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Business Week updates its iconic 2005 blog story with a new title ‘Social Media Will Change Your Bus

by Debbie Weil | Mar 4, 2008 | In the News, Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized

Full disclosure: I’m way behind in blogging while my offline move to a new house (and office) continues to unfold. Feeling very guilty about it. But it’s a temporary hiatus. Or is it? See below for for a few thoughts about Twittering. In case you missed...

Over three quarters of reporters get story ideas from blogs

by Debbie Weil | Feb 8, 2008 | ROI, Stuff, Uncategorized

Here’s yet another reason to get into the corporate blogging game in 2008… According to a survey by communications firm Brodeur (announced at the CES in Las Vegas last month), journalists are heavy users of the blogosphere for research and quick reporting....

Keynoting Webcom Montréal: Corporate blogging in a Web 2.0 world

by Debbie Weil | Nov 12, 2007 | Events, Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized

I’m heading to Montreal to give the keynote at Webcom Montréal on Wednesday morning (Nov. 14, 2007). If you’re in Montreal, give me a holler. Title of my speech: Corporate Blogging in a Web 2.0 World. I’ll post a summary later. Blogger Meet-up in...

Useful Tip: Two top execs review entries on Southwest’s popular blog before they go live

by Debbie Weil | Nov 11, 2007 | CEO Bloggers, Stuff, Uncategorized

A useful tidbit that came out of our well-attended session on Corporate & CEO blogging at BlogWorld Expo last week was this: one of two top execs at Southwest Airlines (in PR and communications) reviews each entry before it goes live on the popular Nuts About...

Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers, on the small but passionate crowd at BlogWorld Expo

by Debbie Weil | Nov 10, 2007 | Events, Social Media, Stuff, Uncategorized

Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers and a speaker at BlogWorld Expo, on how the buzz at the event reminds him of the PC industry in the mid-1980s: “I hope we don’t lose the contagious enthusiasm [about blogs] we have now… ” – Paul...

Jeremiah Owyang on BlogWorld buzz at the Hard Rock Club in Las Vegas

by Debbie Weil | Nov 10, 2007 | Events, Stuff, Uncategorized

Social media guru Jeremiah Owyang, whom I’ve known since his Hitachi Data Systems days, is now a senior analyst for Forrester Research. I bumped into him at the BlogWorld Expo party at the Hard Rock Club in Las Vegas. This is a short clip but you can hear the...
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