• Social media in the hands of irresponsible employees can be dangerous

    A couple of weeks ago I had an interesting encounter with a PR firm in Florida. The Buyer Group is owned by Lisa Buyer. They were retained by Shop To Earn (STE) to do an online PR campaign, including a […]

  • Zac Bissonnette…. on his way to star status!

    Huge congratulations go out to my dear friend, Zac Bissonnette. Zac is one of my editors at WalletPop.com, and sophomore at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He just signed a huge book deal with Portfolio after a bidding war between […]

  • My Recent Articles at AOL’s WalletPop

    Here are a few of the more interesting articles I’ve written at AOL’s personal finance site WalletPop recently. An uglier side to the AIG story – Employees being harassed and intimidated by consumers.

  • Book publishing insights from Alan Rinzler

    Last month I was in San Francisco on business, and was granted the opportunity to meet with Alan Rinzler, an editor with John Wiley & Sons. Though my book is published by Wiley, Alan’s not in my division so I […]

  • Recent Articles From WalletPop Personal Finance

    It’s been a while since I’ve highlighted any of my articles from AOL’s personal finance site WalletPop.com. That’s mainly because I’ve been so busy that I haven’t written a whole lot for them over the past two months. I’ll be […]

  • Giving up your rights with Google (updated)

    Google has some really great products on the market, so when I heard about their new web browser Chrome, I was interested in trying it. Until I had a look at the terms and conditions I have to agree to […]

  • Review of Essentials of Corporate Fraud

    A big thanks to Lee Distad for his kind review of Essentials of Corporate Fraud at his blog, Lee Distad’s Professional Opinion. Lee is a regular commenter here, and writes a great blog of his own on business issues. He’s […]

  • Expert Fraud Investigation Hits Amazon.com

    My next book, Expert Fraud Investigation: A Step-by-Step Guide won’t be out until February 9, 2009, but it’s already on Amazon.com and available for pre-order. From the product description: A fraud investigation is aimed at examining evidence to determine if […]

  • Update on Essentials of Corporate Fraud and Book Publishing in General

    Things are going swimmingly with Essentials of Corporate Fraud, but I find myself not knowing how to answer a common question. “How are book sales going?” Well, I don’t know. What is your frame of reference? Professional books like this […]

  • The Legal Perils of Social Networking

    I’m quoted today in E-Commerce Times about some of the threats of participating in social networking sites. The article cites the obvious risks of being fired for blogging on company time or blogging about happenings at work. These issues are […]