Video startup seesmic has released a terrific conversational tool – a plugin for WordPress that enables you to create and post a video comment. Not only that, it also enables a blogger to create a post that includes a video comment, just as I have done here: {seesmic_video:{“url_thumbnail”:{“value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/PWI3WOgceG_th1.jpg”}”title”:{“value”:”Be seen and…
The winners of CNet Networks’ Webware 2008 contest to find the best 100 Web 2.0 applications and services were announced on Monday. This is what Web 2.0 looks like today according to the 1.9 million votes cast by Webware users and the fans of those products and services: Quite a…
Content summary: Recording of latest FIR Live on BlogTalk Radio posted; new FIR Book Review posted; news about the next show; follow up: Kami Huyse and SeaWorld; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; Encyclopaedia Britannica online and the power of reach; if Dell’s in Second Life, why not Apple?; Todd…
Like most bloggers I know, I tend to link to information resources online when I’m writing about a particular topic. One reason is simply that linking to an explanation of something provides a reader of your content with an opportunity to find out more, or see something in more depth,…
The issue of measurement arises over and over again in the world of public relations. A new book, Measuring Public Relationships, provides a roadmap for both upfront benchmarking and measurement to assess the impact of organizational communications. Written by Katie Delahaye Paine, Measuring Public Relationships covers everything from the reasons…
Maybe the question is better phrased as: has the desire to learn how to produce podcasts for business died? I’m wondering this because two public events about podcasting I’d been due to speak at during the next month have been cancelled because of lack of interest. The first one was…
Content summary: The live call-in episode on BlogTalk Radio. Our discussion topic: How to get your company’s message into the social media conversation without offending or turning off participants. [Message from our sponsor: FIR Live is brought to you with Lawrence Ragan Communications, serving communicators worldwide for 35 years, www.ragan.com.]…
One of my reflections on Disruptive Media, the conference in Stockholm last week in which I participated, is that being part of an event where everyone speaks a language that you don’t can present a few challenges. Luckily, this is Sweden I’m talking about where, just as in the Netherlands,…
