A word for companies that still don’t have a blog

You would be surprised if you knew how many companies are still doubting in this social networking day and age, whether they should start a blog or not.

Although blogging might sound ‘old school’ to the first movers out there, the reality is different. Blogs are social media and often the hub of social media.

And, yes, many companies still have to be convinced. When companies consider starting their own blog or even joining the conversations on other people’s blogs these good intentions still often bring with them dozens of questions. ‘Should we blog?’ ‘What should we blog about?’ ‘What about the legal aspects?’ ‘What if we receive negative feedback?’ ‘Where do we start?’
For those companies: some arguments why they finally might take a risk.

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Social media and PR

I might be repeating myself but social media are really affecting everything. Including PR.

Here are some takeaways from a blog post on Marketing Advisor about the influence of the social media marketing revolution on public relations.

According to a certain Joel Leyden the new and relevant media news channels are Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and SEO optimized Web and news content. 

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