Paul Gillin

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Recent Writings: Negativity, Social Gaffes and Farewell to Case Studies

Paul Gillin

The article notes that Epson reported that revenue per visitor nearly doubled after it started including customer reviews on its site. Once the legal department gets involved in approvals, most meaningful content gets sucked out of the article. It’s not the concept of the case study I don’t like; it’s the format.

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This Brand Ambassador Program Goes Against the Grain

Paul Gillin

The PR agency for a startup called Social Rebate has been asking bloggers to comment on the company’s somewhat novel approach to brand ambassadorship. Related articles. I have some strong feelings about this topic, so I’ll oblige. Human beings just don’t work that way. I am an Influenster! and a BzzAgent).

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Microsoft Down, But Hardly Out

Paul Gillin

A new article by Kurt Eichenwald in Vanity Fair paints a dismal picture of Microsoft’s performance over the last decade and doesn’t offer much optimism for the future. The article is currently available only in the printed edition of VF, but you can find a summary here and dig up scans of the printed piece if you look around a bit. .”

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Thrilled to be Mentioned in the Company of These Phenomenal B2B Bloggers

Paul Gillin

I was stunned and thrilled to be included with phenomenal bloggers like Jeremiah Owyang , Seth Godin , Ann Handley and Brian Solis. I keep a list of all my posts and articles on Delicious in more-or-less reverse chronological order. Here’s the infographic. Thanks to DNN for the very nice compliment!

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How Much Should You Pay For Content?

Paul Gillin

I recently noticed a bylined article by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter on a Cisco promotional website. Cree Lighting blogger and former newspaper reporter Ginny Skalski. If you choose to hire a journalist as a corporate blogger, you’re in good company. And I’ll bet he was happy to have the work.

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B2B Blogging Gets Publishing Discipline

Paul Gillin

The program is backed by an editorial calendar and a roster of bloggers selected for their communication skills and ability to address different audience segments. The team posted 30 articles in February, along with 10 videos, giving both their audience and Google plenty of reason to come back.

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The Trouble with Klout

Paul Gillin

Both are sought-after speakers and the subject of extensive Wikipedia articles. Except that Klout doesn’t currently monitor blogs, other than those on Google’s Blogger service. Andreessen (below left) invented the browser, cofounded Netscape and is one of the fathers of the modern Internet.