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Ethics, Innovations and Other Smart Thinking in Public Relations
Recent Posts
Bottom-Up Leadership
How Labor Is Liberated–WSJ ONLINE Thanks to one of SMPR’s fine colleagues sending me the following article, I am reminded–perhaps even validated–that traditional models of leadership need to be shown the door. At SMPR, we tell...
Create your own carrot…
I have always been a fan of old-fashioned idioms and phrases; for some reason, a lot of them are about horses: You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink. Don’t put the cart before the horse…. And my personal favor...
New Business = New Questions = New Opportunity
It goes without saying that every PR firm has some sort of new business pipeline. What I have found these days is that there are several firms who don’t know how to fill it–or fill properly. If I hear one more person say they have gone ...
How Much Is A Company’s “Word” Worth?
I am wondering if there are any tallies or surveys out there for the industries with the worst overall reputation–not just for their image, but for keeping their word for getting things done. We hear a lot about used car salesmen images, but ...
When was the last time we thanked our clients?
"...for us adults--especially those of us in PR--saying "thank you" should be such an easy thing, but we don't do it enough...Your best sources of inspiration might be right in front of you. Thank them for it."...
When Brands Don’t Keep Their Promise
What’s the old phrase–if it happens once, shame on me. If it happens twice, shame on you. I’m starting to think that this should apply to brands and their marketing practices. Within the past three months, my business checking a...

