Monthly Archives: February 2009

Thanks to timesonline I've officially lost the blog battle

I’ve been having a good humored blog competition with my daughter, Ashley Rodriguez. It’s not been much of a contest for the last while–she’s been cleaning my clock. Now with timesonline getting her more traffic, I’m doomed. The contest, of … Continue reading

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Should we expect "twitter-speed" from mainstream media?

This is the intriguing question of this post from Bill Salvin of Signal Bridge Communications. It is clear that the twitterers are shocked that it takes as long as 2 hours for the likes of CNN to get the story … Continue reading

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Things on twitter can get testy–Shel Israel and Ford's Scott Monty debate

Use of Twitter gets more interesting all the time. Yesterday, I saw Sally Falkow, one of the real experts in Social Media, talk about Twitter providing the first real threat to Google. Then comes this exchange between Shel Israel (co-author … Continue reading

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"Twitter is journalism's Obama." What are journalists talking about these days?

Get a bunch of journalists together to talk about changes in their business and you get all kinds of interesting comments. In this fascinating report by Alana Taylor on PBS.org the focus is on social media and Twitter in particular. … Continue reading

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Why is trust in business at an all time low?

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer is out and, like the economic news overall, this year the bad news just keeps getting worse. 77% of respondents in the US trust business less than year, internationally trust was down with 62% of … Continue reading

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Online reputations finally seem to have gotten executives' attention

This article in PR Week highlights a survey by Weber Shandwick about executive’s concerns about their online reputation. For those who have been pounding this drum for some time, this is a welcome development. The phenomenol growth of social media … Continue reading

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Are public agencies adopting Twitter faster than private organizations?

Frequent Crisisblogger contributor Neil Chapman raises this interesting point: ‘When it comes to using social media in a crisis – the public sector has blazed a trail that appears to have left the richer, private sector in their wake. Los … Continue reading

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