Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

On Lying and Blogs

In some of the tech industry blogs I frequent, there has been much hubub surround the departure of Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang and what it means for the internet giant.  Of course this means publications everwhere want the scoop on what went down, who said what, and what the next steps for the company are.  Unfortunately, [...]

Choosing the right celebrity spokesperson…

As a mother, I have always tried to persuade my children to make healthy, nutritious food choices.  When my son was young his cereal of choice was sugar based and almost always had some toy inside that he just couldn’t live without.  I read with interest the 9/16/08 article in PR Week by Kimberly Maul read more and was reminded of [...]

Again? We’re honored!

For a second year in a row we have been anonymously nominated for the Blogger’s Choice Awards!
What a great feeling for our team of avid bloggers here at F.A.D.S.  We are honored and as my best friend Wiki told me “honour is as real to the human condition as love, and likewise derives from the [...]

We the People: Blog-fests Add New Twists for Politicos

The 2008 Democratic National Convention debuts August 25, 2008 as the world watches history being made.
 
Oh, it’s a big deal indeed!  Senator Barack Obama breaks an amazing racial barrier with his official nomination to become the next President of the United States.  No doubt there will be posturing and spin throughout the week – not [...]

Out with the old in with the new

We are in an industry and era where digital success equals company greatness. The hard part is proving it to the old fashioned. I just got an email from my good friend who decided to pack up and travel the world before settling down with his life. Staying in touch with someone who is traveling [...]

F.A.D.S. 2008 Best Marketing Blog!

With new design comes new opportunities!  We found out just this morning that your one-and-only spinsucks.com is nominated for best marketing blog by the Blogger’s Choice Awards!  And by somebody we don’t even know.  So thank you “lamsemjaza”, we appreciate the readership and the love for the nomination.
    So, if you hate spin and love FADS, [...]

Social media and PR: Molli and Brigitte share their thoughts

We went to the PRSA social media luncheon earlier this week, and it turned out to be pretty interesting. And the food was good, for a change! We weren’t going to blog about this. But yesterday, we saw that one of the panelists, the Chicago Tribune’s Eric Benderoff, blogged on it. As if that wasn’t [...]