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My Four Minutes of Fame on Good Morning Arkansas
CrAzY Working Mom | December 20th 2009 by CrAzY Working Mom
They say that you are your own worst critic, right? Well, every time I watch this segment I find more and more things that I wish I'd done differently, from my make up to my hair, trying to hide a little bit of my country "twang", and I could g read more
Sunday Account Winners–> Free Pest Contrtol Service
AZ PEST :: Exterminators in Arizona | December 20th 2009
See your account number listed below? Simply contact us at roachman@azpest.com or our offices at 886-PEST and let us know you saw your account number featured on our blog. If you do this within the week, before next sundays accounts are posted then read more
Story about writer using a pseudonym sounds fishy
Rosswords | December 20th 2009 by Ross Fattori
A Quebec blogger has outed herself by announcing that he is actually a she. This writer claims that she has generated more work, profits and respectability for her web development and copywriting business by using a male pseudonym than she did using read more
Welcome…
Chains of Influence; MJ Napier | December 20th 2009 by MJ Napier
Pushing conversation and change with clarity, common sense and perspective on today’s core (or just interesting) issues. Posted in Public Relations read more
How to prevent your own “Eurostar moment”
London Calling » the mobile advertising blog | December 20th 2009 by Andrew Grill
No doubt many people around the world are aware that Eurostar passengers were subjected to some fairly uncomfortable experiences over the weekend as 5 Eurostar trains broke down as they entered the Channel Tunnel. The issue seems to be the rapid chan read more
Facebook becomes more diverse as Latinos, blacks join at rapid pa…
India PR Diary | December 19th 2009 by Madan Bahal
In its earliest days, Facebook was primarily a white and Asian phenomenon. No more. In the first study of the race and ethnicity of its U.S. users, Facebook said Wednesday that blacks and Latinos have joined the social networking giant at a rapid cli read more
Comcast "Infinite Possibilities" 300x250
adverlicio.us | Online advertising archive | December 19th 2009
"from a PR perspective, one wonders why Chase waited until t…
kath.A.rine | December 19th 2009
“from a PR perspective, one wonders why Chase waited until the final results to disqualify... read more
Eurostar demostrate the perils of not joining up marketing with c…
Mark Pack's blog | December 19th 2009 by Mark Pack
The need to integrate customer service, marketing and PR is one I've talked about several times before. It's an important theme because whilst from the corporate perspective these are often viewed as different skills, run by different teams (quite li read more
Ameren faces PR opposition in attempt to hike electric rates
India PR Diary | December 18th 2009 by Madan Bahal
The Fair Electricity Rate Action Fund, a cobbling of big utility users that include Doe Run, Noranda, and other, pro-consumer groups (such as AARP and Missouri Industrial Energy Consumers), announced today a public relations blitz opposing Ameren’s read more
Google Attempting to Swallow Trashy-Tasting Yelp [Public Relation…
Gawker | December 18th 2009 by Mark Watson
Google is more likely than not to buy Yelp, say news reports. Which raises one glaringly obvious question: Will Google exacerbate or correct the local review site's worst tendencies, which have brought extortion allegations, porny bacchanals and phys read more
Beware the TwitStorm
The Maples Digital Media Blog | December 18th 2009 by MaplesDMG
Companies are still finding many reasons for not engaging in social media or taking it seriously. For those firms, I have one word: TwitStorm. What’s a TwitStorm? It’s the conflagration that can occur when a nasty, reputation-dama read more
2010 Social Media Trend Insight
Social Media Snippets | December 18th 2009 by Scott Meis
Yup, yup, it’s that time of year where we’re all trying to figure out where we’ve ended up and where we’ll be a year from now. It’s anyone’s guess to a degree but I did want to check in with a couple social media c read more
Does Your E-mail Send the Wrong Message?
