This was sent in as a joke, but sadly, it’s dead on. Publicists: THIS IS WHAT NOT TO DO. Understand? Read this. Commit it to memory. THEN DON’T DO ANYTHING REMOTELY LIKE IT ON MY LIST. Thanks to AL for the great farce. 1. QUERY I am looking for Long Islanders 50 and older who are in debt or have been in debt, to interview for a Newsday article. My client is a 30-year-old bank executive who can talk about how Americans no longer face debt, given today’s booming economy. Please call me. 2. QUERY As the number of people “pimping their rides,” has increased, so have questions about what is covered in car insurance. I have spoken to many [...]

There’s nothing more that needs to be said about the Sprint Novatel Wireless U727 card over than “I’m writing this post from a Dog Park, not because I have a dog, but because I CAN!” Woo! Thank you to Ann Handley for this morning’s interview with me on Help A Reporter. I’ve been a fanboy of MarketingProfs for years. Also, props to Disaboom, who made Cool Site of the Day today! Today is Monday. This week finds me in Atlantic City and Denver, where I’m sure I’ll have many more chances to test out my new Broadband card. I suppose logic would say, however, that I’ll probably enjoy the card more when it’s not 40 degrees outside.

So… Y’all remember how I started that little Facebook group I started that allowed me to connect reporters and sources, right? Well, 1,200 members later, and we’ve blown past email limits for Facebook groups. So with that said… Welcome to Help A Reporter: The Sequel. Help A Reporter, at www.helpareporter.com is live, and already making waves. Check out the NY Times from this morning, Marketing Sherpa from this morning, and the tons of blogs and Tweets about it. When we do it right, I REALLY love this industry. Two quick photos: First one from my arrival at the Island Hotel in Newport Beach a few days ago. I love it when hotels take the time to figure out what your [...]

In CA for meetings today. Figured I’d head out and skydive all morning. It’s cloudy as anything. No skydiving. So I sit here, at the makeup counter/mirror of my suite, working. I could do this from home. I don’t need to be a suite to do it. “Wow, Peter, you get to travel all the time! It must be so cool!” Yes. Welcome to “so cool.” Population: Me. On the plus side, I have tons of room to apply my foundation and lip liner. In other news… helpareporter.com is E-to-the-X-to-the-Ploding. 500 members this morning alone! Woo-hoo! And the first query request sent out came from the Chicago Tribune! That rocks. Feel free to sign up. Phil Gomes wrote an interesting [...]