board; and has a Renaissance Weekend participant since 2001. In addition, he is the go-to expert on social media, citizen journalism, technology, and the Internet for BBC World Service, CNN Radio, and CNet's BNet. Community is important to Chris, and as such, he acts as a sous chef dining room captain at Miriam’s Kitchen, a local soup kitchen in Washington, DC. In addition, he also does pro-bono blogger outreach and social media consulting for Miriam’s Kitchen. Chris received his BA in American Literature from The George Washington University. He studied American Literature at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England; French at the University of Hawaii; and German at both the Washington and Berlin Goethe-Instituts.
BuzzFeed released an internal memo from the New York Times titled "Innovation" (you can read it in full and in color on Scribd). I have done a cursory read and have come up with a number of quick takeaways for you that you can start implementing today.
I always tell clients that it is no longer enough to be beautiful when it comes to marketing online. The Internet has become more like an Oscar after-party than it is like the airport Ramada. Online, you’re never the lone beauty in the hotel lounge. Online, you’re surrounded by equal or greater beauties. What’s more, the most successful online social media barflies are aggressive in addition to gorgeous. Too many companies that have invested vast resources in social have Pretty Boy/Girl Syndrome. A symptom of this disease is an expectation that others will go out of their way to pursue you.
I ordered my Google Nexus 5 smart phone the moment I could -- and have been devastated ever since. After loading up all of the apps that I wanted, setting the screen to bright (so I could see the screen in the light of day), and wiring the handset for sound, the phone was awesome -- for about an hour between charges. Plus, my Nexus 5 has been burning through data -- crashing through my 10GB AT&T family plan. I had a major data and battery hemorrhage. Yikes! So, I finally sorted it out and now have and all-day battery. Here's how I did it -- and also a couple extra steps if you're really sucking wind on data and battery life.
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