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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Everything's a Press Release

Tom Foremski says: "Die! Press release! Die! Die! Die!".

Kevin Duggan responds: "It's the content, not the format, that's the problem."

Enough! Everything is a press release.

When Scoble talks about Microsoft, it's a release for the press.

When I talk about Edelman, it's a release for the press.

When Todd blogs about IBM and Xenon atoms, it's a release for the press.

When Donald Trump blogs about Martha Stewart, it's a release for the press.

My point here is, everyone's blogging for a reason. Many of us, although not all, are selling something and when we blog it's released not just to the public but to the press as well. So can we stop the blog vs. press release debate? Everything is a press release, even if it's not formatted that way.

(Image courtesy of Dr. Duggan)

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