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CBP #01 Interview with NewComm co-founder Elizabeth Albrycht

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Podcast_symbol_badge_1Finally! Here's the first edition of the Corporate Blogging Podcast, the companion to The Corporate Blogging Book. The first show is an interview with Elizabeth Albrycht in Palo Alto, CA on March 1, 2006. Elizabeth is co-founder of the Society for New Communications Research and co-producer, with Jen McClure, of the NewComm Forum.

Podcasticon_1Download the show here (MP3, 12.9 MB, 14 mins) or sign up for the

Podcast_symbol_badge_1Finally! Here's the first edition of the Corporate Blogging Podcast, the companion to The Corporate Blogging Book. The first show is an interview with Elizabeth Albrycht in Palo Alto, CA on March 1, 2006. Elizabeth is co-founder of the Society for New Communications Research and co-producer, with Jen McClure, of the NewComm Forum.

Podcasticon_1Download the show here (MP3, 12.9 MB, 14 mins) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the CBP!) automatically.

Elizabeth_albrycht_1I'll post more show notes later but wanted to get this first edition up even though it's about 10 days since the interview. Still mastering the recording process, editing in Audacity, etc. Don't be too harsh. It's my first…

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CBP #01 Interview with NewComm co-founder Elizabeth Albrycht

Posted in the Category of Podcasting

Podcast_symbol_badge_1Finally! Here's the first edition of the Corporate Blogging Podcast, the companion to The Corporate Blogging Book. The first show is an interview with Elizabeth Albrycht in Palo Alto, CA on March 1, 2006. Elizabeth is co-founder of the Society for New Communications Research and co-producer, with Jen McClure, of the NewComm Forum. Podcasticon_1Download the show here (MP3, 12.9 MB, 14 mins) or sign up for Podcast_symbol_badge_1Finally! Here's the first edition of the Corporate Blogging Podcast, the companion to The Corporate Blogging Book. The first show is an interview with Elizabeth Albrycht in Palo Alto, CA on March 1, 2006. Elizabeth is co-founder of the Society for New Communications Research and co-producer, with Jen McClure, of the NewComm Forum. Podcasticon_1Download the show here (MP3, 12.9 MB, 14 mins) or sign up for the RSS feed to get it (and future editions of the CBP!) automatically. Elizabeth_albrycht_1I'll post more show notes later but wanted to get this first edition up even though it's about 10 days since the interview. Still mastering the recording process, editing in Audacity, etc. Don't be too harsh. It's my first go…

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Edelman is wading - happily - into the new field of blogger relations with its Wal-Mart blogger camp

Posted in the Category of Fortune 500 Blogs and Stuff

There's a must-read article in today's NYTimes on the issue of blogger relations: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in PR Campaign. The article talks about Edelman PR's efforts to feed tidbits to a group of bloggers to generate positive coverage for the corporation (which is being criticized by pro-union activists for paying low wages and not offering health benefits).

Lee Odden posted to Business

There's a must-read article in today's NYTimes on the issue of blogger relations: Wal-Mart Enlists Bloggers in PR Campaign. The article talks about Edelman PR's efforts to feed tidbits to a group of bloggers to generate positive coverage for the corporation (which is being criticized by pro-union activists for paying low wages and not offering health benefits).

Lee Odden posted to Business Blog Consulting with an entry titled: Wal-Mart Blog PR Backfires. I don't think that's quite accurate. In fact, the blogger campaign seems to be working quite nicely. And I'm not sure there's anything wrong with it. I responded with this comment (my words are in italics):

The NYTimes brings up lots of issues to ponder:

[snip]

- Are some citizen journalists - aka bloggers - unaware of journalistic conventions like quoting, attributing sources, checking facts, etc.? Seems likely to me. (Although I don’t…

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So what’s Charlene Li’s ROI on blogging?

Posted in the Category of CEO Bloggers and ROI and Stuff

Charlene_li It's, er, over 5,000 percent. That's based on her calculation that her $14.95 / month account with TypePad triggered $1 million in new business for Forrester last year. Charlene, who's a principal analyst for Forrester based in San Francisco, blogs here. She gave an excellent speech last week at the NewComm Forum in Palo Alto. (Here she is answering audience questions on Friday March 3,

Charlene_li It's, er, over 5,000 percent. That's based on her calculation that her $14.95 / month account with TypePad triggered $1 million in new business for Forrester last year. Charlene, who's a principal analyst for Forrester based in San Francisco, blogs here. She gave an excellent speech last week at the NewComm Forum in Palo Alto. (Here she is answering audience questions on Friday March 3, 2006.)

I'm always studying other speakers to see what presentation techniques they use. Charlene's speaking style is notable for her warmth and authenticity - along with lots of Forrester stats to chew on. She mentioned her kids several times and also asked the audience for input.

When giving examples of corporate blogs she went deeper than showing a screenshot.…

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Hangin’ with Robert and Shel at the NewComm Forum

Posted in the Category of Events

Deb_robert_shelBoy, there's nothing more fun than hangin' with other book authors when you've finished writing... last time I saw Robert Scoble and Shel Israel (co-authors of Naked Conversations) was at the Blog Business Summit in San Francisco in August 2005. Back then I was still more or less in a state of paralysis, having signed the book contract about six weeks earlier. I dived into the writing for real Deb_robert_shelBoy, there's nothing more fun than hangin' with other book authors when you've finished writing... last time I saw Robert Scoble and Shel Israel (co-authors of Naked Conversations) was at the Blog Business Summit in San Francisco in August 2005. Back then I was still more or less in a state of paralysis, having signed the book contract about six weeks earlier. I dived into the writing for real in late August and finished the manuscript for The Corporate Blogging Book on Jan. 2, 2006. Here we are at the NewComm Forum in Palo Alto on March 2, 2006. Another version of this photo on Flickr. Technorati: , , ,

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A plethora of blog book authors at NewComm Forum

Posted in the Category of Events

Blog_authors_slideJust got back from the terrific and stimulating NewComm Forum in Palo Alto, CA. Six blog book authors were there so I put together this slide for attendees of my panel on corporate blogging case studies featuring Jeremiah Owyang for Hitachi Data Systems and Paul Rosenfeld for Intuit's QuickBooks online.

From top left, Publish & Prosper by D.L. Byron et al; The Corporate Blogging Book by yours

Blog_authors_slideJust got back from the terrific and stimulating NewComm Forum in Palo Alto, CA. Six blog book authors were there so I put together this slide for attendees of my panel on corporate blogging case studies featuring Jeremiah Owyang for Hitachi Data Systems and Paul Rosenfeld for Intuit's QuickBooks online.

From top left, Publish & Prosper by D.L. Byron et al; The Corporate Blogging Book by yours truly; Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel; The Weblog Handbook by Rebecca Blood; Blog Marketing by Jeremy Wright and Blogging for Business by Shel Holtz and Ted Demopolous.

And here's the Squidoo page on corporate blogging I created in lieu of a handout.

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