Doug Haslam

Twitter less relevant? Justin Kownacki pointed me to this post by Jeff Pulver noting that the increasing use of geo-location social tools like Foursquare and Gowalla have made Twitter instantly a little less relevant. While I see the point tht the “I’m here now” Twitter messages by the heavy-user social media crowd have largely moved to Foursquare, [...]

Do Bloggers Understand the Differences Between PR and Advertising? Should They (Will They) Care? Jason Falls brings up in a post the notion that bloggers don’t understand the difference between PR and advertising, highlighted by the fact that some bloggers, when pitched by PR, ask for, in essence, a “pay for play” arrangement. Right or [...]

SXSW: Geek Spring Break or Great Business Opportunity? I debated whether or not writing something about SXSW Interactive was even relevant for me, but then realized a lot of the people that read this blog are at the conference as I write this. The most-asked question about SXSWi is, is it “Geek Spring Break,” or [...]

Facebook URLs in Ads- The ”New Way” or Fad? Edelman’s Steve Rubel points out the emerging trend of companies adding Facebook fan page URLS to their advertising, and raises the question, are the  on-domain URLS dying in terms of advertising. Steve seems to doubt it, and I definitely do. Facebook remains hot and may be for a [...]