Peter Shankman Imparts Social Media Insight: What to Do/What NOT to Do!!

Peter Shankman is an extremely well-known person around the net. If you are plugged into advertising, PR, social media, branding or start-ups, you recognize the name and follow his tweets and blogs. If you are a journalist who has used the Helpareporterout.com site, you definitely know who Peter Shankman is– because that’s his site along with his geekfactory.com business. It’s how reporters/writers/journos connect with sources and resources for their stories lightning fast and with the knowledge (and comfort) that any replies will be on topic and not spam.

Grabbing 411 from his website:

PR Week Magazine has described Peter as “redefining the art of networking,” and Investor’s Business Daily has called him “crazy, but effective.” Peter Shankman is a spectacular example of what happens when you harness the power of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and make it work to your advantage.

(Peter calls it ADOS: Attention Deficit; Oh Shiny!)

Here’s one of his work centers, his at-home social media center. “Oh shiny” doesn’t begin to touch this!!

Shankman is the founder and CEO of The Geek Factory, Inc., a boutique Marketing and PR Strategy firm located in New York City, with clients worldwide. His blog, which he launched in 2002, (www.shankman.com) both comments on and generates news and conversation.

Entrepreneur, author, speaker, and ingenious worldwide connector, Peter is recognized nationally and globally for radically new ways of thinking about social media, PR, marketing, advertising, creativity, and just about everything else– and that includes reaching out to his audience individually daily and it’s with the notion of connecting which in itself is a novelty because usually people want something. Peter’s looking to connect, to find out how you are and if you need an assist, point you in the right direction.

There’s a great deal about Shankman that I could tell you here, but it would only duplicate what’s in the podcast. Here’s a bit of the stuff from his site that tells you where and how he got started and how many fingers he has in so many pies (makes me wonder if he has 4 hands and not two– besides his trusted assistant Meagan and other staffers.)

My appreciation to Peter Shankman for the time he gave me for this podcast (and there’s a bit more coming from a conference that he got me into without a ticket). Also thank you to Chris Abraham for giving me some space to post this.

Stevie Wilson

Stevie Wilson writes the www.LA-Story.com blog and is Chief Marketing Officer & Partner, KBP Inc, a privately held corporation dealing in multi-media, real estate developments, internet start-ups and new media marketing strategy.