Uncorporate Communications

According to 150 top-level executives surveyed by Harris Interactive, only 5% said they see corporate blogging as a communications medium. 70% doubt blogs’ lead-generating and sales skills despite evidence to the contrary. Find additional stats here. I don’t know about the rest of you (although, seeing as you’re reading this, you’re likely in agreement with myself), but I’m a big-time blog believer.

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If you’ll be at E3, you should check out the Terpin clients that we will be there with: ITVN, a leader in Internet Protocol Technology; Entropia Universe, a virtual world that utilizes a real cash economy; and Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, world champion video gamer. And don’t forget about all the fun to be had, too, listed on E3 Parties!

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Hey all. Just wanted to wish everyone a good Cinco de Mayo. Be safe! If you party really hearty tonight, be sure to rest up the remainder of the weekend…You don’t want to be out of commission for all the partying to be had at E3 next week! Find the parties listed here.

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Yep, that time again. So quickly after NAB, we have the Electronic Entertainment Expo. This time it’s local (no more Vegas!) as we take over the Los Angeles Convention Center…and all the hot places in Hollywood, Santa Monica, Downtown, and everywhere else! Check out the E3 Parties.

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An article yesterday on CFO examined the uses of wikis for businesses, as a way to share knowledge among employees, suppliers, and customers. The author argued that using a wiki is a much faster way to manage information than if you were using a highly structured content management software. Some software providers are now building in features that allow businesses to build their own internal wikis. Some also connect the wikis with blogging software. iUpload, one of the software providers including wikis, founder and CEO Robin Hooper stated, “For small workgroups, wikis fill the space between E-mails, which are hard to follow and manage, and formal content management tools.” Taken from the article Office Collaboration, the Wiki Way.

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Just to let you know, our (Terpin Communications Group’s) party list for NAB 2006 is up and running. Go and check out all the happening NAB Parties.

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Blogger-turned consultant Hugh Macleod marketed for Stormhoek, a small South African wine company, through his Gaping Void site by sending out free bottles of wine to 100 legitimate bloggers from around the UK, Irish Republic, and France. During his campaign, sales of cases doubled. Stormhoek then moved to sponsor what they called “geek dinners,” dinner parties for bloggers in which the company provided free wine. Stormhoek is launching in the US and plans to host “100 geek dinners in 100 days,” beginning May 1. With the use of the bloggers, Macleod has turned Stormhoek into a global micro-brand. Read the full story here. Now if only we can get some of that wine headed our way…

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Blogging4Business just held their first conference, in London, on April 4, “a one-day essential conference aimed at providing an intensive immersion into the many ways that blogging can help and hurt your business.” There were over 180 attendees from all over Europe. Read the live-during-the-show and wrap-up posts on their site.

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Well, we’re out in good ol’ Vegas again for another tech show, CTIA Wireless 2006. I’ll be around, as will my VP Rita Tennyson, who is at CTIA with Susteen, a leader in data communications and mobile computing solutions. Be sure to find me and say hello. And don’t forget to check our CTIA Parties list, which has been recently updated to include even more great party info!

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Anyone going to CTIA in a week? Terpin Communications has made for a you a listing of the hot parties during the conference, at our Tech Conferences site. Plus, besides just the parties for CTIA, you can check back to find out about the parties for E3s, NABs, CESs, and other CTIAs.

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