I actually feel quite sorry for this account executive at Access Communications who was sent over the top with the offer of $100 and free tax software for reporters willing to test Intuit’s new press…
The Public Relations social network with no charter, direction, or aim beyond simple existence is now up to fifteen members. It’s a place to hang out, make the same friends you’ve already made and perhaps…
I’ve been resisting Twitter since I’m evidently already struggling to maintain my current channels of communication via email, IM, SL, VoIP, blog, RSS, phone, face to face(!). But today email went down which left me…
My colleague, Mark van der Wolf has put together a 20-page guide to corporate blogging, called the Business Value of Blogging, which he presented at the recent EuroBlog 2007 event last week. You can download…
Barely a day goes by at the moment without some media move or layoff. Recently we’ve had the changes at the San Jose Mercury News, then the big editorial layoffs at Time, and today it’s…
I had a great chat with Bulldog Reporter’s Brian Pittman last week about trends in media (social media/new media/citizen journalism – call it what you will), Second Life, and the internationalization of PR. He’s kindly…
Welcome to 2007. This year will continue to see rapid changes in communications technologies and techniques (from virtual worlds to the greater adoption of social media news releases), some great new start ups emerge (especially…
I’m at Under the Radar – Mobility, where 32 companies are presenting. Here are some more thoughts on pitching your company: * Don’t read your scripted presentation. Please, please – it’s an auto shutoff for…
Dave Sifry, CEO of Technorati, brings us up to date with the numbers to October 2006. T’rati is tracking 57m blogs now, even after removing a ton of splogs. He even goes so far as…
Now out as of 5.00pm PT – get it here. Just downloading it now. Apart from the speed and anti-phishing advances, I think the spell checker will be particularly useful. I could never get the…