Holtz Communications + Technology

Every time I turn around, there’s somebody telling me (and the rest of the world) that a blog isn’t a real blog unless commenting is turned on. Blogs, these commenting advocates insist, are all about conversation and, they conclude, you can’t have a conversation without comments.

While I love comments—and would never consider turning them off on this blog—I don’t quite grasp the notion that the conversation…

On the Frappr map for our podcast, one of the contributors offered this comment: “Love the show! Thanks for including us in the conversation.”

A conversation in a podcast? Not according to Steve Rubel, who comments about the possibility that a product-focused podcast is co-hosted by two fictitious characters: “I feel this approach is suitable for a podcast but not for a blog because…

Sometimes it’s difficult to convince management to embrace the idea of employee blogs when nearly all the examples you can offer come from high-tech companies. The kneejerk reaction of many executives (and not just to employee blogging initiatives) is, “We’re not a high-tech company.”

Thomas Nelson publishers has been the only solid example I’ve been able to offer of a more traditional business with an employee…

Yeah, yeah. We’ve heard it all before. Your blog is a public record anyone can read, so anything you write can come back to haunt you. Usually, though, these tales deal with prospective employers turning bloggers down for a job after reading what they have written. Hossein Derakhshan has another more consequential take on the repercussions of having your life and…

When I first became aware of RSS, Corante was one of the first sites I found employing the technology. I was immediately hooked; Corante provided me with literally the first feed to which I ever subscribed. You can’t imagine how honored I am to be among the nearly two dozen marketing/PR bloggers invited to provide content to the Corante Marketing Hub,…

As the blogging backlash continues, it’s nice to see no less authoritative a source than the Harvard Business School suggest that businesses should blog. The advice provided by the venerable insitution is familiar, as are the authorities quoted, but to have HBR come down on the side of blogging lends a certain amount of credibility to the practice.

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