Hugh MacLeod – cartoonist extraordinaire, bespoke tailoring champion and, latterly, viral marketer for Stormhoek wine – has started talking about something that could get quite big quite quickly. No need for that booze cruise to Calais before Christmas as you can get a 40 percent discount on all purchases of…
It’s good to see that the CIPR, the body representing the public relations profession in the UK, has taken a lead in formally starting a debate about social media and PR. The CIPR has just published a social media consultation paper and is seeking comment from practitioners: […] The Board…
Good news if you like listening to music or podcasts on your iPod in your car and you’re in the UK: Ofcom is legalising the use of FM transmitters that allow iPods and other MP3 players to play through car radios. The use of devices, such as Griffin’s “iTrip”, was…
Content summary: Wikis becoming mainstream; survey: the business impact of blogs; structured blogging; survey: few hooked on podcasting; Dan York reports; Second Life and communication; Microtrack 24/96 and Dolphin Music UK’s poor service; listeners’ comments discussion; the music; and more. [Messages from our sponsors: Save time with the CustomScoop online…
The Wall Street Journal reports today on a long-running labour dispute in the US between the United Steelworkers union and the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. What makes this dispute of special interest from the communication point of view is what the union is doing overall in communicating its position…
One of the earliest adopters of Second Life in the PR community was the Text 100 agency who established their virtual presence three months ago. Interesting to read CEO Aedhmar Hynes’ recap of what she sees that her firm has gained and learned from their experience there, and her broader…
Blogger Wars: How Jason Calacanis Gets Even Britain exposed as Europe’s card fraud capital Charmin’s New Product Sampling is in the Toilet Citizen Marketer Hater Fallout Coke joins battle for the brand Dabbling With Video Search: A Conversation with Mary Hodder HBO considers launching internet TV channel How BitTorrent Works…
Clearly a good example of journalistic hocus-pocus in yesterday’s Daily Mail: His Royal Blog-ness: Prince Charles adds ‘blogging’ to his list of talents […] Prince Charles has latched onto the internet to broaden his appeal with his very own royal ‘blog’. A blog? Whatever the Prince of Wales’ new website…
