Category: Public Relations

  • T-Mobile banning Twitter makes no business sense

    If you don’t understand it, don’t allow it. That could be the thinking behind why mobile operator T-Mobile has begun blocking Twitter usage in the US, and opening up a customer service debacle, not to mention a public relations one.…

  • Shades of grey

    Chip Griffin has a terrific post on Media Bullseye urging us to throw out the social media rulebook: Far too many of my colleagues who share a passion for the social media space treat this new media world more as…

  • The CIPR ostrich part 2

    Listening to Eric Schwartzman’s interview with Colin Farrington in the latest episode of Eric’s On The Record Online podcast, posted yesterday, I was struck by one over-riding thought. Colin Farrington, the director general of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations…

  • 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…

  • Troubling times for Blognation coming to a head

    Ever since Blognation opened its virtual doors last July, it’s been one of my primary essential daily destinations for RSS reading. It’s an ambitious idea from Sam Sethi – build a network of blogs covering news about emerging startups in…