BurrellesLuce Fresh Ideas | December 18th 2009 by BurrellesLuce
by Lauren Shapiro* “Can you email me?” How many times a day do you hear that question? In BurrellesLuce Client Services, we hear it quite often and rightfully so; we are officially citizens of a digital era, habitually bound to the confines of th read more
11 Things PR Can Do for You
Operation Media Exposure | December 18th 2009 by Stephanie Richards
Public relations should be proactive and not reactive. If your PR firm doesn't do anything until you bring an idea or a news item to them, then you need a new PR firm. Being proactive and developing a long-term PR strategy means that you will reap th read more
Job: East-West Center Jefferson Fellowship
Social Media Today | December 18th 2009 by Mark Lazen
Media Contact: Derek Ferrar Media Relations Specialist 808-944-7204 ferrard at eastwestcenter.org TRAVEL AND REPORTING OPPORTUNITY IN ASIA PACIFIC The East-West Center is accepting application... read more
‘Bigg’ Prospects: Media Companies Tune In to India’s Growin…
India PR Diary | December 17th 2009 by Madan Bahal
Two hours away from busy Mumbai lies the sedentary Aamby Valley resort. This is where Viacom18, a joint venture between Viacom of the U.S. and India's Network18, has rigged up its sets for Bigg Boss (the licensed Indian version of the Big Brother fra read more
MSR Communications Takes on PR for CelLynx
Everything PR | December 17th 2009 by Phil Butler
MSR Communications has recently been chosen as the PR agency of records for CelLynx, a company that prides itself on the creation of a plug and play cellular signal booster, the first of its kind. MSR will be responsible for promoting the signal boos read more
Government 'Spin' Story Leaves PR Warrior With a Heavy Heart
PR Warrior | December 17th 2009 by PR Warrior
There is this firmly held belief by some sections of the media (not all) that PR is some sort of 'black art'...spin, as they love to say. read more
Jinkela; Purposefully idiotic China ad creates massive viral succ…
Littleredbook.cn; China Advertising Blog | December 17th 2009 by Rand
I found this on LRB’s forum; it’s an ad for Jinkela, some sort of fertilizer. What’s crazy is the clownish way they went to advertise it; and the surprising reaction from millions of Chinese viewers. Here’s an interesting read more
American Idol?
View from the Corner Office | December 17th 2009 by Murray Abramovitch
Fellow business blogger Dave Jung at B2Blog alerted me to this tell-tale tempest at American Airlines. To summarize, blogger Dustin Curtis took American Airlines to task for a terrible website (cluttered front page, poor user interface, etc.). Reme read more
Free Advertising: How To Target Your Press Releases
SlyVisions dot Com - The Internet Through An Entrepreneur's… | December 17th 2009 by Paul
Yesterday we talked about sending out press releases in order to promote your event and get free advertising by exploiting the news media. But today we’re going to tackle one critical fallacy in the press release marketing approach–the read more
Let Maples Be Your Social Media Wingman
The Maples Digital Media Blog | December 17th 2009 by MaplesDMG
I came across a book called “Never Fly Solo” by Robert Waldman yesterday that resonated with me. Air Force pilot Rob “Waldo” Waldman learned how to overcome fear, anxiety and self-doubt to fly combat missions that pushed him read more
OWC’s Crisis Communications Checklist
TheBigMouthBlog | December 17th 2009 by Trent
By Tracy Olmstead Williams Olmstead Williams Communications It is critical to be upfront and comprehensive with all crisis communications. Advance planning will significantly diminish any perception by the media and the public of a cover up. It̵ read more
How to Promote your Business Product
Find it Local - Michiana | December 17th 2009 by Jack Heller
As you celebrate your patent for your new business product, you may experience an overwhelming thought. Don’t worry…that should be happening. Holding the patent isn’t enough. The standard plan is to promote it to retailers, cons read more
Tiger: It’s never too late for PR
Chains of Influence; MJ Napier | December 17th 2009 by MJ Napier
M J Napier “There’s no such thing as bad PR”, though Tiger is certainly testing that thesis. He doesn’t have PR at the moment (that much is obvious); his web site is still up providing a forum for the tens of thousands who need an audience read more
Blogging Advice How to Choose a Topic
Marketer's Daily | December 17th 2009 by Gary Gross
Creating your own blog and posting new blog entries every day... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for f read more
I Was Wrong. Canadian Council of PR Firms is Doing RFPs right
Professional Blog Service | December 17th 2009 by paul lorinczi
A couple of days ago, I took the Canadian Council of PR Firms (CCPRF) to task for asking media monitoring agencies to submit an RFP to help teach the members about good media monitoring and what they can expect to pay. I said, finger pointed to the h read more
A PR Pitch That Worked
Don't Drink the Koolaid | December 17th 2009 by Indra Gardiner
*This post is part of Bailey Gardiner’s Public Relations Tactics series, which highlights tools and best practices to ensure a successful public relations campaign. The series will run weekly. Media relations and writing successful pitches are read more
Job Resources
SocialByte | December 17th 2009 by elaine schoch
I recently wrote a post about using social media tools for ones job search. The results from the survey included in the post aren’t strong enough to share so I’ll be posting another survey in the new year – stay tuned. In the meantime, for read more
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