PR Chatter - October 15, 2007
October 15, 2007 by Eric Eggertson
Filed under Marketing
Worth reading. Got some suggested reading? Add it in the Comments.
Blog This: Brian Solis links to nine solid posts about trends in social media and how public relations has to adapt or perish. Also check an earlier post by Brian on conversational marketing, and a post by Valeria Maltoni call Is ‘Conversation’ Overused?.
Twitter Is Paying My Rent: Marshall Kirkpatrick explains how Twitter helps him hear about breaking stories while they’re still breaking.
The End of the U.S.-centric Internet? ICANN to Experiment with Domain Names in Foreign Scripts:, and
Q&A with CEO Blogger Richard Edelman: Debbie Weil heads to China on a book tour, and blogs about it.
Amanda’s Back Story Reveals Ugly Character: Robert French provides some background on the threats and harassment from Strumpette’s mascot, while Steven E. Streight points to a profanity-strewn Twitter stream.
Internet Business Is Killing the 80/20 Rule: Peter Morris notes some sources that show the 80/20 rule of business starts to fall apart when you give consumers online access to your back catalogue.
Small Business Websites: A straightforward guide on the basics of website design and maintenance, by Do Engelhart.
Very wise quick tip on not trying to fill the silence. I do wonder if we could move towards a less crowded (and sustainable) environment by just thinking before talking. In other words, the equivalent of “think before you print”. ;-) Happy Monday!
The problem, Valeria, is that search engines, feed readers and site visitors reward people who have something to say daily over people who only post something when they truly have something original and thought-provoking to say.
So if you end up in the unending race to attract more and more attention, you dilute your content with noise and clutter. (I’m using “you” in the general sense!)