Much has been written in recent months about the allure of Twitter and why people stick with it through thick and thin. Twitter has no shortage of rival micro-blogging services – Pownce, Plurk, Identi.ca and Jaiku are the obvious ones that spring to mind – yet Twitter remains a primary…
The opening ceremony for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing gets underway at midday GMT today, an event that will be broadcast live on television across the world. During the next two weeks, you’ll be hard pressed to avoid seeing and hearing about the Olympic Games whenever you turn on…
Content summary: Vote for FIR at Podcast Alley; a conversation with Shel in Washington, DC; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – orchestrating social media: in business, somebody needs to do it, Wrapit plus Facebook equals angry brides to march on HSBC HQ, Dave Fleet’s e-book on…
In my car this morning, I heard a 30-second ad on my local radio station 2-Ten FM from British Airways which talked about the average time experienced by specific passengers when they checked in for a flight at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 yesterday. You might recall the disaster of Terminal 5…
Content summary: Shel’s on the road; PR Week blog contest; Michael Netzley in Singapore discusses culture differences when making a promise; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; News That Fits – ExxonMobil and Twitter: looks can be deceptive, lists of brands and media on Twitter, Sky News on Twitter with…
As part of its tenth anniversary celebration, PR Week US edition is holding a contest to find the PR industry’s most worthwhile blog. The contest, which starts today, includes 30 PR blogs from across North America plus two blogs in Europe – mine here in merry old England and Tom…
Following the July 30 announcement from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about new guidance concerning Regulation FD, there has been plenty of online commentary and opinion on what people think it means for business, investors and communicators. The regulator has yet to publish the full details of its…
What do you do when you find some user-generated content in which your brand has a starring role that’s being talked about in various places online – a viral effect – yet gives you a bit of a dilemma in how that content portrays your brand? This is a dilemma…
