Smashing Magazine: 10 harsh truths about corporate websitesCIO: Twitter: How to get started guide for business peopleThe Vitrue 100: The top social brands of 2008 … [Continue reading]
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 … [Continue reading]
Blagojevich: you just can’t look away
photo credit Andrew RubioBeing 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 … [Continue reading]
Review: devices for streaming movies to your television
Today's Dealnews has a helpful review of the Roku Netflix box, Apple TV, and the Vudu box. … [Continue reading]
Reputation management tools, free and paid
There's only one Internet, and that makes it easier to effectively track your brand's reputation than ever before. Dan Schwabel takes a look at free tools for online reputation management in this article; this may be all the information you need. But … [Continue reading]
Social media predictions: 2009
Social Media 2009 Publish at Scribd or explore others: Management Business social media 2009 Being Peter Kim has assembled an excellent compendium of predictions for 2009.Also worth a look, … [Continue reading]
Annual top 10 PR Blunders
Courtesy of Bulldog Reporter's Daily Dog, here's some familiar material. Let's do better in 2009, please! … [Continue reading]
A Charlie Brown ad agency Christmas
Protect your company from online identity theft
photo courtesy of Giant GinkgoLast week was pretty good for Illuminati Karate, a web developer in Raleigh, North Carolina. The company snapped up an expired web domain for $10 and resold it for a profit of $34,990. The domain? GeorgeWBushLibrary.com. … [Continue reading]
To my graduating students
Congratulations! You're almost out of here. Don't forget a few tasks before you're gone for good:Thank mom, dad and all the adults who have cheered for you, paid for your car insurance, hired you, and took the time to get to know you as an adult. You … [Continue reading]