As someone that actively works in social media I’ve become progressively more convinced that the majority of companies don’t have a clue about social media or the importance it can play in the way a company presents itself.  Granted, there are some companies that do understand the potential benefits that they can derive from a [...]

Two things have happened in the past few days that, at least my own opinion, emphasize the facts in my prior post: first that PR people typically don’t have a clue when it comes to dealing with bloggers (the very same day I posted the story I was emailed by no less than 3 PR [...]

If you work in public relations, either for a firm or as a consultant, and particularly if you wish to engage with bloggers as part of the services you provide for your clients than you probably want to read this… Here’s the thing; for those of you that are trying to engage bloggers about 95% [...]

CNN is reporting that James Karl Buck, a graduate student from University of California-Berkeley was arrested while on the outskirts of a riot related to the rising food prices in Egypt when he was taken into custody by the Egyptian authorities. Thinking fast, James, who had only become familiar with Twitter the previous week, twittered [...]

Hey, everyone. This is a bit of a non-typical post but I figured I might as well reach out to my community of readers since reaching out to some other folks (like Engadget and Gizmodo and CNet and Expert Village and the bloggers from B5 Media and others ) didn’t result in any responses… Basically, [...]

It’s no surprise that half a dozen people sent me a link the Matt Richtel’s New York Times Article (login required) about the stresses of blogging and the toll it takes on one’s health. To his credit, Matt did attempt to reach me, however phone tag and deadlines precluded our having a discussion save the [...]

Recently, a number of folks have written me asking whether or not Sam Sethi, former CEO of Blognation, had ever made good on his promise (and contract) to pay me or any of the other bloggers that spent several months of their lives supposedly in his employ writing for his start-up. Those of you familiar [...]