I’m a bit late this week! Apologies! And rather than talking about your social media newsroom which I will discuss next week, I thought we should look at the social media press release first. So today’s episode will consider how the social media release differs from the traditional press release, why you might want to use one and how you create one.
Today’s show runs a little long. Just goes to show that as soon as I dispense with the script, I talk twice as much! I apologise for the length - I will aim to bring it back under 30 minutes for next week.
In this week’s podcast I discuss the online conversation. In it, we will look at what the online conversation is and how you can get involved with it. We will also discuss what to expect when you do get involved with the conversation and we will touch on how the conversation is changing. In fact, Web 2.0 is just one big conversation – that’s what makes it unique. But there are ways to work with it, and ways not to work with it. Irrespective though, if you are at all concerned with using the internet for communication or promotion, then you simply must be involved in the conversation to some degree.
In the news we will take a look at the pros and cons of allowing employees access to social media and the ability to blog. This is a long standing conversation which unfortunately is still in the news as there are plenty of employers who feel that allowing employees that access will result in security violations, reputation issues and time wasting. We will also revisit Mr Mathew Firsht, who has won his libel suit against the false Facebook profile producing Mr Raphael. This item is complimented by another article which sees social media in the courts which raises the question of how much fact checking must be done when using the internet as a source.
Your resource from across the pond is Brian Solis’s blog, PR 2.0.
I look forward to your feedback on how the podcast sounds. And to warn you in advance – the sock didn’t work so I will try something else next week.