PR Toolbar: Making room for more feeds
April 14, 2007
The list of blogs in the RSS reader has grown quite long. After talking to Michael O’Connor Clarke and Gary Schlee at the last Third Tuesday, I’ve decided to split up the RSS reader in the Canuck PR Toolbar into two sections: one for PR blogs (red) and one for marcom and social media blogs (blue).
This has nothing to do with ”separating church and state”. It is simply a functional improvement because a couple toolbar users told me that some RSS feeds had become unreadable because in lower screen resolutions the combined list extended beyond the margins of the monitor. Now the two RSS readers have a little room to grow again.
I will do another round of search on the weekend and add new Canadian PR and marcom blogs (suggestions welcome, as always).
The toolbar will update itself automatically. No need to reinstall. If anybody has trouble with the updated version, let me know.
Hi Martin, I read your response to “Radical Transparency in PR” in my search for independent, unbiased feedback about Vocus. I am getting ready to take the plunge to purchase Vocus for my PR agency in Tampa, Florida (www.fetchingcommunications.com). I’ve signed the contract, but have not yet submitted payment. I guess you could say I’m having a last minute panic…. before forking over what is a very signficant investment for my small company. I’m wondering if I may ask you a couple of questions about your Vocus experience. I contacted the reference that Vocus provided me, and felt as though I was listening to a commercial! Hence my search for another,opinion–unbiased. Basically, I would like to know if you are satisfied with the product and does it deliver to your expectations. Also, I’ve been told by my rep that the one-concurrent license I am purchasing will only allow for 1 of my 4 associates to use the software at a time. I am concerned about this for two reasons—we have a virtual office model and I’d rather not be burdened with having to manage usage –who needs it when. Additionally, in the 4 months that I have been “shopping Vocus”, I do not recall my rep explaining this to me. It wasn’t until we had our first “planning call” with our PSC that this was explained. So, I’m curious to know how does your company manage the time your users are using the system, or, perhaps you purchased multiple licences? Do you know if it is possible for me to negotiate the ability for us to have “same time” access when we need it, versus when it’s not being used by another associate at my company? I appreciate your time and opinion. Great blog too!