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Moving on to . . .
2007-02-08 03:49:00 No, not Edelman! (Geesh, just about every blogger you read who posts about a new job post says he/she is joining Edelman. Not me, I’m moving on to some place better. ) I’ll make this short and sweet: Officially effective today, I’ve joined Hanson Inc. as a messaging strategist. Essentially, it’ll involve less traditional PR and media relations than I’ve been doing, and more social media/blogger type work; more diverse writing than what I’ve regularly done in the past; and more strategic input into clients’ direction, working with clients and/or their traditional agencies. Hanson is like many of the firms who are involved in social media: low profile, but doing excellent work. The kind of excellent work that you don’t read about. It’s a fantastic opportunity, and comes at the perfect time in my family’s life. (For background, see my more personal, parenting-focused blog.) I’ll be eternally grateful for the oppor... More About: Moving , Ving
Fake blogs are fine . . .
2006-12-02 21:17:03 if we know they're fake. B.L. Ochman doesn't agree. BTW, thanks to her blogging about the Hotel Campari campaign (promoting Italian liquor). Apparently, MRM Worldwide -- the agency -- has set up fake profiles on Flickr, MySpace and YouTube in... More About: Blogs , Blog , Fake , Logs , Fine
Comments, migration and Jeff Docking
2006-12-02 21:17:03 Like my brethren blogger Colin and others hosted by the remarkable Greg Brooks, I'll be moving from MovableType to WordPress. I have no particular loyalty one way or the other, but am moving to help reduce the spambots from overloading... More About: Men , Comments , Dock , King , Comment
SourceWatch must think TV journalists are S-T-U-P-I-D!
2006-12-02 21:17:03 I shake my head everytime I read about the Center for Media & Democracy's "fake TV news" efforts." Yeah, I know this is an old topic, but one that I don't quite get. I understand CMD's concern that the public... More About: Watch , Journal , Source , Lists , List
In PR, you can't always say what you want
2006-12-02 21:17:03 Through blogging and involvement in various discussion boards, I've come to the point where I expect to be able to comment on a news article or a board topic, if I so desire. Damn it! It's my right! Well, it's... More About: What , Hat , Want , Always
Bo Schembechler dead at 77
2006-12-02 21:17:03 Okay, I'm not into reporting the news, but WXYZ in Detroit is reporting that legendary UM football coach Bo Schembechler died this morning during a taping of a "Big Ten Ticket" Show. Not to dismiss the personal tragedy of Coach... More About: Dead , Chem
Other great points & one more question
2006-12-02 21:17:03 I've had two or three posts whirling around in my head of late, but been a bit too tired at night to type them out. (Must be the time change.) So, I've been in a questioning mood. Thanks to Ed,... More About: Question , Other , Great , More , Quest
Newspapers should embrace the 'net, not fight it
2006-12-02 21:17:03 (UPDATED Nov. 15, approx. 9 a.m.: See end of post for a snippet of Jeff Jarvis' take on Scheer's idea and my $0.02.) Peter Scheer had a thought-provoking and worth-considering article in the "San Francisco Chronicle" Sunday. You can also... More About: News , Newspapers , Fight , Race , Paper
Nov. 11 is Veterans' Day
2006-12-02 21:17:03 I remember growing up and being in high school when you joined the army or other military branch to earn money for college. That was it. There was really no chance you'd see combat. I never served in the military,... More About: Veteran , Veterans , Tera , Veterans Day
Adapting the messenger to your audience
2006-12-02 21:17:03 A few of us members of a Yahoo! PR Group are involved in a great discussion, debating message vs. medium, and whether the medium for delivering an honest message really matters. (Pony Express image courtesy of LegendsOfAmerica.com.) I don't... More About: Audi , Your , Messenger , Esse , Messe
Confidence vs. Arrogance
2006-12-01 10:09:05 Is the difference in whether or not a person is confident or arrogant dependent on our individual view of that person (i.e., if we like him or her), or can those terms be objectively applied?... More About: Confidence , Arrogance
Am I the only PR blogger . . .
2006-12-01 10:09:05 who is politically conservative/Republican?... More About: Blogger , Blog , Only , Logger , Blogg
When opportunity knocks, do you have to answer?
