There’s been a lot of list hate going on of late. Laura Lee, for example, is tired of list format posts on Twitter and beyond. For his patrt, Brian Meeks hates top ten lists with a passion, preferring paragraphs instead. If you’ve read the drivel on here, you know I love…
Dictators never cease to amaze. The AP reports: President Hugo Chavez is tops on Twitter in Venezuela less than 2 weeks after launching his account, surpassing Internet-savvy foes who dominate the social networking site and use it to oppose him. Chavez’s account, “chavezcandanga,” had racked up more than 237,000 followers…
Pros know this scenario: Some foolish client or C-suiter gets all fired up about the release of a new product , the announcement of Mr X as VP Southeastern sales or some Z-list celeb signing on as a spokesperson. “We’re gonna get on the front page of the NY Times,”…
I haven’t posted on email in awhile, but it’s a favourite subject. I’ve been wondering about those messages pertaining to how we should consider the environment before printing an email. In fact, I’ve got several questions. If you can answer them, please do so in the comments: Does this now omnipresent blurb…
Sometimes wheedling and subterfuge win the day. It must be so today, because the GREAT folks at Ragan Communications (I know, a RESPECTABLE establishment) have just named me as a Contributor to PR Daily! I could not be happier about joining one of the most widely read…
Hat tip to the talented Sarah McConnell of Environics PR for sharing this. ————————————————————————————————————————————– You should check out this great stunt by Canada’s National Ballet School: [youtube]<object width=”640″ height=”385″><param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VAIzXPqwcag&hl=en_US&fs=1&”></param><param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”></param><param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”></param><embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/VAIzXPqwcag&hl=en_US&fs=1&” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”640″ height=”385″></embed></object>[/youtube] Though I am more or less done with flashmobs…
In an ongoing effort to provide content about real experience with social media, today we‘ve got a guest post by Joe Brown. Joe is the Principal and Founder of Slope Resources, LLC, which provides a range of human resources and organization management consulting services to nonprofit organizations of all types…
PR folks hate to admit this, but business is often good when things are bad. In fact, if it weren’t for loudmouth blowhards, dumb politicians, over coked celebs, and other bringers of bad vibes we all be a lot poorer. And, unlike our fourth estater cousins, PR people LOVE cash….
When I was kid, I was into video games. I’d stare at a TV playing Colleco Vision or at an Apple 2E playing computer games for hours. To get me to stop Mom would say, “stop staring at the screen, you’re gonna get square eyes.” This frightening imagery usually made…
Some personal branding guru started following me on Twitter the other day. As soon as I received this life affirming news, I called my Mom to tell her I’d finally made something of my wretched self. All I have left to do is beat that pesky Japanese dude in a…