Category Archives: Biz Blogs

Bloggers Facing Growing Risk of Lawsuit, Free Blogging Media Law Class Available

A new NPR podcast covers a topic of interest to at least some of the Underground’s readers – the rising risk of lawsuits aimed at silencing bloggers.
The podcast player should appear below; if not, simply click here and play it via NPR’s page.

One of my ongoing engagement marketing projects is an advocacy site aimed directly [...]

The High Tech Writer: A Blog Worth Reading

As a writing techno-geek of the worst kind, I admit to a fascination with the tools we use to write.
That’s why I’ve added an interesting new writing blog to my RSS Reader: The Writer’s Technology Companion.

Articles about PayPal, podcasts, interesting new word processors and other technology mingle with industry information and plenty [...]

BoDo Launches "Working With Writers Series"

Cat at the cool new BoDo blog (Business of Design Online) is running a series of posts aimed at making it easier for designers (and clients) to work with writers.

The result of online interviews with a group of writers (including yours truly), the series includes thoughtful little gems like Choosing a Writer, the Writer’s Process, [...]

How Bad Can It Get For a Marketer? Sony Lives Every Brand’s Nightmare

David Airey’s design blog delves in the SONY Playstation 3 mess, and showcases a devastating anti-PS3 YouTube video that’s been viewed better than a half-million times.
First, Sony released an ultra-expensive gaming product (PS3) that actually inhibited online play (social networking).
Ouch.
Then they got caught running the Sony Flog (a fake fan blog), which not only deceived readers, [...]