Monthly Archives March 2006

Legitimacy, complacency

- Look – like it or not, these bloggers have already gained a certain legitimacy. – Yes, John. And therein lies our only hope. For with legitimacy, the bloggers will gain a seat at the table, and with that comes access, status, money, power, and… if we’ve learned anything about the mainstream media — that [...]

Questions raised by Edel-Mart’s blogging program

One thing was made painfully clear by the discussions sparked by Michael Barbaro’s article in the New York Times (Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in P.R. Campaign, March 7, 2006): that we’re nowhere near having a good understanding of how personal publishing — in this case, blogging — is impacting the practice of public relations, and that [...]

Memo to PR bloggers: dig deeper, stop sending e-mails

After reading Julia Hood’s column in PR Week – PR blogs need to dig deeper than mainstream headlines (no link, it’s behind a firewall) – I’m just wondering: what PR blogs are on Ms Hood’s reading list? who are those spamming the editors of PR Week with updates about their new blog entries? Since the [...]

The New Comm Forum: What we’ve missed

I can’t believe I missed the second edition of the New Communications Forum. I was looking at the pictures posted by Neville and Josh and all I could think was “I should have been there“. Anyway… here’s a list of links to notes and podcasts from the conference: Orientation: Conference tracks and sessions | List [...]

Hass MS&L and FastLane win big at PR Week Awards

C’mon, nobody blogged about this? :) Hass MS&L and General Motors are the winners of PR Week Awards 2006 for the PR Innovation of the Year and Best Use of the Internet, for the GM FastLane blog. Congratulations! Now, how about publishing the application entries for all the (blog-related) finalists in these categories? They will [...]

How to keep up with all the PR blogs and still have a life?

Robert French commented on my last update of the PR Blogs List, and asked some important questions: With all the blogs, there come the concerns that: the best ideas may come from these new voices, but how to keep up it may now be impossible to follow them all – and have a life / [...]

New PR & Comm Blogs – February 2006

It’s time for the monthly update of the PR Blogs List (many thanks to Kami Huyse for sending me a reminder about it!). Below you’ll find a list of the 55 new PR and Communications weblogs and feeds that I was able to find in the last month. All the feeds have been added to [...]