Doug Haslam

I came across a couple of social media contests recently that intrigued me. The first is from a blog called “Create Business Growth” that has a drawing for $335 worth of podcasting equipment. All you have to do to enter is subscribe to the RSS feed– and notify the blogger. I did that, so let’s [...]

Welcome to the PRobecast, Episode 21 of Topaz Partners’ weekly PR-related podcast. This week, we record from the lovely Blue Shutters Inn facing good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, MA, with a bigger than usual gang of suspects. Tony Sapienza, Todd Van Hoosear, Susan Koutalakis, Tim Allik, Doug Haslam and Adam Zand discuss: “Don’t Be This [...]

Chris Brogan, Mochant, Kosso at Boston TweetUp Last night I attended one of the several Boston “Tweetups” that have been gathering lately. These are meetings of people who converse regularly on Twitter, but value face-to-face meetings as well. This TweetUp included several prolific Twitterers, including PodCamp founder Chris Brogan, blogger/storyteller/ZDNet columnist Marc Orchant, and John [...]

Just posted the 20th episode of Probecast, Topaz Partners’ weekly PR-related podcast. This week, Rob Capra, Adam Zand and I discuss: Liveblogging and sports: should the NCAA have expelled a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter/blogger from an NCAA baseball tournament? Plus, the NCAA blog has an interesting response. The New York Islanders embrace hockey bloggers. PR Measurement [...]

Another cross-post from Tech PR Gems of show notes from our PRobecast PR podcast. I’m not in it this week, but it’s still good: In this episode of PRobecast, Topazers Todd Van Hoosear, Tony Sapienza, and Tim Allik mind-meld over the following: Ghostblogging: The final chapter. Todd tells us he has the answer to the [...]

Well, it appears I have been “tagged” with a blogging meme. My friend Scott Monty at the Social Media Marketing Blog looked at his most popular blog posts in terms of traffic. Such an exercise might seem egotistical– it is, for me anyway– but it does put one’s writing in perspective. What gets the most [...]

The Topaz partners PRobecast is back with Episode 18 after a holiday week. [splashcast VBMB8367UC CONJ1736AG] This week Tim Allik and Adam Zand join me to discuss: Introducing our new, user-friendly URL: PRobecast.com The Nikon D80 blogger outreach campaign. Good, ethical PR or blogola? “Flea” unmasked. Doctor/defendant in malpractice case unmasked. Anonymous blogging, and watch [...]