Category Archives: PR

Secret to Creativity? Ditch the Phone! Get Bored!

Cell phones have been blamed for everything from frying our brains, to shortening attention spans and making us stupid. But new research shows that the biggest threat may be to our creativity. It should especially be of interest to people … Continue reading

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Tips for Getting your Tech News Covered in China

As I said in PR in Asia: Myths and Misconceptions, Fusion PR often hears from companies that want to get media coverage in China. To better understand how to do this, I asked Carmen Ren – a talented PR person … Continue reading

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PR In China: the Latest Hits (and Misses)

Next week I will be posting the second part of the series Tech PR in Asia: Myths and Misconceptions. The first post was about the distorted view many have about Asian (and Chinese, in particular) media.  As I said, those … Continue reading

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In the new “Curate or Perish” World, what’s a Flack to Do?

If you are interviewing PR agencies, a good question to ask is: “what business are you in?” You may get a confused look; tell them that they have come to the right place and you really want to know. If … Continue reading

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Strong Media Brands: the answer to Native Advertising Concerns

So is native advertising (sometimes called brand journalism or, more generally, content marketing) a curse or cure all? Is it good for what ails online advertising? Or does it confuse consumers and prevent them from getting unbiased news ? Or … Continue reading

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Fortune Magazine Bites the Hand that Curates

A funny thing happened on the way to the LinkedIn forum. PR Week covered their CommsConnect event last week – what caught my attention was the headline: Fortune’s Lashinsky: Branded content is ‘propaganda’ I’ll say more about this in a … Continue reading

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Who needs a Strategy? Just Schmooze us Please

I wrote in my post that Hate Spin?… that we get the news stories, and hence PR, that we want.  But do we sometimes want more spin than we get? This thought occurred to me regarding a story that was … Continue reading

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The Most Disruptive, Purpose-built list of Tech PR Clichés Ever

The Journal featured a book review yesterday for Orin Hargraves’ It’s Been Said Before.  I was really excited because the article described a whole book about clichés and, let’s face it, I have no life (OK, I have a life, is … Continue reading

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Lessons from Louis C.K. on PR Messaging

I am a big fan of comedian Louis C.K., and love his show on FX.  I have blogged about his lessons for PR before. Another one recently occurred to me.  We had just completed two seminars here at Fusion PR … Continue reading

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PR in the News, by Any Other Name

Awhile back I wrote about the terms that typically surround "public relations" and "publicity" in news reports.  I included a word cloud that showed the prevalence of a dark set of descriptions (e.g. crisis, nightmare, disaster, etc.) As I said then, … Continue reading

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