I’m sure I’m joining at least several dozen other people in posting about this conference, ambitiously titled “Blogging Goes Mainstream: Is Your Company Ready?” Seems to have a lot of blog glitterati (blogeratti?) on the speaker’s list. Or people that I assume are blogeratti; as neophytes, we’re just starting to get to know the big boys. People like Robert Scoble, Steve Rubel - no, not that Steve Rubell - this is a different kind of disco king. And, even more intriguingly to me and perhaps Nick, Stowe Boyd. I say “even more intriguingly” because Boyd’s folks actually picked up our press release yesterday and wrote a neat little blurb about it - which, of course, we also blogged about. So, tip #1 for the day: DO include mention of your blog in a press release. Reuters might ignore it, but Corante won’t. Even better, if they make a small slip in terms of reporting, and you write them and post a comment - THEY CORRECT IT RIGHT AWAY! Another shout out to the blog reporter (blogger? reblogger?) Dominic Basulto for a fast response.

Anyway, my point is, I am interested to see how all this plays out. I wonder if the folks from Blogspotting or the imposing David Kiley of Brand New Day will be there. If not, I wonder if that means anything? I don’t know if they’d be considered mainstream media, or bloggers, or both. Tip #2: there’s more than ever to watch on the internet in terms of marketing these days….so either stop sleeping or try and pick carefully what you do watch.

JF

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005 at 11:20 am and is filed under General, Diary of a Business Blog.