links for 2005-10-11

PR folks are quickly figuring out blogs and podcasts (tags: Blogs PR Podcasting)

SiliconBeat: Digg gets $2.8 Mil Funding another “public as the news editor” site (tags: Aggregation VC) e-fluentials – Advocacy Drives Growth “finding a link between word of mouth recommendations and sales performance” (tags: WordOfMouth MarketResearch) LookSmart Expands Vertical Search 131 new verticals added (tags: VerticalSearch)

Last week I had the good fortune to be able to present a talk on effective writing for social media at a half day writing workshop led by my friend Don Bates, a professor at George Washington University and a long-time PR practitioner who frequently teaches people how to write more gooder 🙂

I have enjoyed photography for quite a few years now, ever since I picked up a Canon EOS Rebel film camera nearly a decade ago. In recent years, I have switched to digital and have become a bit more serious with my photography.

TechCrunch reviews the latest version of Attensa, an RSS reader that integrates with Outlook, and notes that: Attensa is aggresively adding features to compete with other readers and has an excellent product suite. However, some (including Jeff Nolan) have stopped using Attensa’s Outlook product because of reported difficulties in making these third party applications work…

Bacon’s acquisition trend continues, this time by picking up broadcast monitoring firm Multivision.  From the press release: Bacon’s Information, Inc., a provider of media research, distribution, monitoring and evaluation services for public relations, marketing and corporate communications professionals, today announced the acquisition of Multivision, Inc, a broadcast monitoring and media management company headquartered in Oakland,…