Zenith doesn’t pay their bills, their web site gets shut down

Check out the attached. It’s from Zenith.com - Don’t know if Zenith will be back fixed, so I screenshot it below, click on it to open it up bigger.

Questions.
1) Is this cool?
2) If you’re a small PR firm/shop/agency, how do you deal with non-payment?
3) Does this help or hurt the agency who’s doing this?
4) […]



Hey PR People: Pray you’re not on this list…

Chris Anderson at Wired is fed up with BS pitches from people who don’t bother to take the time to do their homework. So he’s started outing the people who send him exactly that kind of crap.
5w is on the list more than once. (Sorry Ron - train your people better.)
SparkPR is on the list. […]



The One Minute Media Relations Gude

I hate giving Greg any more of a swelled head than he already has, but he deserves a mention for this. Spectacular post, read it and commit it to memory.



Massive Client Hit

Killer hit this morning in the NY Times for Disaboom, a relatively new client. The nicest part is that it took about a month - the client understood this, and got that solid PR is not an overnight process. If you find yourself lucky enough to work with clients who understand timing, like mine do, […]



Social Networking: A One-Minute Primer

This is the overview of the talk I gave at the Orange County IABC event last week. It’s a pretty good primer on Social Media, if I do say so myself. Brief being better, here’s all you need to know. I’d be interested, as always, in your thoughts.
a) Networking is something you should be doing […]



Did you tell the people closest to you that you loved them today?

If you haven’t, what the hell are you waiting for?
Blue Skies, Tonto. Thank you for everything you taught me. Even though I never met you, your advice to me on more than one occasion was spot-on. I thank you.



This must be what quitting Heroin is like…

I ran The Poland Spring Marathon Kick-off 5 mile race this morning. 42:32, or exactly an 8:30 pace. Not terrible. Not enough to get me to reverse my decision about deferring, but not terrible. Exactly one minute slower than the same race a year ago. Probably closer to 30-seconds slower, but I had to stop […]



Props to Doctor Jen

Jennifer Hartstein gets some nice airtime this morning on CBS’s Early Show, discussing crying.



SAW Movie: Blood for Blood Campaign

Very smart move on the part of the American Red Cross - Doing a blood drive at the start of one of the bloodiest movies of the year - Saw IV.
Smart. Introduces a whole new generation to giving blood. Well done.



Hey California: I’m speaking tonight

Hey Orange County, LA, and surrounding areas… If you come to hear me speak tonight, I promise not to mention anything having to do with the fires.

Insider’s Guide: How to Use Web 2.0 and Social Networks in Your Marketing, PR and Comm Programs

MySpace, FaceBook, LinkedIn… These popular services have introduced new monetization models and changed […]