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Just DON’T It: Brands Fight Culture Wars at their Peril
Should brands get involved in culture wars? E.g. some thought that Nike was very shrewd in hiring Colin Kaepernick as a brand ambassador. He’s polarizing, but the bold move seemed to sync with their brand. For the uninitiated, Kaepernick is … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, In the News, PR, Public Relations
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, culture wars, reputation
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Cheap Trick: Great Band, Lousy B2B Growth Strategy
It’s tough to launch and grow a successful business, and tempting to look for shortcuts. And why not? We’ve all heard about the magical growth hacks; the campaigns that went viral, the PR home runs that crashed servers and exploded … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Analysis, In the News, Marketing, PR, PR Tech, Public Relations, Tech PR
Tagged B2B, growth hacking, marketing
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Welcome to the Self-correcting Media Maelstrom
If you’re a news and politics junkie like me, it’s been a head-spinning couple of weeks. First, a Buzzfeed article claimed that Donald Trump asked Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Other media swarmed around the story, feeding 24 hours … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, In the News, Public Relations, Social Media, Technology, Web 2.0
Tagged Covington, journalism, Michael Cohen, social media, Twitter
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Definers Saga and the State of PR Ethics
I’m always interested in topics related to my profession, PR, and the industry we serve, technology. So I was eager to see what NY Times had to say in Jack Nicas’s recent piece: How Facebook’s P.R. Firm Brought Political Trickery … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Public Relations, Social Media, Tech, Tech PR, Technology
Tagged Definers, disinformation, Facebook, FUD
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Prepare for a Reshuffling of the Internet Deck
In my last post I wrote about the house of cards called today’s Internet, and new rules that could shake things up. The European Directive threatens to force social media platforms and others to pay a link tax to copyright … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, In the News, Social Media
Tagged content, European Copyright Directive, journalism, media, social media
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Content Curation’s Last stand?
Quora recently sent me an email asking about my favorite content curation examples. In years past, answering this would have been a layup (I suppose that’s why I was on their list). Now I was strangely stumped, even disinterested. … Continue reading
Posted in Apps, In the News, Marketing, NY Tech, PR, PR Tech, Public Relations, Tech
Tagged content marketing, copyright, curation, social media
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Cyber Tech brings Intrigue, Ethical Challenges to PR
Tech PR is usually not about life or death issues. Yes, we do start revolutions – but with a small “r”. Governments aren’t toppled, or blood spilled from our work. The field of cybersecurity technology is a different animal, however. … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Tech PR, Technology
Tagged cybersecurity, ethics, journalism, newsjacking, PR
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Facebook Unfriends News, and it’s a Shame
I had to smile when I read that Facebook’s reducing news content in the newsfeed. Mark Zuckerberg wrote on their blog “our time is better spent bringing people closer together… public content… is crowding out the personal moments that lead … Continue reading
Posted in In the News, Public Relations, Social Media
Tagged Facebook, journalism, media, newsfeed
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Lin Pophal on the Evolving Role and Field of PR
I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent, HR Executive, and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools). Earlier this … Continue reading
Posted in Books, In the News, PR, Public Relations, Reading Files
Tagged future of PR, journalism, media, PR, public relations
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The Art of the Linguistic Kill Shot
I am writing a post that I hope will start a meme and crowd sourced effort to turn our president’s famous weapon on himself. It’s the “linguistic kill shot.” Trump has perfected the art of name calling. He always seems … Continue reading
Posted in Current Affairs, In the News, Politics, Public Relations
Tagged campaign, persuasion, rhetoric, Trump
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