Sprint Nextel President and CEO Daniel Hesse has his share of problems bringing his company out of the doldrums, but he has a nice asset in the Palm Pre. The Pre, which runs on the Sprint Nextel network, has received solid reviews. CNET gives it 3.5 stars out of five, applauding its multitasking, notification system, […]
United’s nightmare not over by a longshot
On July 17, 2009, Dave Carroll’s video was the number three search result for “United Airlines.”
♫ United breaks guitars; everyone sing along! ♫
Good morning class: For today’s lesson, please view this video: Now, please take note of the number of views on the video (as of this posting, it’s more than 1,300,000). Now, please visit Twitter search and see the traffic: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=united+breaks+guitars Now, let’s review the ways it pays to “be good”: 1. It’s a nice feeling. […]
U.S. to Sanford: shut yer pie hole
Every so often the news brings us a complete train wreck, the person who can’t help but do everything wrong. Today it’s South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, who has been discovered having a very public sexual liaison with an Argentinian-woman-not-his-wife. In so doing, he has given us a new euphemism for sexual misconduct: “hiking the […]
Rest in peace: “you’re welcome”
“You’re welcome,” long a popular part of daily speech and a polite acknowledgement to “thank you,” has died of natural causes after a long period of abandonment by the culture. It is survived by its distant relatives, “no problem,” “not a problem,” “uh-huh” and “whatever.” While “you’re welcome’s” birth date is unknown, the phrase first […]
Just one bad moment
We’ve all had one. That moment you wish you could take back. Maybe you were impatient with your child, a colleague, or a loved one. Perhaps you laughed at someone’s expense. Or uncorked some profanity in an inappropriate situation. You know why you did it. You were tired, you had had enough, you weren’t really […]
Presidential spokespeople: is there a handbook?
No wonder reporters don’t like spokespeople! Evasion, redirection, and just plain sucking up to reporters, straight from the playbook of how to be a lousy spokesperson (the good stuff starts at about 3:50 in on the clip). The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Obama: Day 15 Daily Show Full EpisodesFunny […]
Blagojevich: you just can’t look away
photo credit Andrew Rubio Being a liar is probably the worst sin from a public relations perspective. But right next to lying is hubris, the notion that the rules don’t apply to you, that your $#*t don’t stink, that you can get away with something wrong through the sheer force of confidence. Hubris is alive […]
Annual top 10 PR Blunders
Courtesy of Bulldog Reporter’s Daily Dog, here’s some familiar material. Let’s do better in 2009, please!
PR needed here: Detroit automakers
It shouldn’t surprise you to learn that the heads of the Big Three automakers flew to Washington on three private jets to beg for $25 billion in bailout money. A sensible person would ask: is this on message? Don’t people judge you by your actions? Would it be so bad to fly commercial? At least […]