Time to crack down on tech at work?

Many clients ask about how to ‘control’ employee blogging.  The level of fear is somewhat surprising, but indicative of the lack of understanding a lot of corporates have for this technology.  In C/net’s Perspectives, Eric J Sinrod, a partner at Duane Morris, gives some good pointers about what to include in a blogging policy along [...]

Web 2.0 has corporate America spinning

What every CEO needs to know about the array of new tools that foster online collobration — and could revolutionize business. Business Week gives a very good overview of the new tools that corporate America is using to gain competitive edge.  This is all relevant to British firms too. 
In a separate article, Business Week gives [...]

The news release is dead…long live…

Todd  Defren has posted a Web 2.0-based news release template on his blog.  Reaction seems to be generally positive, with some taking a “wait and see” attitude.
The idea is to ensure all new media needs are met with one document. It’s a good idea and should cut down on some to-ing and fro-ing during the [...]

CIM launches free podcasts for students

Online study and revision tips for people working towards the Chartered Institute of Marketing professional qualification are now available free online via podcast. The 30 minute recording will help students to find out exactly what examiners are expecting of them. I’m glad to see the CIM adopting new technologies to meet members’ needs.

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Guest blogger: Rob Mercer

Today at Strive Notes,  we have our first ever guest blogger. Rob Mercer is managing director of kdrebusiness.com, an Isle of Man IT consultancy for SMEs.  Rob has kindly offered to explain blogging platform WordPress for those Strivers that might be a bit tech challenged.  So with no further adieu…heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Rob:
“There are a great many blogging platforms all [...]

April 21st: This week’s top 5…

Here’s what I’ve been reading this week.  What have you been reading?
1.  More subscription choices, Neville Hobson gives a good overview of the RSS tools.  I was so inspired that I’ve added tons to Strive Notes.  Check out the new subscribe button in the right margin.
2. So you think your a blog hotshot?, the dep [...]

Blogging dogs and other considerations

The blog on Are we giving away too much? seems to have hit a nerve with more of you weighing in than on any previous Strive Notes blog.  Interestingly enough, two commenters were dogs.  Is Strive Notes the first blog to attract comments from dogs?  Probably not. Are we the first ones to attract PR dogs?  [...]

Striver Rita Rich gives ’sound’ advice…

I saw a product review in InformationWeek on a new service from Gcast that supposedly makes producing a Podcast ‘as easy as making a phone call’. And I thought to myself, I should try this!  I thought I’d ask Strive Partner Rita Rich, the radio expert, her opinion on the service.  As you know, Rita [...]

Podcasting and PR

Podcasting has implications for public relations professionals.  Creating audio content for a target audience to listen to when they want and where they want to opens up a lot of opportunities for us and our clients. 
On the surface, Podcasting gives PRs another tool.  Creating audio files to push on RSS feeds is a great way to [...]