Google became the dominant search engine yet it didn’t air a single TV ad until last year’s Super Bowl. Image Courtesy of Flickr user cgallent. Public Relations vs. Advertising. Earned media vs. Paid media. Huge budgets vs. tiny ones.  Advertising and Public Relations have been engaged in a love-hate relationships for decades. What’s more effective? What offers better ROI? How should they work together? Should they work together? For years, advertising has been the big brother in this often tenuous relationship. Need to make budget cuts? Take it from PR. Of course not. MORE >>

This problem defied engineers for years until a man named John Davis, who had no experience in the oil industry, solved it. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Try Looking Outside to Solve the Problems Inside Tue, Feb 9, 2010 Best Practices , Social Media Quick – who recently said this in reference to his organization’s social media efforts? What social media or Government 2.0 MORE >>

When was the last time: Image courtesy of Flickr user Search Engine People Blog Someone spent their own money to purchase promotional items to help build awareness and get more people to participate? Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media When Was the Last Time Your Intranet Empowered Anyone? Sat, Jun 26, 2010 Enterprise 2.0 This post originally appeared on AIIM’s Enterprise 2.0 The Whole. MORE >>

problem, at least from an engineering perspective, is generally something that must be solved to make something work. problem, at least from an engineering perspective, is generally something that must be solved to make something work. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Development Social Media Disagreements and Debates Are Good Things Wed, Feb 3, 2010 Personal , Prof. just wouldn’t want you on my team. MORE >>

When budgets get cut, who goes – the communications/public affairs guy in the front office or the engineer in Operations? “In just a few more years, the current homogenized voice of business—the sound of mission statements and brochures—will seem as contrived and artificial as the language of the 18th century French court.&# - The Cluetrain Manifesto. “In just a few more years&# – if only that were true. Unfortunately, this quote was written more than ten years ago, and we’re still plagued with bureaucratic jargon, in both the public and private sectors. MORE >>