2006-12-01 10:09:05 The Internet is neither negative nor positive. It is simply a tool. It and the related technologies offer an abundant of opportunities. A few weeks ago, I read the story about a national sting that netted 125 perverts in... More About: Answer , Port , Opportunity , When , Have
Other great points
2006-12-01 10:09:05 (UPDATED 11-08-06 approx. 9 a.m. with another great social media-related post, this time from Josh Hallett.) Enjoy! Shaking Out Things in Social Media Consulting, Josh Hallett/Hyku Introducing the Social Media Pitch, Gary Goldhammer/Below the Fold. (RAOTFLMAO-funny, yet, insightful.) Social media... More About: Other , Great , Point , Points
What did you say?
2006-12-01 10:09:05 I caught up on my work reading this weekend, including the Oct. 2 issue of "PR Week." Page 1 had a story about Weight Watchers International unifying its "traditional meetings business" under one agency. The story is fine, but one... More About: What , Hat
Milton Friedman, 94, dead
2006-12-01 10:09:05 Milton Fried man, 94, died Thursday "of heart failure after being taken to hospital near his home in San Francisco," according to the Wall Street Journal. Subscription required. (Image from http://www.ideachannel.com/Friedman.htm.) Or, search for it here. One of my two majors... More About: Dead , Milton , Milton Friedman
Stepping out from behind the curtain
2006-10-20 11:30:10 Awhile ago, I published a post about this time being the dawning of the age of transparency -- or actually, honesty. A great post by John Wagner/OnMessage Thursday reminded me of that, and helped to continue that line of thinking:... More About: Behind , Step , Ping
Other great points
2006-10-18 23:21:04 This OGP post is short, but still worth your time (I hope). So, for your browsing, pleasure, I offer the following: A visual thought on Walmart, Edelman and blogging, Colin McKay/CanuckFlack. Colin seems to have a unique perspective, or at... More About: Other , Great , Point , Points
Edelman, Wal-Mart and what can be learned
2006-10-17 04:57:03 Okay, after less than a week -- an enternity to some -- Richard Edelman finally came out with a statement on the whole Wal-Mart ing Across America fake blog fiasco. What I found most interesting is not what Mr. Edelman posted,... More About: Wal-Mart , Hat , Earn
Do you really know what you write?
2006-08-24 17:39:02 If you assume that, when you write and publish a book, you are an expert. Are you also an expert if you write and publish a blog? -- Mike... More About: Write , What , Hat , Now What , Real
Newspapers just need to step up
2006-08-21 17:36:02 A couple posts this week stoked the old journalistic fires in me, but more on the business side of the newspaper business. One was by Mike Bawden, and the other by Gary Goldhammer. While I love public relations and enjoy... More About: News , Newspapers , Just , Paper , Need
A tough love
2006-08-15 17:24:02 We have a tough job. We, as in those of us in marketing communications. And, specificially those of us who do any type of writing in marketing communications. (Okay, it should go without saying -- but I am to prevent... More About: Love , Tough
Random Thought . . . .
2006-08-10 17:15:02 Should "Postcards from Buster" be "Podcasts from Buster"? I mean, afterall, he videos most of his visits, right? How hard would it be to take the videos and make them into podcasts, then put them on a site for Arthur,... More About: Random , Thought
A fair price
2006-08-07 17:09:03 The subject of a post Mike Manuel had some time ago -- and my comment on it -- has been rolling around in my head fairly regularly since then. (Yeah, I know. I already trackedback, or is it trackbacked? to... More About: Rice , Fair , Price
Is corporate social responsibility profitable?
2006-08-07 17:09:03 A company in business to make a profit will only do something if it somehow contributes to the bottomline. Decrease costs. Increase revenue. Raise profits. Making "green" products; making a monetary or in-kind contribution to a local charity; appealing to... More About: Social , Corporate , Profit , Soci , Prof
It started with just one red paperclip
More articles from this author:2006-08-07 17:09:03 Kyle MacDonald finally has his house. And, it all started with one red paperclip. And, kudos to Corbin Bernsen, and Bert Roach of Kipling, Saskatchewan. -- Mike... More About: Arte , Just , With , Clip , Start 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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