PRMan

I was really excited about getting access to the trial version of Rockmelt – the new social browser and hailed prodigal son of Flock. The trouble is, it appears to want to take over my life. Is it just me or is this just a bit too much to ask?

Attending the PRMoment.com Ketchum Pleon B2B Social Media event this morning I was amazed by the amount of twitter ‘noise’ a room of PR people can make. The #socb2b hashtag was trending at one point. The speakers conveyed some good points. If anyone missed the show I’ve summarised a few useful ones below. Overall it [...]

An important launch took place in the world of social media yesterday. LinkedIn, the professional’s network not known for new innovations, has caught onto the recommendation trend, launching Company Pages (should this be relaunch?). Now companies who maintain a profile on the site can list products and services and start encouraging customers to recommend them. [...]

The government may have banned employers from giving bad references but according to Time magazine it doesn’t look like this will matter in a couple of years. The magazine reported yesterday on the launch of Unvarnished, a site that uses Facebook connect to tag anonymous reviews against people’s profiles. The site’s creators are enthusiastic about [...]

Shrewd readers may have noticed my blog going mobile last week courtesy of the WPtouch wordpress plugin (thanks guys). This is an important change for me and the media in general. Not because my blog is amazing, but because of the increasing importance of mobile in delivering content to readers. Mobile penetration in the UK [...]