Gardening Spotlighted at the Largest Event for Women in Social Media in the World

As interest in outdoor living and decorating continues to grow, especially in the blogosphere, Garden Media Group once again will introduce new content, plants and garden products to thousands of key bloggers at the 10th annual BlogHer Conference in San Jose, California.

Some 4,000 social media experts in food, parenting, health and wellness, entertainment, style, social change, politics, technology and business are expected to attend the conference.

This year, Garden Media , the top public relations firm in the outdoor living industry, returns with its popular pop-up “Garden Shop” to introduce the world of gardening to even more bloggers. Located at Booth #306, the “Garden Shop” is open from 9 AM to 6 PM July 25-26.

Can your CEO blog?

Can your CEO blog? was the question posed on the front page of USA Today.

And the answer according to an article writtern by Del Jones, the answer is "Maybe. Maybe not."

The May 10, 2005 cover story notes that while CEOs of smaller tech companies and PR firms are blogging, so far no Fortune 1000 CEO or chairman has launched a blog.

Here's the inside skinny from author and corporate blogging consultant Debbie Weil who was interviewed for this USA Today article.

USA Today reporter Del Jones interviewed Debbie about CEOs who blog. She had this to say:

"There's an untapped opportunity for an early CEO adopter with the right touch. A blog would seem a nice fit for Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, who writes annual letters to shareholders with a blogger's flair.

"I would be really disappointed to think that CEOs couldn't blog," Weil says. "But it is a lot more difficult for a CEO to be that open."

"Why aren't big-company CEOs blogging," Debbie asks?

As reporter Del Jones puts it, it's hard to walk the line between "risk and readability." CEOs would have to acknowledge "the elephant in the room" whether it's a drop in share price or an earnings forecast.

A CEO is not allowed to make "forward-looking" statements, nor say anything that might violate the new stricter Sarbanes-Oxley requirements for internal financial controls and reporting.

Too much time and effort?

Debbie says it takes a fair amount of time to blog effectively and well - another deterrent for CEO bloggers. Though it's still not impossible.

Does your CEO blog? Ours does.

Suzi
Garden Media Group

Show the Love

The Mousies are back! It's time to show love for your favorite garden blogger in the annual Mouse & Trowel Awards.

The Mouse & Trowel Awards were founded by garden blogger and writer Colleen Vanderlinden in 2007 to draw attention to the hard work that gardenbloggers put into their blogs and to earn them some well-deserved recognition.

They've changed up the categories this year to try to showcase a wider variety of blogs. Some of the general categories include "Best Writing", "Best Photography", "Best Blog Design" and "Garden Blog of the Year" to name a few. Niche categories include "Best Urban Gardening Blog", "Best Garden Design", "Best Container Gardening Blog" and more.

Nominations start on April 1 and end on April 30th at midnight, so click here to nominate your favorites.

May the best blogger win!

-Stacey

Garden Media Group