Edelman doesn’t think blogs exist in Canada

I just caught a post about Edelman releasing their “A Corporate Guide to the Global Blogosphere” (click for download) in which they have “partnered with the leading blog research firm, Technorati, in order to identify the most influential bloggers in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, the United Kingdom, and the United States and to understand […]

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Corporate Blogging Survey - Does it have an impact on your business?

I have been putting together a list of the different Canadian Corporate Blogs - http://profectio.com/forde/2006/11/03/which-canadian-companies-are-blogging/. There have been a few more that others have pointed me to and I’ll be publishing the complete list shortly. In the interim I’d like to get your help.
Blogging has had a big impact on many businesses but […]

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PR Firms don’t get social media

I came across this interesting article on Biz-community.com entitled “Divided by language, but not by blogosphere” which shares some results from a survey of 1100 PR executives from agencies and corporations in the US and UK.
“Originally, the purpose of this survey was to compare and contrast blogging communication practices in the US and the UK […]

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Canada’s first Social Media Press Release hits the mark

Ed Lee’s all jazzed because he and the iStudio crew along with High Road Communications have released Canada’s first Social Media Press Release for their client Weblo.com which was originally developed by Shift Communications. Overall they did a great job on the layout to make sure all the pieces are there - Delicious, Digg, […]

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Corporate blogging - What is it really?

Need some help boys and girls… I wrote a post a few days ago with a list of different corporations across Canada that I’ve come across who are blogging. What is the general consensus on how to define “corporate blogging“?
Call me crazy but if it is a corporate blog, then shouldn’t it be […]

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Which Canadian companies are blogging?

Lots of Canadian companies have started adding blogs to their marketing initiatives, but it seems that there’s a lot less doing it then I’d thought by now. Here’s the ones that I can think of off the top of my head, who am I missing?
PR Firms:
http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/blogs
Media:
http://www.insidethecbc.com/
Technology:
http://www.r-mail.org/blog/
http://blog.qumana.com/
http://www.enquisite.com/blog/
http://www.freshbooks.com/
http://www.theblogstudio.com/index.php
http://tucowsblog.com/
http://weblog.bubbleshare.com
http://www.imapia.com/
http://dabbledb.com/blog
http://www.conceptshare.com/
http://www.jobloft.com
Search Engine Marketing:
http://www.traffick.com/
Are any Canadian advertising agencies blogging?
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Wired.com snaps up Reddit

Social news site Reddit was purchased by Wired (owned by Condé Nast) earlier today accrodign to TechCrunch.  Not bad for a 4 emolpyee company that’s been around for less then 2 years.  Just goes to show you that Jason Fried aka 37 Signals is definately right when he talks about making products that are simple.
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Will Apple join the conversation?

Just when I thought that my experience with Apple’s customer service was the exception the rule of how they operate as a one off I caught a post on Shel Israel’s  blog that points to a post from titled "Apple loses a customer."  Shel H. asks some great questions "Does Apple think for a minute […]

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From fad to fab - b5 media gets round of VC funding

Here’s yet another sign that the shift is happening. Many people thought that blogging was just a fad, hell some people still don’t think it will last. Rick Segal a Toronto based VC over at JLA Ventures has just made the official annoucement that they and Brightspark Ventures have invested in B5 media. […]

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Online publications force writers to adjust or retire

Don Dodge says “I don’t read newspapers or magazines anymore, at least not printed versions. I stopped subscribing 8 or 9 years ago“. As well he shares some insights about the shift from traditional print publications to online. I think it is fair to say that the writers of these publications also have […]

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