Image by william.n via Flickr How well do you keep your personal and business life separate? Are you able to separate the two relatively easy, or do they crossover too much to have significantly different views? Or to put it another way, if you had a personal issue with someone could you still work with [...]
Why Scott Monty of Ford Motors Has My Respect
January 15, 2009 10 Comments
Being the lone line of defence when pretty much everyone’s after your blood is a thankless task that no-one should have to face, but Scott Monty of auto manufacturer Ford proves it can be done. As the lone social media face of the US car giant, Scott probably has one of the toughest jobs around [...]
The Social Media Goes Gonzo Blog Carnival
January 13, 2009 31 Comments
Welcome to a first for me (and many others, it would seem). The Social Media Goes Gonzo blog carnival was suggested to me by fellow blogger and provider of invaluable information Kilroy_60. Host of numerous carnivals himself, this is the first social media one and he asked yours truly if I’d be interested in hosting [...]
Conversation Is Good
January 11, 2009 13 Comments
Image by Clearly Ambiguous via Flickr Recently, I found a blog post from Paul Seaman, a PR professional from Zurich, Switzerland. In it, Paul makes predictions about the future of social media and how it will fit in with traditional media and PR. At the time, while I agreed with some of his points I [...]
When Does Embellishing End and Lying Begin?
January 10, 2009 24 Comments
Image by ATENCION: via Flickr Let me ask you a question – what’s your view of the PR industry? It doesn’t matter if you’re involved in it professionally, someone that uses its services or just an average person on the street – is it a positive or negative view? I’m guessing that the majority of [...]
