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I try not to get involved in arguments about electric vehicles, mainly because I’m open-minded on the subject but also because there’s also plenty written for and against EVs elsewhere. However, I do want to get into the discussion about one particular measurement that keeps being trotted out to validate the future of electric cars. [...]
Last week I attended the second social media forum for PR professionals and journalists run by MIPAA – the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association – which was (as with the first) a very useful and interesting event. Talk included social media etiquette between journalists and PR people surrounding launches, such as ‘would tweeting information from [...]
There are all sorts of ways of measuring the usefulness of taking part in Twitter. For me, as a home worker, it provides one of the few things I miss about working in a large office – the banter. But better than that, it’s banter I can turn off to concentrate on tasks that will [...]
