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Ten questions interviewees never ask

Here are some questions that interviewees never, or at least rarely, ask. Not sure why. I expect there are others you can suggest, but here are mine: 1. Is the company profitable? – sure you…


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Typepad launches blog widgets

According to TechCrunch, Typepad is launching new blog widgets, which enable bloggers to add features such as search engines, music lists and feed directories, to the sidebar of their blogs more easily. SixApart, which runs…



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Customer discussions on Amazon

Amazon.com has introduced Customer Discussions for its products. It’s had Product Wikis for some time, but this looks new to me. I can see how this would be useful to link the disparate conversation threads…


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The challenge of international PR

Todd Defren is right when he says ‘international PR is broken’. The models of global conglomerate stitched together from a series of acquisitions or best of breed local agencies both have significant drawbacks. According to…


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Don’t just get it – give it

How many times have you heard complaints that someone just doesn’t ‘get it’? He doesn’t ‘get blogging’. She doesn’t ‘get the culture’. He doesn’t ‘get this account’. They don’t ‘get where the PR industry is…