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OPML & RSS

• Most of the consultants and firms listed on this page have weblogs. Their RSS feeds are available in an OPML file (save it as filename.opml, then import it in your RSS aggregator)
• You can read the headlines of all syndicated weblogs at http://groups.blogdigger.com/BizBlogConsultants (RSS feed).

(Also see new listing of Australian businesses who blog, podcast and the consultants who service them.)

PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS

• Capulet Communications (Canada)
• Conosco (Germany) | Weblog
• Cooper Katz & Company, Inc. (USA) - Micro Persuasion practice (started February 9, 2005)
• Dryden Marketing Group (USA) - Online Services
• Eastwick Communications (USA) - eastwikkers practice (started March 29, 2005)
• Expansion Plus, Inc. (USA)
• Hass MS&L (USA) | focus: automotive PR - blogging practice: MS&L Blogworks (started March 9, 2005)
• Hill & Knowlton (International) | Netcoms practice - focus: networked communications (Collective Insight blogs)
• Misukanis & Odden Public Relations (USA)
• PR Planet (France)
• Quorum PR (Italy)
• [1] (USA)
• Topaz Partners (USA)
• Voce Communications (USA) - Digital Advocacy practice
• POP! Public Relations (USA)

CONSULTANTS and CONSULTANCIES

International

• Blogging Planet | About | Team: Elizabeth Albrycht, Christophe Ducamp, Guillaume du Gardier, Neville Hobson
  • Started March 2005

Asia

• Michael Switow | Focus: Corporates, non-profits, content creation, thought leadership, blogs, audio features, webcast & IPTV

Australia

• Alister Cameron
• James Farmer
• Lee Hopkins | Focus: helping businesses communicate better for better business results

Belgium/Europe

• Philippe Borremans | Focus: Hands on Blog & RSS workshops for PR/Marketing/Information Professionals throughout Europe.

Canada

• Blog Business World - Wayne Hurlbert
  • Search engine optimization (SEO), internet and offline marketing, blogging, and public relations consulting
• BlogLogic.net - Paul Short | About
  • Started January 2005
• InsideBlogging | About | Team: Darren Barefoot and Jeremy C. Wright (founders), Tris Hussey
  • Started December 2004
• meïdia | Marie-Chantale Turgeon
• Michael O'Connor Clarke
• Social Media Group | Maggie Fox | About

Germany

• econcon
• ethority
• le Vrang & Westner
• Bjoern Ognibeni, Site-9

Netherlands

• Upstream - Marco W.J. Derksen

New Zealand

• Weblog Solutions Ltd. | About | Team: Richard MacManus & an associate
  • Started January 2005

Singapore

• Michael Switow | Focus: Corporates, non-profits, content creation, thought leadership, blogs, audio features, webcast & IPTV

Switzerland

• b-spirit.com | About | Team: Olivier Tripet (founder) and Fabienne Dubosson
  • Started 2004

United Kingdom

• the Big Blog Company | About
  • Team: Adriana Cronin-Lukas, Perry de Havilland, David J.K. Carr (Partners), Henry St Luc (Associates)
• Blog Relations | Matthew Lynn and Hugh Fraser
• Bruce Marshall Associates | Stuart Bruce and Karen Marshall
  • Focus: Business-to-business, public sector, political, campaigns and not-for-profit
• Collaborate Marketing - James Cherkoff | About
• Custom Communication | Team: Matthew Yeomans and Bernhard Warner
• Infosential | About | Team: Tim Duckett and Wayne Robinson
• Market Sentinel | focus: blogging, PR, buzz-tracking
• Reputation Plus - Neil MacLean

United States of America

• Backbone Media, Inc. - Steve Turcotte
  • Boston, MA based Internet Consultancy providing online PR, SEO and Corporate Blogging services.
• Business Logs | About | Team: Matthew Oliphant, Mike Rundle, Paul Scrivens
  • Started June 2004
• Blogwrite for CEOs - Debbie Weil
• Capture the Conversation - James Clark and Jason Cormier
  • Room 214 INC, is a Boulder, Colorado based search communications firm providing its Capture the Conversation program for online social media tutorials and training, SEO, Podcasting, Blogging, Article Marketing and Syndicating Press Room services.
• Cerado - Christopher Carfi & Leif Chastaine
  • Blog consulting practice started May 2, 2005
• The Community Engine - Dr. Bud Gibson | About
  • Started January 2005
  • Focus: online business communities
• ConverStations - Mike Sansone | About
  • Started August 2005
  • Focus: Small Business and Assocation blog sites
• EchoDitto - Nicco Mele and the Internet team from Howard Dean's presidential campaign | About
  • Started April 2004
  • Online organizing, fundraising and technology development for businesses, nonprofits, and political organizations.
• Gekko Blogs LLC - Jessica Abbott & Henry Abbott
• Hartsock Communications - Nettie Hartsock | blog
• Holtz Communications + Technology - Shel Holtz
  • Focus: business use of blogs, RSS, podcasting and social networking.
• Hyku, LLC. - Josh Hallet | About
  • Blog consulting services started February 2005
• Bill Ives - Business Blog Coaching and Consulting Services

• LexBlog - Kevin O'Keefe | About
  • Started April 2004
  • Focus: lawyer blogs
• Lubetkin & Co. Communications LLC ,Cherry Hill, NJ. Parent company of Professional Podcasts LLC
  • Started blogging and podcasting practice April 2005.
• Sonnet Media - Bud Parr | About
• [2] - AlisonMinaglia?, TechnologyPR?
• Textura Design | About | Team: DL Byron, Scott Benish, Pam Massey
  • Focus: blogging, web design, and development
• TopRank Blog Marketing | Online Marketing Blog Since 2003
  • Team: Lee Odden, Julie Brue, Karen Sams, Thomas McMahon?
  • Focus: blog marketing since 2003 and SEO and online public relations since 2001
• What's Next Online - B.L. Ochman | About
• Wigley & Associates - Griff Wigley | About
  • Started May 2002
  • Focus: small businesses, non-profit organizations, local leaders
• WordBiz.com, Inc. - Debbie Weil | About
• Worker Bees - Elisa Camahort
• Weblogs Work | About | Team: Alexander Muse and Brian Oberkirch
  • Focus: managed corporate blogs
• ZimmComm | About | Team: Chuck and Cindy Zimmerman
  • Focus: agribusiness

• Vaspers the Grate - Steven Streight |
  • Focus: blog content writing, blog usability analysis, blogology, best practices

(52 links @ August 18, 2005)