December 10, 2009

Have you heard of Yammer yet? Think of it as Twitter for business - it's an online, information-sharing platform that enables employees across your organization to connect with each other.

October 21, 2009

It's become apparent that companies can't ignore social media. In fact, it seems companies large and small are finally realizing the power of social media to help them strengthen relationship with customers, employees and the general public.

August 26, 2009

Slowly but surely, companies are realizing that their employees are using social media both in and out of the workplace. I'm encouraged to see that more and more companies have begun harnessing the power of social media to connect and engage people internally.

August 21, 2009

I recently came across an astounding statistic - in 2007, press releases represented a $2.2 billion market.

August 11, 2009

Brilliant Ink got a nice shout-out last week from friend and colleague Dave Galanis on the Pebble Creek Partners blog. Thanks, Dave!

June 16, 2009

I recently came across an interesting blog post about the importance of having a social media policy. This got me thinking about the challenges of communicating policies and procedures to employees.

May 7, 2009

We recently came across a brilliant analysis conducted by blogger David Meerman Scott. He analyzed every press release distributed in the U.S. in 2008 and identified the top 25 most-used corporate cliches, which he calls "gobbledygook."

March 16, 2009

Remember our top 10 list of words to avoid like the plague? We've added two more, and we're taking suggestions.

February 25, 2009

Why is it that some of the warmest, intelligent, most articulate people I know construct some of the coldest, illegible emails? The good news is that there are a few easy, simple things you can do to make your emails more readable and personable.