Month: April 2006

  • Funding for WordPress founders

    Matt Mullenweg, the man behind WordPress, has got a little funding: […] The growth of WordPress.com and Akismet has outpaced anyone’s expectations. Recently, I made the decision to sell a minority stake in the company to a few select partners…

  • Starwood blog misses the point

    Starwood Hotels & Resorts is the first major hotel company to make the leap into the blogosphere, says the Wall Street Journal, with a blog called TheLobby.com. But its initial approach to the genre has as much in common with…

  • FIR Interview: David Bradfield, iStudio – April 12, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Neville and Shel enjoyed a 30-minute conversation with David Bradfield, Senior VP of iStudio, about his work with client ALTANA Pharma in Canada to introduce social media (award-winning podcasts and blog) to…

  • Get a divorce

    Heh! My wife wants me to get a divorce…

  • It’s an opportunity not a threat

    A BBC story on the threat posed by blogs and bloggers to a company’s reputation includes mention of quite a few names – companies and bloggers – that will be highly familiar to many business bloggers. My favourite sound bites…