Business Ethics Matter
W e’ve all seen the news about Facebook recently and how they enable businesses willing to spend money with them, including foreign governments and sleaze bag firms like Camb
A Great Debate on Gaming the System: Social Media Shilling
There’s a good discussion going on Twitter right now about social media shilling, aka “please tweet (blog, lifestream, status update, fan, etc.) this for a client”
2 more speaking gigs lined up: one for P…
2 more speaking gigs lined up: one for PRSA (Advanced Twitter course) on July 16th and another at https://www.typeamomconference.com in September (24-27), 2009.
FTC takes on blogger compensation, among other things
Brandweek has a heads up on some interesting developments going on at the FTC. As you know, the EU implemented some rules back in 2007 regarding fake bloggers and astroturfing, wit
Add another unethical company to the list: Magpie
In the ongoing saga of “How Will Twitter Make Money?”, Read Write Web has a story that a company called Magpie offering to help you monetize your personal Twitter accou
Yeah, we can create buzz!
Oh, you meant real buzz? Well, we can definitely create fake accounts and try! Comsumerist brings us a classic case of an agency (Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications) lying to i
Strike two for Debbie Weil?
I’m not going to make a big deal out of this because, in all fairness, it may have been out of necessity. And while I grew up in metro Detroit with access to CBC, I don’
PR, food, blogs… and sweat
I’m blogging from the PRSA Food & Beverage chapter conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Today’s sessions included product launches, new media, organics and su
Recap: Blogger ethics in Ann Arbor this morning
I had the pleasure of presenting an updated version of my “Blogger Relations: Rules of the Road” presentation to members of the Ann Arbor PR Council this morning. Agenc
Ethics debate will never die, just multiply (colors)
Forgive me for the lame Ice-T reference, but much like Ice-T’s acting career when that song came out, the topic of ethics and the web are in its infancy — so don’