Backbone CO visits Backbone Jackson Hole

Ok, not an complete office exchange, but this past week Jonathan, Kara & I headed north to visit our WY co-workers.

We embraced the tourist roll for a little on-mountain, around-n-about town, & backcountry fun:

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We did of course spend quite a few hours at the sister office…noting some differences:

1. we may have a kegorator & ping pong table, but they have:

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This call out may not be obvious, allow me to clarify: solo office space complete with gnome collections & donuts daily (already consumed, but size described by Mike’s hand gesture)

Thanks for a fabulous week BBM-JH!

Searching for Press Coverage

Too often we see brands dominate the search engine results with a highly optimized website, only to fall short with a lackluster media center component to their website. [To clarify, a website’s media center is where a brand can display new product releases, innovative designs and recent press.] So why does this matter? As journalists/bloggers become more fluent with the social web and take advantage of its immediacy, they are more open to finding fresh content to help their story. Identical to consumers, journalists/bloggers continue to take advantage of search engines to start their research for content and leads. When that is tapped out, they turn to social media searches (think Twitter Search) to find quotes and comments left behind from users on social networks. The key takeaway is, if brands want to increase their chance to earn more media coverage, they should  have the latest news readily available in a media center or via  blog – wherever the announcements are made. Tools like PitchEngine and WordPress offer content management systems that allow brands to upload content at any given moment – we use both! So don’t let your media center hold you back.

Check out this video of Social Media/PR pro Lee Odden explain the importance of SEO/Social Media to connect with journalists.