It's scary when the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation-the committee with oversight of telecommunications, the committee that is addressing the Net neutrality question-displays a remarkable degree of ignorance about the nature of the Net itself.
An email from Trevor Cook alerted me to a campaign Trevor and Paull Young are undertaking to fight the scourge of astroturfing.
I was intrigued by the PRWeek headline: "Free podcasts become driving force in BMW branding push."
Back in the early 1990s, when I worked in communications at Allergan, Inc., the company introduced a new silicon intraocular lens, the artificial lens used to replace a bad organc crystalline lens during cataract surgery.
On Monday, Micro Persuasion blogger Steve Rubel posted "35 ways you can use RSS today."
One of the problems with blogging on a theme is the need to post new material on a regular basis.
I can't remember which technology columnist predicted on-demand television in 2-3 years, but I do remember thinking it was a seriously optimistic projection.
Over the past many years, in speeches, workshops, books and articles, I have steadfastly preached two axioms of public relations:
Companies that listen to bloggers have a unique opportunity to improve their reputations and win converts to their business models.
BL Ochman notes that the new Google Trends service does not include blogs in its calculations.