These days, retirement income just doesn’t go as far as it used to. In fact, many people have watched their retirement savings disappear during the recession. I recently read an article in BusinessWeek about this very subject.
As a result of this, many retirees are realizing they need some kind of supplemental income to cover them [...]
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Remember when people used to call the Internet a fad? “Oh, that Internet thing will never last. A bunch of connected computers … what’s the point?”
The same type of thing has happened with CEO blogs. A lot of folks “in the know” started out saying that CEO blogging would never take off, because CEOs aren’t [...]
Blogs in the News, CEO Blogs | brandon | March 18, 2007 9:03 am | Comments (0)
Sony CEO Jack Tretton recently threw down a gauntlet that was immediately accepted, mostly by tech bloggers.
In a overwhelming fit of corporate pride, Tretton said he would pay $1,200 for any PlayStation 3 (PS3) still on the store shelves. The bounty was testament to Tretton’s belief that the PS3 was such a hot seller you [...]
Blogs in the News, CEO Blogs | brandon | March 8, 2007 7:17 am | Comments (0)
I’m working on a chronicle of CEO blogs from a media coverage perspective — early predictions that turned out to be false, that kind of thing.
In the meantime, I thought you might find this USA Today story interesting. It’s from May 2005, and it gives reasons why CEOs are resistant to getting “tangled up in [...]
Blogs in the News | brandon | February 10, 2007 10:13 am | Comments (0)
Next week at Philadelphia University, Christopher Barger of IBM will speak about blogs, RSS feeds, wikis and other elements of Web 2.0.
Event summary follows:
Catch Up on Web 2.0 for Business
A “how to” seminar designed for corporate marketing, communications and public relations executives. Hear details, examples and advice from professionals using the new [...]
Blogs in the News | brandon | January 3, 2007 8:32 am | Comments (0)
A recent article at iMediaConnection.com talks about corporate blogging in general, and the blogs of GM, Sun Microsystems and Wells Fargo in particular.
One particular part of this article rings true for me, when the author states:
“The best corporate blogs shed their corporate happy talk and speak to people in the same tone and manner [...]
Blogs in the News, CEO Blogs, Corporate Blogs | brandon | December 2, 2006 4:39 pm | Comments (0)
Corporate blogs have been in the news a lot lately. In the first press release listed below, the author seems skeptical that blogs will become mainstream in the corporate world. Is it just me, or does this run contrary to the fact that the author is writing a press release about corporate blogs?
I see people [...]
Blogs in the News, Corporate Blogs | brandon | December 1, 2006 5:39 am | Comments (0)
Christopher Cox, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said he was intrigued by the idea of letting companies use Weblogs to disseminate important corporate information.
It seems he even has a favorite blogger. The chairman has invited Sun Microsystems chief Jonathan Schwartz to speak to the SEC about making company disclosures through blogs. Schwartz blogs [...]
Blogs in the News, Corporate Blogs | brandon | November 26, 2006 8:34 am | Comments (0)
Alan Meckler, CEO of JupiterMedia, got some coverage recently for using his blog to openly discuss down trends in the company’s stock.
Regardless of where you sit on the blogging fence, you have to admire the man’s honesty. Just look at the frank, anti-sugar-coating manner in which he opens the blog post:
“Seeing your stock price get [...]
Blogs in the News, CEO Blogs | brandon | 8:26 am | Comments (0)