How to rescue your reputation from the New York Times and Google. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine
“In my Aug. 27 piece about Hoyt’s column and the “controversy,” I concluded that instead of bitching about moldy Times articles at the top of Web searches of their names, people like Kraus should tweak the Web [...]
A PR Agency of Me
Google News comment feature: “PR people need to consider this option, as so often their clients complain about misquotation, being taken out of context, sensationalizing and other media tricks to make stories interesting.”
(tags: PR accuracy tools journalism media news+biz mycoverage AmyGahran propaganda)
On The Media
“Presidents have always managed PR, but it’s not [...]
Andrew Mason, via Flickr (CC license)
Yes, you can blog without all your time running down the drain.
Recently a colleague asked me a question that I hear from many people: “How can I blog without making it a time sink?”
It seems to me that the key to blogging efficiently is this: DO NOT treat it like [...]
@n@bou, via Flickr (CC license)
…Just don’t confuse it with innovation — or action.
Random thought about innovation (Howard Owens)
“Innovation is not about doing the next great thing. It is about doing the next thing. Failure is always an option. Innovation is in the doing and trying, not in the dreaming and waiting.” (tags: innovation tidbits+fodder)
Media Nation: [...]
freelanceswitch.com
Freelance Switch offered great search visibility advice — for about five years ago.
The blog Freelance Switch just published an intriguing post, Getting Exposure On Search Engines, which addresses one of the most common questions freelance writers or other content producers have. Namely, how can I make myself easy to find online?” For freelancers especially this [...]
Everybody hates Truemors, but Guy Kawasaki doesn’t care.
IT Conversations: Guy Kawasaki, Kevin Smokler & Adam Goldstein
“Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with the founders of two new ventures.Guy Kawasaki, with his much-maligned new venture: truemors – dot – com and the creation of an MIT sophomore: booktour.com.” Interesting community editing effort. (tags: conversation criticism controversy news+biz accuracy [...]
STILL ON THE GO / Farewell column is a call to action for readers, writer
“As dissed and disregarded as major media might be by those who have a deep interest in shedding analysis and oversight, the priesthood of professional storytelling is something human society always has needed.” OK, this is a problem….
(tags: journalism news+biz mindset [...]
ap.google.com
Google News now publishes stories from AP and other news services directly.
Google Begins Hosting News on Its Site - Forbes.com
Google News now directly publishes stories from AP and 4 other major news services. “Could diminish traffic to newspaper and broadcast co sites where those stories and photos are also found, which could reduce their revenue [...]
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