So I’m going to be part of a panel discussion that will focus on blended search.  I think it will be interesting.  Then again, I’ve spent a good amount of time studying the topic in the past few weeks so I’m biased.  Also, I’m the one speaking so that makes me even a little more [...]

HARO (Help a Reporter Out) is launching a host of new features to support their system, which connects journalists and bloggers (let’s call them content producers) with PR/marketing folks interested in getting coverage. According to most accounts, HARO was launched as a Facebook group in 2007 (although HARO had probably been manifesting organically through founder [...]

Business Wire recently announced the launch of “unique features that ‘super-charge’ press releases.”  After spending several minutes trying to slice my way through marketing sludge (that included an actual reference to “global-mobile-social-measurable features”) I think I managed to distill the following: Increased mobile distribution – Business Wire will be distributing content via the mobile applications [...]

File sharing company drop.io is currently working on a news release creation tool called PressLift.  PRNewser’s Joe Ciarallo provided a good synopsis of PressLift this past week. Without taking a deep dive into the product, the key components seem to include: A basic CMS that will provide users with the ability to create a Web [...]