All Entries in the "Blogging" Category
How to Learn Social Media – First Steps
I was speaking before a terrific group at The Graduate School of Political Management recently – Professor Steve Lawrence’s class on Media Relations. The focus was understanding social media. The students could easily be described as among the best of the best.
Fingerprints of Internet Cowards
I wrote recently on my site, BlogStrategies.net, about the increasingly chronic issue of Internet cowards only to read a column by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times that it has been on her mind, too. I’m happy she wrote about it because no one wants to cross Ms. Dowd. Her column in the Times is very good.
CEO Blogs: Pros and Cons
While there is increased popularity in the concept of CEO blogs, the whole idea is a tactical discipline that must fit with an organization’s overall strategic purpose. Blogs are nothing more than a tactical interactive online delivery platform to share ideas. So, if a CEO recognizes the importance of achieving unique differentiation in today’s fiercely [...]
Ethics in Blogging
It’s too bad, I believe, that the phrase, “fair and balanced,” has been turned into a form of bad joke by Fox News. Today’s style of media reporting – whether mainstream or online – is in dire need of being more fair and balanced, especially as online media grows in influence. I was reviewing Dan [...]
What to Write About … One of Those Days
I woke up today, wanting to write something inspiring on this blog, something that readers might find of value. The trouble is, the creative muse has not come around to help. So, I visited Barnabas Quotidianus, the blog of my good friend in England, Barney Leith, for some ideas, and found he’s in the same [...]
Twitter’s Lack of Transparency, Leadership
Twitter, the popular online mini-blogging service, is in serious, deep PR trouble that has the potential of cratering the online company’s value. It is all self-inflicted, I believe, due to the company’s own arrogance and lack of respect or understanding for transparency and openness. I just returned home to D.C. after a series of lectures [...]
27 Blogging Secrets to Power Your Community
Heading home to D.C., I am thinking about the phenomenal conference I have just attended in the Czech Republic … 230 young adult professionals from 40 countries who gathered to hear speakers from America, Europe and the Middle East. The conference is called Changing Times, and, as I have written earlier, I believe Changing Times, [...]
What Bloggers Can Learn From Journalists
When I read Anita Bruzzese’s blog posting, What Bloggers Can Learn From Journalists, that appeared today on Chris Brogan’s outstanding and popular blog, I immediately sought her permission to repost her list of ten tips here. I am very happy she said, yes: It takes time to gain trust. If you post something that has [...]
