Recently Danny Brown to joined me for a discussion about blogging ethics and transparency. Danny Brown is co-founder and partner at Bonsai Interactive Marketing, offering integrated marketing, social media, digital and mobile marketing solutions and applications. His blog is featured in the AdAge Power 150 list as well as Canada’s Top 50 Marketing Blogs, and won the Hive Award for Best Social Media Blog at the 2010 South by South West festival. After reading Danny’s blog for a while I learned two things that compelled me to invite him to join me for this episode:
- That he calls things the way he sees them
- That he is passionate about blogger ethics
Who better to dive into a topic that some might view as controversial? I knew that Danny would give me his honest answers and would not pull any punches. I really looked forward to chatting with him again, Danny was a part of the PRapalooza panel in early November 2010. Danny definitely lived up to my expectations and if you’re interested in learning more about transparency and ethics in the blogosphere have a listen:
Listen to Blogger Ethics and Transparency with Danny Brown:
Find Danny Brown online:
On Twitter @dannybrown
Also might want to read his recent post about Blog Disclaimers at Dannybrown.me.
Know someone or a group of people that might be interesting to interview? Contact me or @hackmanj.
Great conversation! Thanks so much for sharing. Some fantastic things to think about when maintaining a blog. Transparency certainly goes a long way in building credibility.
@Smiley_Melly Thanks Melly, glad you were able to have a listen. Danny had a lot to say about the subject, didn’t he?
Have a great day!
@hackmanj Definitely! I really like that as bloggers we are now holding each other accountable to being transparent. I really liked how he covered all areas of transparency for example how you can accept free gifts and still ensure that you don’t loose credibility by letting your readers know when you are ‘perked’. — Have a great one too!