After spending Labor Day Weekend purging, I have some books to give away. Some are older than others. But, as you’ll see in the list below, they cover social media, public relations, branding, marketing and business topics. All of them are still relevant to one degree or another. If I did a blog post/book report, […]
Posted on September 4th, 2012 by admin
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It is often difficult in a corporation to see interconnections with the world, but in politics, links are stark — such as this case. In an effort to protect its borders, the US deports migrants to Mexico where crime is worse. Predictably, Mexico is unhappy about it because it is fighting its own war with […]
Posted on October 25th, 2011 by admin
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This story is proof of a fact long known in medical administration. You can’t tell doctors what to do. You have to persuade them, frequently one by one, to change the ways they work. Britain’s failure to establish a comprehensive health information technology system is a warning to similar efforts in the US. Here, however, […]
Posted on September 28th, 2011 by admin
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The communications director for the governor of Florida is using Twitter to talk to reporters with interesting results. Disputes that used to be handled in one-on-one talks are now 140-character tweets that all can follow. While some say it is entertaining, one wonders if it is smart. Calling out reporters and and editors and their stories so […]
Posted on April 12th, 2011 by admin
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Earlier this week Forrester analyst Josh Bernoff published a plea to PR professionals to take a stand against unprofessional practices. Compared to many previous rants on this issue and the shoddy practices we’re all aware of, his plea is rational and completely fair. If you work in Public Relations, then you should passionately care about […]
Posted on February 27th, 2011 by admin
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In 2007, I wrote a post called “Ready to Pitch a Blog? Take This Quiz First.” Three and a half years later, I’m revisiting it to celebrate the Bad Pitch blog’s Fifth Birthday. While I thought I’d be noting how much has changed since it was written, it still holds up. But I’ve edited […]
Posted on January 10th, 2011 by admin
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Here is an interesting example of community relations from a university. One can’t help but wonder, however, if it is a gift that will be ignored because the receivers won’t know what to do with it. Even heavy users of the internet might not have a use for one gigabit per second internet speed. The […]
Posted on March 25th, 2010 by admin
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