Category: Europe

  • If the approach is right, you get results

    Getting people’s attention to support a worthy cause is a tricky business these days. Whatever the cause, you’re competing for that attention amongst so many other causes, all undoubtedly worthy. And you have to consider compassion fatigue, especially if you’re…

  • A real passion for wine

    Just ask and you might get. An email from Olivier Magny in Paris about his new video blog Wine Rendezvous says: […] I’m trying to spread the word about it! Im trying to have a bit of a different approach…

  • UK most attuned to social networks

    The UK has the most social networkers in Europe, with almost a fifth of all internet users regularly visiting sites like Bebo, Hi5, Facebook and MySpace. According to BrandRepublic, that’s the key message in Social Networking Across Europe, a new…

  • MyKinda blog network launches in Eastern Europe

    Quite a few blog networks have sprung up in the past year or so. The granddaddy of them all is Weblogs Inc, the early pioneer among English-language blog networks, with a broad offering of content covering a very wide range…

  • EU cracks down on fake blogs

    In 2005, the European Union published a Directive on Unfair Commercial Practices that, among other things, outlines “sharp practices” which will be prohibited throughout the EU, such as pressure selling, misleading marketing and unfair advertising. The Directive is due to…