Execs blocking blogs but encouraging newspapers

Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Musings | No Comments »

I recently came across two companies that block employees' access to blogs. ("Don't want people wasting time while at work."), yet are trying to encourage employees to read newspapers more ... Read more..

Yahoo’s Jerry Yang blogs on Microsoft no deal — sort of

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Communicating, Language, Leadership, Public Relations | 1 Comment »

[photopress:Yang_1.jpg,thumb,pp_image] Jerry Yang of Yahoo yesterday blogged ("OK, so now what?" ) about Microsoft's decision to withdraw its offer. I give Yang credit for writing something and allowing comments, ... Read more..

Succeeding with PR requires social media

Thursday, December 6th, 2007 Posted in Public Relations, Social media strategy | No Comments »

Francois Gossieaux has a good post why social media needs to be a big part of any public relations strategy today. Two interesting stats he cites: 84% of journalists ... Read more..

Going narrow and The Next Big Thing

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 Posted in Marketing trends, Social media strategy | No Comments »

Going more narrow is an under-valued marketing strategy. When we focus on a narrow slice of an issue or focus on a very specific audience it's ... Read more..

Blogger Stories

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 Posted in Social media strategy | No Comments »

Toby Bloomberg over at Diva Marketing has a special blog called Blogger Stories that shares the stories of "how people have been touched by blogs, podcasts, vlogs and other online ... Read more..

Blogs & Beyond: Digital Marketing Workshop Highlights

Monday, October 2nd, 2006 Posted in Social media strategy | No Comments »

Here are some highlights from The IT Services Marketing Association's (ITSMA) recent “Blogs & Beyond” digital marketing workshop, held at Babson College. I had the pleasure to be ... Read more..