"Hope" For the Best: Shepard Fairey, Manny Garcia and the AP

More Voices on the FTC Guides
Another set of voices on the new FTC Guides, going into effect December 1, 2009, are from Bob Ambrogi’s and J. Craig Williams’ Lawyer2Lawyer podcast One of them on the podcast said that, knowing bloggers, expect to have some humorous or playful disclosures. At BlogWorld 2009, people were very interested in the form these disclosures are to take. Will there be best practices?

BlogWorld Expo 2009 Sponsored Conversations and the new FTC Guides
Photo (cc) Kenneth Yeung – www.thelettertwo.com Earlier this month, at BlogWorld Expo 2009, I had the pleasure of being part of a keynote panel moderated by Jeremiah Owyang of the Altimeter Group on “Sponsored Conversations.” On the panel were Ted Murphy of Izea (in the “I <3 FTC” shirt in the picture), Jennifer Leggio of ZDnet and the Quick’n'Dirty P

Your Company May Own Your Tweets, Pokes, and YouTube Videos
I was thrilled that Jeremiah Owyang asked me to collaborate on a blog post about company ownership of social media content. Here it is: “Your Company May Own Your Tweets, Pokes, and YouTube Videos” from Web Strategist, October 28, 2009. Thanks, Jeremiah!