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	Phil's Blogservations Thursday, January 30, 2003 Posted by philgomes 11:22 AM More On The ZD Auction: So, it's come to this? Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Posted by philgomes 11:34 AM You Know Tech Publishing Is Bad When... ...ZD puts its Tech Update staff up for auction on eBay. Friday, January 24, 2003 Posted by philgomes 12:41 AM G2B Group & Techdirt Describe "Enterprise Blogging": Techdirt's Mike Masnick and I wrote "Elevating the Information Function" for ExpertPR. The article discusses a novel remedy for something that continues to waste companies' PR budgets: managing industry information and intelligence. Techdirt's Corporate Intelligence folks have a mighty good idea — the outsourced "enterprise blog" — that provides digestible, just-in-time information and *gasp* actual analysis, which is lacking in the average "tracker" or "news scan." I and the other G2B Group members find the enterprise blog concept very compelling. Thursday, January 23, 2003 Posted by philgomes 12:21 PM The Art Of Email Newsletters: Thanks to all for the great interest in Tapeout. While we're on the subject, here's an article about authoring great email newsletters with "personality." Tuesday, January 21, 2003 Posted by philgomes 7:48 PM Jan. 2003 Tapeout Is Online: Just finished uploading the January 2003 edition of G2B Group's Tapeout newsletter. Enjoy! Friday, January 17, 2003 Posted by philgomes 1:31 PM Interviewed On Blogging: Available on the G2B Group site — and thoughtfully blogged in Dan Gillmor's eJournal — is my most recent interview on blogging. This ran in the Jan. 6, 2003, edition of Ragan's Media Relations Report. More excerpts will be available when the January 2003 Tapeout newsletter publishes, which should be very soon. Wednesday, January 15, 2003 Posted by philgomes 11:59 AM Stop Complaining About Pop-Up Ads: They're there 'cause they work... and it's just your damned fault that they do! Posted by philgomes 11:58 AM Blogservations Roars...Limps...Back After Hiatus: Many apologies. I mean, I get so many great emails from you folks, which read like a variation of "I want my MTV!" I'm sorry that it's been nearly a month since the last update. Things have been incredibly topsy-turvy, so I thank you for your patience. Postings are resuming now. And, boy, do I have a lot to say... First, Ragan's Media Relations Report interviewed me, Kevin Dugan, and others for an article on blogging. Can't give you a link 'cause it's a subscription-based newsletter. Here are some excerpts, though: Many journalists have started their own blogs, explains Phil Gomes, co-founder of ... communications firm G2B Group, and writer of his own blog at http://www.philgomes.com/. "Many blogs are run by highly influential folks who, by building a blog, offer previously unavailable insight into their work," Gomes says. Why have blogs, which have been around since the dawn of the Internet, become hot stuff now? "Many in so-called traditional media use the major blogs as tip sheets," Gomes explains. (That’s how news of Trent Lott’s previous careless comments about Strom Thurmond’s segregationist past made national news.) Gomes’ advice: "Look at Blogdex or Daypop to see what kind of content tends to disseminate through the blogging community.Both are listings of the most ‘blogged’ stories on the Web, and are always a first-thing-in-the-morning browser destination for me." "The problem is usually that PR folks who try to pitch a blog do so while masquerading as a member of the community," he explains. "Big no-no. If they must pitch a blog, they must determine whether the blog offers reader — or PR — contributions." HOME | OBSESSIONS | FAQ | HEROES | CAREER | BLOG | CONTACT Note that the views expressed on this site do not necessarily reflect those of Phil's employer, its business partners, its clients, or anyone or anything that doesn't come from Phil.	ABOUT THIS BLOG This blog not only discusses PR and media matters, but Phil's everyday observations about a variety of topics. EMAIL phil[at] philgomes[[dot}]com SYNDICATE Feedburner ARCHIVE YAHOO! IM SKYPE WISH LIST PITCH POLICY MY PHOTOS www.flickr.com Photostream RSS Enter your Email Powered by FeedBlitz COMMENT AND TRACKBACK POLICY Comments and trackbacks are unmoderated, though I will delete the patently offensive ones. Any comments and trackbacks are the opinions of the individual writer of those comments and trackbacks, and not those of Phil Gomes, his employer, its clients, or its business partners. If you have a bone to pick, bug the people who wrote the comment or trackback.