A broad spectrum of the blogosphere is covered in the third in the series of Follow Friday Five. This regular post has adapted the twitter concept of Follow Friday to the world of blogs and suggests five that you might want to dip into or add to your RSS reader …on a Friday.
As ever there is plenty of PR, meeja and a smattering of some other stuff too. If you have a spare five minutes today why not have a look at them.
1 WebInkNow David Meerman Scott is an undoubted thought leader in the field of digital public relations. His global best seller ‘The New Rules of Marketing & PR’ has been translated into 22 languages and his latest work ‘World Wide Rave’ was published this week. This is definitely the Friday to be reading the work of Mr Scott. Dig deep into his blog there’s plenty of thought provoking stuff.
2. Charles on… anything that comes along Charles Arthur is Technology Editor of the Guardian and this is his personal blog. What you’ll find here is thoughtful, insightful and phenomenally well informed. He’s considered to be dismissive of much of the PR industry but in reality he just plays it straight. He provided me with a great introduction to twitter when we conducted a heated debate across the network about whether or not Andy Murray’s twitter presence had been a PR led decision (I still think I was right!)
3. Mange Tout This is the brand new blog from Steve Taylor, Head of Marketing and Communications at Sue Ryder Care . They are his personal musings but Steve is a former journalst and his musings make great reading. Before he was a hack Steve was a snapper and this week there is a riveting first hand recollection of his experiences covering the miners strike in the early eighties as a freelance photographer.
4. Blendingthemix The work of social media maestro Paul Fabretti, these observations are based on real knowledge and understanding of the sphere. There has been lots written this week about the foray by skittles.com into social networks. I think you’ll find Paul’s views enlightening.
5. PRBlogger.com Steve Davies is a PR guy with a personal blog that focuses on public relations and social globalisation. He means that too, recently he covered PR in the Czech Republic. The blog has been going since 2005 but recently relauched with a great new look.
They are all worth a visit so my final word is leave this blog to go and visit one (or all) of the above. TGIF.
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