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Comment on New experiential & event agency by Vacancies in integrated communications and PR « Grapevine Consulting

Vacancies in integrated communications and PR « Grapevine Consulting — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:32:43 +0000

[...] Under Strict Embargo Vacancies in integrated communications and PR , Filed under: General I posted a few weeks back about Balance, an agency I work with, launching their new experiential agency Balance Live. [...]

Comment on Is Ghost Blogging wrong? by martin

martin — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:40:32 +0000

I posted on this subject back in December… I think the issue is one pf practicality… whether ghost writers are up to the job. After all, blogging is about having a personal voice, and that’s a very difficult product for a ghost writer to deliver… not to mention the in-depth expertise required to be meaningful to regular readers. Ghosts can probably deliver decent generic copy. But that’s hardly sufficient if the blog is to do it’s job of attracting and retaining an audience. Here’s my post:

http://www.literalmayhem.com/2007/12/26/ghost-writing-ethics-20-pr-firm-caught-with-pants-down-public-outraged-politics-as-usual/

Comment on Who’s using social media and are you too shy to share? by Leila

Leila — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:25:13 +0000

“(Although I wonder if after 30 mins there I’d discover a compulsion to tweet “sitting in cave waiting for @Romanus to stop by with the food basket”).”

Haha yes. This is the thing, though, for me. I have no real-life friends at all living anywhere nearby, and in real life I’m too shy to go out and meet people/do anything social. It’s actually my basic day-to-day isolation (and the shyness behind it) that *makes me* twitter, blog, etc. The internet allows me to be much more confident than I “really” am. I do think this is an incredibly impoverished way of socialising, but it does something to make one feel connected, from one’s cave…

Comment on Max’s travel blog, The Guardian, crisis comms? by Who’s using social media and are you too shy to share? « Grapevine Consulting

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:43:38 +0000

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Comment on Max’s travel blog, The Guardian, crisis comms? by Why are people using social media and are you too shy to share? « Grapevine Consulting

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:40:11 +0000

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Comment on Women and Technology: who’s leading conversations? by darika

darika — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:50:18 +0000

Ooo, major cultural difference. Totally not getting the Sears campaign but Googling it now…

Comment on Women and Technology: who’s leading conversations? by Linda Margaret

Linda Margaret — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:19:11 +0000

Do you remember when “Come see the softer side of Sears” took off and female consumers dramatically increased Sears revenue (and really reinvented how consumers thought of Sears and vice versa)? I think we await this kind of opportunity with women and technology. Women are loyal to the Brand that first brought them in. Amazing more people haven’t picked up on this. Nice post.

Comment on Podcasting: where’s it going? by Shinykatie

Shinykatie — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:05:48 +0000

I’m a big fan of podcasting, and I think that there’s always going to be space for something that allows you just to listen without having to stare at a screen.

I also really like the fact that you can listen to BBC radio shows for a week after they’ve aired. I just wish that internet radios were a bit better designed - finding stuff you already know exists is hard enough, so finding new stuff to try out is even more of a pain.

Comment on Interactive advertising: get hitched to Dr McDreamy by Ferdy

Ferdy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:49:33 +0000

I think McDreamy may have met his match, finally.

Comment on When will I hang up my hammers over the anvil? by Bad customer service will stay online forever « Grapevine Consulting

Bad customer service will stay online forever « Grapevine Consulting — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:06:20 +0000

[...] , Filed under: Reputation management, Social mediatools A few weeks ago I wrote a post which picked up on Steve Rubel’s assertion that certain Web 2.0 jobs are on the decline. [...]