Only 3% of Fortune 500s are blogging according to the Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki
The Fortune 500 Business Blog Index, a much needed resource, has launched — just in time to add to The Corporate Blogging Book! (Note: it’s a wiki.) This cool idea is the result of a joint effort between Chris Anderson and Wired and Ross Mayfield…
read moreWould you care for a side order of RSS, er, a Web feed, with that?
Microsoft has spoken and we’re gonna have to follow. The orange button you see at the left is the new standard icon to indicate that an RSS or…
Podcasting for Peace courtesy of Adam Curry
If you haven’t listened to The Daily Source Code [subscribe via the link or through iTunes] you’re missing something. This is the podcast produced daily by
Best Free Downloads of 2005: blogging, RSS, email and podcasting
This post updated July 7, 2011.
Well it’s that time of year… time for a “Best Of” list! So many free guides, so little time to cull through them. Here’s my quick pick of the most informative on this year’s hot topics: blogging, RSS and podcasting. Plus the…
read moreTim Berners-Lee, creator of the Web, gets 455 comments on his first blog entry
It’s gotta be a record. Read his first post here. Berners-Lee proposed the idea of the Web in 1989. Then tinkered quietly, releasing the first browser by Christmas Day 1990. Amazing to think it was only 15 years ago. I attended the 4th international WWW Conference in Boston…
read moreWhat REALLY happened behind Kryptonite’s blogging fiasco and what it means for the rise of corporate
Damn. I had the inside scoop two months ago about what REALLY happened last year when bike lockmaker Kryptonite had its fabled run-in with the blogosphere. I decided not to publish my “tell-all” interview with Kryptonite’s PR manager, Donna Tocci, and instead save it for my book. Ouch.…
read moreMost blogged-about books of 2005 plus the topic of book blogs in general
Niall Kennedy’s podcast interview with Anil Dash about TypePad’s problems
Read and/or listen to Niall Kennedy’s exclusive interview with SixApart’s Anil Dash about TypePad’s recent outage and what it means to the future of business blog hosting – and to SixApart. (I’ll listen when I get a chance. Still writing… ) Niall works for Technorati,…
read moreThe debate continues: WOMM vs. stealth marketing
Seth Godin interviewed on “Internet marketing”
Read the Q. & A. with Seth in E-consultancy.com’s December 2005 briefing. As always, he boils it down. Real simple. Incisive. (Scroll to the bottom of the interview for a good explanation of Squidoo, Seth’s new venture.) I like this sound bite:
Q. (Chris Lake) Should every business use…
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Web 2.0: Consumers are now producers
What’s the ROI of blogging?
I’m writing the chapter on ROI of blogging. Gotta have that one in a corporate blogging book, of course. And saw today’s cartoon by the ever naughty Hugh Macleod of GapingVoid fame. Wish I could put this in the book.
Although…
read moreStill writing
In the home stretch. Phew. Very intense.
About the, er, porn ad promoting MSNBC TV
Decided to take part in MSNBC TV’s historic ad buy this week – 800 blogs – to promote three of its primetime programs. Despite the fact that a couple of the ads, like the one appearing today, are not exactly up my alley.
Note: you won’t see the…
read moreWhy you should play nice in the blogosphere
SixApart co-founder and president Mena Trott made some interesting comments about blogging and civility at LesBlogs this week in Paris (Dec. 5-6, 2005). Then, while she was still…
Kevin Holland’s list of 10 must-read Trade Association blogs, plus 5 bonus blogs (including this one
Kevin Holland (who is behind the long-running and effective ACCABuzz blog) has come up with a list of ten cool blogs either by or for associations. He tacked on five more must-reads and very kindly included BlogWrite (ahead of Boing Boing!). Kevin, VP Communications & Membership for the…
read moreWOMMA masters the new marketing mix: site, blog, RSS, podcast, e-newsletter, etc.
Not surprisingly, WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association) has mastered the new marketing mix when it comes to promoting their next conference: a site, a blog, RSS feeds, podcasts, email updates and a companion e-newsletter all rolled up into one at www.womma.org/wombat/. Looks like the only thing missing…
read moreDoes Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere?
Does Your Company Belong in the Blogosphere? is the title of a solid article that was posted this week to Harvard Business School’s Working Knowledge site. References all the usual suspects from
BlogWrite For CEOs appears in a ranking of top PR blogs
Have no idea what this means (or if it’s legit). BlogWriteForCEOs.com, with a score of 8.2 (out of 10) ranks higher than Richard Edelman’s blog which gets a 7.7. (Edelman’s blog is one of my favorite CEO blogs.)
See rankings of popular PR blogs here. Done with…
read moreMore on whether GM’s Fastlane blog should talk about the company’s massive lay-offs, declining marke
More on this intriguing topic: should GM’s Fastlane blog, osensibly focused on products (i.e. cars), be talking about or making direct reference to the recent news that the #3 company on the Fortune 500 is planning another round of massive layoffs, etc.
From Shel Holtz: GM isn’t censoring…
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