It would seem that the right hand does not know what the left hand is up to over at Martha Stewart Living. And that Martha herself doesn't quite get social media and blogging. I'd bet real money that there has been some gnashing of teeth this week by the PR department/PR agency that handles Martha Stewart. Martha had some strong comments about bloggers, yet her PR folk pitch … [Read more...]
Sports Organizations Slow to Trust Bloggers
It seems that Baseball did not get the memo about the power of online influencers: A recent study of 127 Baseball teams found that although many independent bloggers, such as MLBTradeRumors.com and Yahoo! Sports, have upward of two million pages views daily and represent some of the Internet's heaviest traffic, they rank far behind traditional media on trust and are the most … [Read more...]
Online Buzz, Reputation and The Power of Voice
Back in 2006 while I was working a paper with Rok Hrastnik we called the phenomenon of online buzz and reputation The Power of Voice. Since then many companies have felt that power - positively and negatively. Dell, Dominoes, Naked Pizza, Motrin, Blendtec to name just a few. Nestle has now joined the list. Nestle is embarking on an emergency online PR campaign to … [Read more...]
Women Turn to Blogs for Advice, Information and Recommendations
A new study from BlogHer, iVillage and Compass Partners shows that 75% of the women online are involved in social networking. But one figure that stood out for me was that women who used blogs were more than twice as likely to do so when they were seeking information, advice and recommendations than were women who participated in social networks. When providing advice or … [Read more...]
Content Strategy Important Again As Spam Proliferates in the Blogosphere
Credibility becomes an issue for bloggersSome good tech predictions for 2006 from Sharon Housley in Site Pro News today.Spam has indeed cluttered the blogosphere and bloggers have to generate quality content in order to hold their readers."In 2006 web surfers are going to look for multiple sources to confirm facts, and rely on reliable respected sources. Community … [Read more...]
