Social media content about posing questions says Cashmore

There are some tricky questions in this Bloomberg interview last night with Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, ranging from some rather un British ones “How are you profitable?” to the big one, at least where I’m sitting about the difference in story content for social media versus that of traditional media.

5 bad habits of business blogging

I truly think Scots are taking over the world, they’re everywhere. Gordon Brown, Susan Boyle, my girlfriend, the plumber yesterday and then of course there’s Mashable, the incrediably successful social media guide with 1.5 million twitter followers and 254,000 RSS feeds - made in Scotland, from servers.

Mashable has just posted their top 5 business blogging mistakes and already has 17 comments. So foolishly I’m going head to head with my own. Come on big man, let’s see what you’ve got (cue Victorian boxer type shuffle and arm movements). More »