I’m in the final days of the first draft of Professional Blogging for Dummies so no time to post until next week. Here’s what you can look forward to on Marketing Roadmaps when I come back:

Douches, snakes and Brand Ambassadors — my take on some topics that have been swirling around Twitter this week. Preview: These bad pitches are proof positive that the blogger outreach webinar we are doing on April 6th is very much needed.

Why (most) PR and ad agencies (still) don’t get social media — Inspired by a post from good friend Todd Defren. I agree with Todd that most ad agencies don’t get it, but, see previous item, don’t believe many PR agencies are any better. I’ll explain why.

And over on my personal blog Snapshot Chronicles, I’ll be posting Mainstream Media versus Woman, my take on the issues underlying stories like the March 14th New York Times feature on mom blogs.