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NY Times Public Editor Puts PR Through its Paces

I enjoy Arthur Brisbane’s Public Editor column in the NY Times, a feature that does a post mortem each week on the paper’s editorial decisions and reporting. It is a forum that lets him and the readers vent a bit … Continue reading

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Rubel Move Sparks Tumblr vs. WordPress “Cage Match”

Many have been looking at solutions such as Posterous and Tumblr, which offer a middle ground between the longer topics and “care and feeding” that blogs generally involve and the minimalistic Twitter. In particular, It seems as if Tumblr is … Continue reading

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DSK & Casey Anthony: The Dark Side of Story Crafting

In journalism they speak in reverent tones about the importance of THE STORY; i.e. weaving facts together into a compelling narrative. Similarly, in PR circles we talk about storytelling as a way to make client news comprehensible and interesting. At … Continue reading

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Use plain language if you want more people to visit your blog and read your stuff

When I first started blogging, I think I tried to impress people with big words and long and dense posts, and quickly discovered that this did not go over so well. An article in Ragan’s PR Daily reminded me of … Continue reading

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The Web: Efficient Outing Engine, Big Brother – or Both?

They used to say that on the Web, no one knows if you are a dog.  These days, it seems like  anonyminity has gone out the window and everyone knows everyone else’s business (see my related post on FOMO vs.TMI). … Continue reading

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Walking to Raise Money, and PR

An op ed piece in the New York Times raised an interesting question about the connection between walking and raising money for charitable causes.  Why not take the same effort that is exerted at these events, and apply it to … Continue reading

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Wiseguy Way for PR

I was flying back from my brother's bachelor party in Las Vegas (alas, the details of the trip will need to remain in Vegas), picked up a copy of the NY Post, and saw an article – Wiseguy Way – … Continue reading

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For Just $1/day, You can Save the PR-challenged Celebrity

In my last post, I wrote about how Anthony Weiner and Charlie Sheen are great ads for PR. Rather than dwell on what is becoming an increasingly bizarre (and as Jon Steward said, "now officially sad") story, in the case … Continue reading

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Weiner and Sheen: Possibly the Best Pitchmen for PR

For the very definition of unscripted, unplugged and a little if not a lot nutty public figures, you have first Charlie Sheen and then Anthony Weiner, possibly the best advertisements for PR in recent memory. They both took us on … Continue reading

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Morrissey Gets a Bag of Popchips; We get an Article on the Tricky Art of Influence Tracking

Brian Morrissey, who writes, tweets and blogs on advertising, related an episode in which he was sent a bag of Popchips.  Apparently the algorithms, CPG marketers and Klout reckoned that Morrissey was a snack food influencer.  His article (excerpt below) … Continue reading

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