Memo to BMW: Stop showing people your cars suck

Now don’t get me wrong - I have a BMW - I love it. It’s a wonderful, wonderful car, and I get to go really, really fast. But BMW Manhattan is not filled with the brightest bulbs in the case.
Not only could they not discover that the slow leak in my tire was coming from […]



Signs of the end of the world, #452.1

USA Today has an article on how your blog can get you fired.
The sign of the end of the world? NOWHERE in the article is MicroPersuasion’s Steve Rubel quoted.
Start storing the bottled water now.



Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage…

Imagine my shock the other day when I was nearly run over by a promotion.

As it would turn out, HSBC partnered with Paragon Sports to give free rides around Manhattan. Just show your HSBC bank card or credit card, and jump on the bus.

Very cool. Totally seems like something Commerce would do.



PR Differently gets Domained

Just an FYI, if it’s easier, you can now type www.prdifferently.com and go right to my blog.
My contribution to making your life a little easier.



Peter 5: Tommy Fernandez, Crain’s New York Business

Tommy: Thanks for taking time for Peter 5!

1) Give us a very brief overview of you: What you like to work with, favorite types of stories, what you’re always on the lookout for, and as important, what you can’t stand.

1) I like to work on stories that aren’t obvious, and which turn the conventional wisdom […]



Definitions

This is wonderful. Daily Candy put together a list of New York City definitions.  It turns out, I’m a boroughbred! Hee!



Musings from the road

Here in Portland, land of very tall trees and extremely big sky. Beautiful city… Very… I dunno… I guess if Seattle went Zen, it would be Portland.
Went to the Oregon Zoo yesterday, who knew they had one of the largest collections of elephants anywhere? Very cool. And of course, they had Otters. I think I’ll […]



July Upcomings

July’s Monthly Observances

Anti-Boredom Month

Blueberry Month

Ice Cream Month

National Baked Bean Month

National Hot Dog Month

National Water Gardening Month

Third Week of July
National Independent Retailers Week

Fourth Week of July
National Salad Week

July 1    Canadian Independence Day, 1867

July 2    Halfway point of 2005.  Amelia Earhart Disappears, 1937

July 3    Lee Defeated At Gettysburg, 1863

July 3    Idaho becomes 43rd […]



Traveling Fool…

On the road tomorrow and Thursday, off to Portland, Oregon. Anyone there want to get together for a drink?
Some nice press for my client Audible, they’ve formed a partnership with XM that’s getting pickup everywhere. In the meantime, I got them press in Time Out Chicago and a bunch of other outlets on the concept […]



CNN: And Now for Something Completely Different…

CNN redesigns their entire sked - I for one liked it fine the way it was. But hey, that’s just me. And I’m just a voice of one.
Besides, Atlanta’ns don’t know good satire when they see it - You don’t reassign someone like Jack Cafferty to the 3-6pm slot without releasing the wrath of people […]