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Feeds and Feed Readers: A Clean Slate
I wiped out my feed reader a few weeks back, and haven’t gotten around to re-populating it. Now, I’d like your help.
I don’t read many blogs regularly. For the very few that I do, I prefer going to the blog itself. But there are others I know I should be following more vaguely, and I [...]
If PRs and Bloggers Played Nice
I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of hearing about so-and-so blacklisting PR firms, or PR people blacklisting bloggers. For christ’s sake, who the hell cares?
PRs are still going to pitch their stories. We’re like dogs… if our actions are validated, we’re not going to change them. If we pitch to blogs [...]
Stupid PR Quote of the Week: May 19, 2008
With all of the crap going around about Gina Trapani’s latest PR blacklist, it seems fitting that the latest ridiculous quote from the PR blogosphere be along those lines (and I’ll be addressing the issue of blog pitches again a post or two down the road). But for now:
The Offender: Matt Haughey
The Source: Stop Asking, [...]
Do People Really Trust Bloggers?
I know I’ve been talking a bit much about blogging lately, and I’m not going to stop just yet. I was sent a link a while ago to a data chart from Forrester Research highlighting sources that people trust the most when it comes to information about products and services.
Not surprisingly, the results show that [...]
Bloggers vs Journalists: With Pro Blogger Darren Rowse
Should companies and PR professionals treat bloggers as journalists? Are bloggers entitled to the same perks as journalists, and can they handle the same responsibilities? For that matter, are bloggers a threat to more traditional journalists?
I’ll be kicking off the re-launch of Naked PR by sharing some of my own thoughts on those questions, as [...]
How Far Should We Really Go to Please Bloggers?
I was contacted the other night by Joe Beaulaurier of PRweb. He sent me a link to a post on BL Ochman’s blog. Ochman’s post was basically a critique of PRweb’s editorial guidelines, saying they should be more flexible in allowing more casual and promotional releases to be published through the service, because that’s the [...]
Frequency in Blogging for PR
There are plenty of people blogging for different reasons, whether that be to market a company, service, or product, earn directly from blogging through ad revenue or other means, or blogging for PR value for a person, organization, or business.
One thing that all of these blogging models or motivations have in common is the fact [...]
The ‘Why Memes Show I’m Better Than You’ Blog Meme
This blog meme is about the incredible influence blog memes convey. If you’re tagged, list three things in each of the below categories. Be sure to tag three new bloggers (but tag wisely… the more self-obsessed and link-share-loving your tag-ees, the more influence you must have).
Three Reasons I Think Blog Memes are Super Cool (even [...]
Blog Comments Closed Due to Lack of Common Sense
Why do some bloggers feel a need to lock their posts up in a pretty little untouchable package by closing blog comments or forcing people to register with a site before being able to comment? How stupid is that?
Yet I see more and more bloggers going this route; especially people with any kind of prominence [...]
More Bad News on Blog Stupidity
One of my bigger pet peeves lately (and I have plenty) is the fact that too many people involved in blogging know very little about blogging. Judy Gombita of PR Conversations forwarded me a link to a blog post earlier today:
Bloggers are Big Cheaters
The post is essentially a rant (I always love a good rant) [...]
