Global Blog Week (Or, how I managed to make everyone hate me)
So it’s Global PR Blog Week.
They asked me to post something.
So I did.
Because, you know, not enough people in the industry didn’t like me to begin with.
This Geek Covets…
Smart. Very smart. We all know we can only really fit 3 plugs into those 5 outlet adaptors because of how bulky the plugs are, right?
Here’s the answer. Brilliant.
But baby, it’s good for the skin!
Contest: Figure out a way to do PR for this company.
Possible slogans:
From our skin to yours
Executed with the most delicate of poisons
For that soft, smooth, just killed look.
Wow.
Peter 5: Rich Thomaselli, Advertising Age
Thanks, Rich!
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.
After almost 20 years in the biz, I’m like any other reporter: I’m competitive, I like to land the scoop and I […]
PR truth is stranger than PR fiction
So The Onion, one of my favorite reads, had a great story a while back about how Gillette was going to unveil a five-blade, two-aloe-strip, self-lathering razor. Very funny story. (Crude language warning for those reading at work.)
Anyhow, that said, this just in from CNN: Gillette Unveils Five-Blade-Razor.
It’s like how AmEx created a Black Card […]
I hate Sarah Morgan
Why, you may ask?
Well, Sarah Morgan has a blog. I read Sarah’s blog whenever she posts.
Sarah posted this morning about something called Konfabulator.
Sarah, THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF POST A GROWN MAN WITH ADHD SHOULD BE READING!
Damn you, Sarah. Damn you.
Ed note: I don’t really hate Sarah.
A post from somewhere out of my element
I’m on business today in a place I’ve never before been: Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Some thoughts.
I land and am awestruck by the stunning natural beauty.
I get into my rental car. My rental car is a truck.
As I’m putting my bags into my rental car truck, a large cat walks by in the parking lot. "Oh, […]
A Katrina-Related Release Done Properly
Found this afternoon on PR Newswire. A release relating to Katrina - Well done. Written very respectfully, nothing extra at all. Well done.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Robert D. Orr,Chairman and CEO of Brooke Corporation (Nasdaq: BXXX), announced today thatthe Company’s 2005 Annual Franchise Convention scheduled on October 16th-19thin New Orleans, Louisiana, has […]
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