Category: Public Relations

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • FIR Interview – Andy Abramson on bloggers breaking news ahead of the media – April 6, 2006

    In this edition of For Immediate Release podcast interviews, Shel enjoyed a 28-minute conversation with Andy Abramson, CEO of Comunicano, who used his VOIP-focused blog to break the story of RICO charges filed against Skye well ahead of the mainstream…

  • Better sleep on it

    How much do you sleep at night? Seven or eight hours? More, or less? If less, could be you’re in sleep debt. If more, you could be risking your life. The Financial Times has a story which quotes from a…

  • Constantin’s new gig

    Many congratulations to Constantin Bastura, the PR profession’s great information builder and connector, who today joins Converseon, an agency headquarterd in New York, as Director of New Media Strategies. Luckily for everyone who values the resources he has created over…