~Denver Business Journal, 4/22/05
Street Talk may have to return to his former job selling buggy whips.
“The world just seems to be heading in the direction of more citizen journalism,” said J.D. McCartney, CEO, Xstatic Public Relations in Denver. “News reporters and editors aren’t the only people who determine what’s news.”
So Xstatic has added “blog relations” to its list of services. Blogs, for the uninformed, are Web logs, in which anybody can write anything. They’re gaining in popularity.
“There’s a whole audience out there whose primary source of information is no longer the general media,” McCartney said. “It’s not a big percentage, but that doesn’t mean they’re not important. … In a few years, a blog relations program may be as important as maintaining a Web site for our clients.”
Xstatic will offer to help companies start their own blogs, communicate with influential bloggers on behalf of companies and research the blogosphere to find the influential folks.
“If we’re working with a company with the latest techno gadget, we want to make sure someone in the blogosphere is talking about our gadget,” McCartney said. “So we need to keep up to date about what’s being said about a particular gadget, and which bloggers are the most likely to talk it up.”
Just one caveat, J.D.: Editors help prevent lawsuits from occurring when they clean up copy. Nobody’s sanitizing what goes into blogs. Fact-checking is a foreign concept.
~Program Helps Seniors Stay Strong, Well and Independent
DENVER — April 22, 2005 — Jewish Family Service of Colorado (JFS) today launched Solutions For Seniors, a one-stop single source to meet the needs of senior citizens in greater Denver. Solutions For Seniors incorporates a variety of existing JFS services including in-home care, meal delivery, counseling and mediation, transportation services, visitation, personal finance assistance, nursing home information and selection, and information and referrals on virtually any topic of concern to seniors. The program serves the most rapidly growing population in the metro area, as the number of senior citizens is expected to more than double between 2000 and 2020.
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~Revamped Sponsorship Program Provides Big Value for Event Sponsors
PARKER, Colo. — April 20, 2005 — Plans are in full swing for the 28th annual Parker Country Festival June 10-12, and the Parker Chamber of Commerce is searching for organizations interested in sponsoring the event. Those interested in becoming event sponsors can contact Mary McElligatt, events coordinator at the Parker Chamber of Commerce, at 303-841-4268.
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~Provides Clients With Real-time Revenue Assurance Capabilities to Improve Business Revenue and Minimize Losses
DENVER, April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – TeleTech Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTEC), a global provider of customer management and business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, today announced a new revenue assurance solution that is integrated into its Customer Insight Analyzer(TM) tool. The application is part of the TeleTech(R) On Demand(TM) suite of services and can improve individual agent, contact center, and enterprise-wide performance.
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~Luncheon to the Donald R. Seawell Grand Ballroom at the Denver Center for Performing Arts
DENVER — April 12, 2006 — “People often wonder what I’m really like,” says humorist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Dave Barry. ‘Dave,’ they often ask, ‘Are you really as witty, insightful, articulate, and handsome as your writing suggests?’ I would have to say that yes, I am, although I am not as tall as you might think.”
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