Posts Tagged as ‘Blogging’

January 27, 2010

A few notes on social media

Karen Anderson’s presentation on social media for the Public Relations Writing class at the University of Washington.

October 8, 2009

A few words about WordPress

I know quite a few bloggers who are thinking of switching over to WordPress. My advice is: Do it.

October 6, 2009

New FTC blogger-disclosure requirements

The vast majority of bloggers have no involvement in payola schemes, but often find themselves in situations where they could be accused of it.

July 3, 2009

Social media: Lots of fire, no works

Scot Berkun throws much needed cool water onto the bonfire of “social media” hype. Some good ideas to take with you into the holiday weekend.

June 23, 2009

FTC determined to root out payola in the blogosphere

I confess: One of my largest clients manufacturers and sells safety equipment, and I’ve been known to blog (on my own blog) about the importance of having safety equipment in the workplace — without mentioning that I have an association with that company. By the end of the summer, this sort of unethical behavior will [...]

June 2, 2009

What do good blogging and good journalism have in common?

Easy: Great stories and great writing. Bloggers often (and justifiably) criticize traditional print journalism as stultifying and ho-hum. But here’s a front page news story from the Seattle Times that adheres to all the journalistic standards, including the fact-filled lead and inverted pyramid construction, while being just as clever (and more absorbing) than most blog [...]

April 9, 2009

Who you gonna call? Ghost bloggers.

I sit down with clients and figure out what they really want to get in return for the time they put in — or the money they spend — on a business blog.

March 11, 2009

Can we talk type size?

The Writer Way blog looks fine to me in the Safari 4 Beta browser, but I’m finding the type is tiny and hard to read in Firefox 3.0.7. Obviously, I could control my own reading experience by adjusting browser preferences, but what I’m really concerned about is your experience. Is this font (type size) too [...]

March 4, 2009

Speed, transparency, and the long tail

Tomorrow I’ll be talking about PR and social media to another communications class at the University of Washington. This time, it’s an undergraduate class. I’m going to hit many of the points I did in my earlier presentation to students already in the business world, but this time I’m going to attempt to give more [...]

March 3, 2009

Power up your business blog

Instead of blogging here, I’ve been writing about blogging on Biznik.com. Check out “9 Ways to ‘Power Up’ Your Business Blog.”