Writing on the web since 2003

Google Notebook is a great little tool – it allows you to clip information you find on the web and store it in a central notebook. Here a few ways marketers might be able to make use of it.

David Phillips certainly thinks so. He has posted some interesting analysis using Alexa traffic statistics.

One reason I write a blog is to create a network of contacts that I couldn’t have otherwise created. One frustration with blogging has been not knowing who the majority of my blog readers are, and not having a way to connect with them other than through blog posts and comments.

E-consultancy reports a piece of research by CDMS claiming that 31% of the UK’s top companies are failing to comply with EU directives on Privacy and Electronic Communications.

My feedreader is awash with predictions, tips and hints for surviving 2007 in the world of marketing and public relations. The MarketingSherpa Marketing Wisdom 2007 is one of the best I’ve seen.

The BBC has an interesting story about French social networking site, Peuplade.

Late last year the UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), of which I’m a member, published its discussion paper on social media. I’ve finally had a chance to respond with my thoughts.

UK marketers and businesses may not be aware of some new rules for UK companies using websites and email that were introduced on 1 January 2007.

Many bloggers use Feedburner to republish their RSS feeds. Feedburner has now launched a blog statistics service too, but how does it compare to other stats services?

ProBlogger Darren Rowse has a good good post updating on a new blog he set up in 2006.