Peter Shankman

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.

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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.

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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.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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