In a nascent industry, it seems that everyone is an expert just because they have a blog or a Twitter account. But are they really? What if they don't have either? Tom Formeski from Silicon Valley Watcher makes a point that PR firms who sell social media services should also have a blog of their own. He intends to take "a regular look at PR firms and their blogs or lack of them." My friend and PR guru Joe Thornley from Fallis Thornley takes it a read more...
Is PR Paid to Lie? The Two Paradigms of Public Relations
The pundits and the PR community are all sharpening their pencils and will be read more...
Beat Reporters Have a Love/Hate Relationship with Blogs and Bloggers
I have had a chance to review an interesting study released yesterday by Brodeur and Marketwire. The study asked that cover the beats of technology, travel, health care, lifestyle, and politics to assess the impact of social media on five factors - speed, diversity, editorial direction, quality, and accuracy. It was a very mixed result. Over all, reporters felt that social media had a positive effect on diversity of read more...
Public Relations Consulting: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, 5 Things to Consider
I love my job. Still I sometimes miss being on the inside, what we agencies call the "client" side. The "Real" Job In my idealistic memory, the client of public relations held many wonders. I had a lot of control over the strategic direction of the public relations department and certainly over my projects. I usually called the shots with my bosses when it came to making the hard decisions. I was a true counselor. I was trusted and valued. Did you notice that I said it came from my "idealistic" read more...
Reputation Management in A Google World
Yesterday I had the pleasure of participating in a PRSA teleseminar about online reputation management with Lee Odden of Toprank Marketing. You should also be sure to subscribe to his blog, and if you use Twitter, to follow him there as well. His insights are always interesting and he is a wealth of resources. One thing I learned about during our seminar was a new read more...
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