Category: Social Media

  • The influence of the global FIR community

    In 2006, when we first surveyed the listeners of the For Immediate Release podcast that Shel and Neville started in January 2005, we learned a lot from what they told us. Three years later, we’ve had a new learning experience…

  • Spreading the word in May

    Just updating some details on my list of speaking engagements at events in the coming months as we head into the summer. This month, May, I’m leading New Media for Old Hands, a popular half-day professional development workshop I developed…

  • 2009 WordCamp UK in July

    The second annual WordCamp UK takes place in Cardiff over the weekend of July 18-19, 2009. It looks a terrific event, great speakers and attendees. As it largely follows an unconference format, there’s no fixed agenda but a running order…

  • Twitter’s value in the workplace

    FT columnist Lucy Kellaway had an amusing-to-read story recently about business executives using Twitter and asks whether those Twittering executives reveal too much. […] I think [Twitter] is potentially the best communication tool there is; the trouble is that most…

  • Live blog with Twitter plugin for WordPress

    A couple of weeks ago, I took part in an interesting experiment with Twitter – contribute to a book one tweet at a time. The book project – Social Media Marketing GPS – is the brainchild of Toby Bloomberg and…