Are You A Buffler?
A few weeks ago I posted a list of my top ten most irritating PR phrases. Shortly thereafter, I received...
A Message To Non-PR Folks: We’re Not All Like This
John Biggs at CrunchGear and Michael Arrington at TechCrunch both wrote in the last day about a nasty encounter they had...
Embargo This…
“Death to the embargo,” says Michael Arrington over at TechCrunch. Until further notice, one of the most widely read tech...
Social Media Isn’t Anti-Social
Someone suggested to me recently that social media people are, well, anti-social. That they seem to spend all their time...
Focus Or Fail
The ever-thought provoking David Armano wrote earlier this month about the “paradox of please,” where he clearly and simply made...
Pragmatism Over Purism
When I first got into social media, I was a purist. By that I mean I would evangelise for companies...
Survey Sheds Light On Canadians’ Views Towards Social Media
A new survey released today shows that Canadian business leaders plan to invest more in social media in 2009, while increasing numbers of Canadians see social media tools as important for learning about products, services, organizations and brands.
Are Media Channels Diverging Or Converging?
While looking over the new Vancouver Sun website recently (congratulations again on the redesign to Kirk Lapointe and his team),...
Bring Twitter Onto Your Blog With Chat Catcher
If you’re anything like me, and you’re sometimes frustrated by trying to track conversations about you all over the web,...
6 Tips For Engaging Online
If you're new to the social media "scene," it can be scary (just ask the folks at Motrin). For a company used to "controlling the message" through carefully crafted news releases and press conferences, engaging in it can be even scarier. Here are six tips to help that engagement go a little more smoothly.
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