Selling government data is not a bad business to be in however there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. As this review of Intelius indicates, there is certainly a pretty sketchy way of monetizing public records.
Starting a Public Relations Firm
I talked with Joyce Truban Curry, CEO and Founder of C3 Communications, today on my first show with Webmaster Radio this afternoon and had an opportunity to learn a little about her experiences getting involved with public relations and starting her agency. Joyce is a traditionalist who believes in the value of relationships and also, [...]
Putting Social Networking in Perspective
Last week I participated in a forum on social networking hosted by the Tech Council of Maryland and sponsored by Vocus. The event prompted Rebecca McClay at the Gazette to put together a couple of stories synthesizing some of the opinions and thoughts from some of the speakers at the event: Cool, hot, sexy things [...]
Maryland Tech Council – Growing your Business through Social Media
I spoke yesterday at an event produced by the Maryland Tech Council on ‘Growing your Business through Social Media’. The topic focused on using social media to create press. My focus was primarily on the evolution of the press release and the incorporation of social media elements into the form and practices surrounding the press [...]
Growing your Business through Social Media
The Tech Council of Maryland will be holding a conference that will serve as something of a basic primer on social media for area professionals. I’ll be speaking on a panel along with IJ Hudson, Director of Communications for Garson Claxton LLX (and former NBC technology reporter) as well as Adam Bavel, Special Events Coordinator [...]
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How Start-ups Should think about PR
November 9, 2011
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The “All New” PitchEngine
November 1, 2011
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Facebook’s approach to privacy in product releases (aka shoot first and ask questions later)
October 13, 2011
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Comcast – Continuing to Fail at Customer Support and Communication
August 29, 2011
- Central Desktop – So Close and Yet So Far August 20, 2011
- Review of Traffic Geyser March 17, 2008
- Thoughts on Marketwire’s “Social Media 2.0″ February 6, 2008
- Vocus Response on White Paper E-Mail May 23, 2007
- Cisco’s Approach to Second Life July 9, 2008
- Getting Started with Social Media April 16, 2007
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Jiyan is co-founder and CEO of BuildZoom.com. Any opinions or insights represented here are likely those of BuildZoom as well unless they are perceived negatively, in which case they are the sole domain of someone not affiliated with Jiyan nor BuildZoom.


