Archive for April, 2007

Blog Attacks

Posted by Ruth Atherley of AHA Creative Strategies on April 16th, 2007

There is a bit of a debate going on about creating a blogging code of conduct. Tim O’Reilly, one of the visionaries of Web 2.0 and blogging has put a draft code of conduct on his site.

It is a question that we are often asked by clients – what happens if someone comes on a blog and posts negative, derogatory or nasty comments? We feel very strongly in free speech and the right to disagree, agree, provide feedback – good and bad – and discuss, converse and engage with each other. BUT – what happens when it gets nasty?…

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Posted in: Blog,Blogging,Online Communications,Reputation

Apologies, See-Through CEOs And Why PR People Are Still Valuable …

Posted by Ruth Atherley of AHA Creative Strategies on April 10th, 2007

First off, I owe the readers of this blog an apology – my last entry was too long ago and I have committed the worst blogging sin possible … NOT blogging!!! This is exactly what we tell our clients not to do…and here, I have gone and done it. Being too busy is no excuse. My apologies. It won’t happen again.

There is a great article in the April issue of Wired Magazine entitled The See-Through CEO written by Clive Thompson. In it, Mr. Thompson writes about the power of blogging – and the challenges. He also put his money…

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Posted in: Blog,Blogging