Good and bad blogger outreach

At this point, I’ve been to half a dozen social media unconferences, and at almost all of them, there has been much discussion about how/why/if PR and marketing folks should “reach out” to The Bloggers.

Should PR and marketing departments be embracing social media? Of course they should; and fortunately, a lot of them seem to be past the if and focusing on the how. But for some reason, that’s where there seems to be a major roadblock to understanding.
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Quote of the night, from the Net2 meeting

“PodCamp Atlanta changed my life.” - Julie Squires

Without a doubt, that’s going in the promotional materials for 2008!

Also, Tim Moenk said something about web 2.0 stuff being a “lifestyle choice.” It was both funny and insightful, but I can’t remember the exact quote, so I can’t post it. Oh, and also, there was conversation about the difference between willingly putting information about yourself out there, vs. the government or whoever else taking such information against your will (and without your knowledge). Why aren’t more people talking about this rather obvious distinction?

Haven’t gotten around to fixing my CSS on the permalink page yet. Remember: patience is a virtue, dear readers.