Much of what we write these days is for publication electronically in some form. Email, text messages, Twitter, social network walls, blog posts, web pages, you name it, we’re writing it. With so many people writing so much stuff, often in languages that are second to them, it’s amazing everyone…
The second Dell B2B Social Media Huddle (hashtag: #dellb2b) took place at Microsoft in London on May 25, 2010. The aim of the one-day event was to bring together senior in-house communications and marketing professionals to exchange and share experiences on business-to-business social media for mutual benefit. Each of the…
Content summary: Shel’s on his own in Atlanta; two surveys for FIR listeners to take; review of Charlene Li’s Open Leadership is coming; listener comments; 5 minutes on… BPGlobalPR Twitter account inspires a similar effort aimed at ATT, the 15 most hated companies in America include Dell, study says people…
The Russian government has started a presence on Twitter in the form of two accounts under the name of the ‘President of Russia,’ one in Russian and one in English. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev tweeted his first thoughts yesterday in the type of greeting message often seen by people starting…
Content summary: FIR video interview and demo of IABC Discovery posted, plus another FIR Speakers & Speeches podcast from the Dell B2B event in London; listener comment and Friendfeed FIR Room round-up; 5 minutes on… Forrester’s call for help with their enterprise social media survey, the social media era ends…
The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for vehicles, reports MercuryNews.com. The move is intended as a money-maker for a state facing a $19 billion deficit, the paper says. […] The device would mimic a standard…
Version 3.0 of WordPress, the open-source content management system and blog platform, was released a few days ago. I upgraded this blog yesterday to the latest version, a process that was seamless, painless and very quick thanks to my 6-point upgrade plan that I’ve followed with every upgrade in recent…
IABC – the International Association of Business Communicators – launched the beta version of the member-only service Discovery at the World Conference in Toronto, Canada, earlier this month. According to the Discovery site, "Discovery is a powerful, new, online tool that will help you find the content you need –…
