Content Summary: According to Time To Rethink Your Corporate Blogging Ideas, a new report from Forrester Research principal analyst and Groundswell co-author Josh Bernoff, corporate blogs rank at the bottom of the trust scale with only 16% of online US consumers who read them saying that they trust them. Why people don???t trust corporate blogs, what to do about it, the differences between trust and effectiveness, and tips for successful business blogging are among the key topics discussed by the panel.

The FIR Live Panel (plus FIR???s Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz):

• Rick Murray, President, Edelman Digital
• Max Kalehoff, Vice President Marketing, Clickable Inc
• Josh Bernoff, Vice President and Senior Analyst, Forrester Research
• Lionel Menchaca, Chief Blogger, Direct2Dell
• Stephen Baker, BusinessWeek writer and author
• John Cass, marketer and author

Additional perspectives on the panel discussion:

• Part of the text conversation and questions (plain-text file, opens in new tab/window) in the FIR Live chat room at BlogTalk Radio
• Recorded: live blogging session by Bryan Person
• Recorded: live blogging session by Krishna De

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