Posted on August 29, 2007 4:04 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Search | Video
I’m feeling pretty bad for Robert Scoble.
Last weekend, Robert released a series of video brain dumps that explained why he thinks “Mahalo, Techmeme and Facebook are going to kick Google‘s butt in four years.” Since then, he’s been the subject of some scathing critiques that not only point out the technological flaws in his argument but do so in an unnecessarily personal way.
- Danny…
Posted on August 25, 2007 7:46 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Podcasting | Social Media
KPMG isn’t the first big services firm to recognize the value social media brings to business, but when a company of KPMG’s stature steps up and says, “This is important,” it’s a big deal. Everyone who beats their heads against corporate walls trying to convince stubborn and uninitiated leaders to embrace social media now have something substantial to point to. “KPMG says it’s important? Well, hell,…
Posted on August 22, 2007 7:46 pm by Shel Holtz | Attention | Blogging | RSS
Having subscribed to several for years, I’ve finally started my own link blog. It was reading Nick Bradbury’s post on attention that finally got me off my ass. Nick pointed out that, in FeedDemon, the “News Bin” lets me not only keep a list of items I want to refer back to, but also publish them via NewsGator (which owns FeedDemon) as an RSS feed. This…
Posted on August 18, 2007 7:56 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media | PR | Social Media
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wire service WebIt PR has produced a video detailing the elements of its social media news release service and uploaded it to YouTube. The video gives credit to Tom Foremski’s post calling for the transition to the social media release as well as SHIFT Communications’ initial template. Webit PR’s Stephen Davies has blogged about the video. Nice work!
Posted on August 7, 2007 5:58 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Media
I get a lot of pitches and press releases these days. An intriguing media advisory crossed my in-box this afternoon about student use of social networks. I was all set to grab the PDF of the study and blog about it until I saw this on the release:
“The report, available now for media only…is embargoed until Tuesday, August 14, at 12:01 a.m.”
I…
Posted on August 7, 2007 5:33 pm by Shel Holtz | Blogging | Business
The “new” Chrysler officially launched yesterday as most of the transition of ownership from Daimler to the private Cerberus has been wrapped up. A day earlier, though, the company unveiled a blog prominently accessible from the company’s business home page.
Called “Voices of Chrysler,” the blog has featured several senior-level posts, including a welcome from Vice Chairman and President Tom Lasorda who wrote:
We will continue our…
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