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New blog from a no-nonsense PR guy I like...

Posted by Matt Kucharski on September 25, 2006 at 1:44 PM

Ed Moed of Peppercom, a member of the Lumin Collaborative with PSB, has started a new blog called Measuring Up. His most recent posting, regarding the debate over paying for "time" v.s. paying for "results," is worth a read (along with comments from yours truly and others).

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The Self-Reflecting Blog

Posted by Bob Brin on September 23, 2006 at 1:08 PM

When developing your own blog you're not just talking to yourself . . . or just your friends. Nielsen BuzzMetrics (buzz measurement company) demonstrates the self-reflecting blog on Engagement by Engagement. It's evidently the place to go for those who attend their upcoming conference by the same title. I couldn't tell what they were talking about because it's mostly about how excited Nielsen is about their conference and yet it was difficult to find a link to the information about the conference.

My name is Stephanie and ... I’ll be buzzy covering the (one more) buzz at the upcoming Consumer Engagement Conference. . .

Hello! ... I’m engaged – to consumer engagement that is . .

There's a good video post on the site. Noah Brier of NoahBrier.com says,"The thing I don't understand about engagement is why it's new . . . This whole idea about engagement seems so obvious . . .." It's also posted on Revver.com.

Blog visitors can link in from many different places and contexts and if you're all buzzy about your own buzz and engaged in your own engagement, maybe you're just talking to the mirror.

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In Thailand, "Coup" must mean "Election"

Posted by Matt Kucharski on September 20, 2006 at 8:04 AM

Checked in with Tom Van Blarcom, head of our Worldcom Group partner office in Bangkok yesterday regarding the coup. Here's some perspective via email from someone with feet on the street:

Fun, fun, fun in the City of Angels (Bangkok's name in Thai - not LA).

We're all fine - this is my 3rd coup in 22 years , it's getting easy.

These things are very peaceful - today has been declared an official holiday here, but generally everyone is going about their business normally. Most of us are here in the office. Rumors are still rampant (interestingly we knew four hours ahead of time - Bangkok is not a great place for secrets), but we are assuming that business will be back to normal by tomorrow.

Our concern is how it might play out economically - we shall see.

Fun fun, fun.
TVB

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Tom Van Blarcom
Managing Director

TQPR (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

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