Every once in a long while, someone pitches me something that’s surprisingly right on target. Today was one. Jennifer Jacobson at Retrevo sent me an interesting pitch about a survey they conducted – Turns out, I’m right to keep my Blackberry at home when I go out and know I’ll be drinking. Results below. Be careful out there, peeps. Full story is here. Study Highlights: – 32% of people surveyed say they’ve posted something online they regretted – Of that 32%: 3% say it ruined their marriage or relationship with someone. 6% of them said it caused problems at work or home. – Of that 32%: 13% were able to remove the offending post – 59% of iPhone users have [...]

Client press release today… OpSec Security Announces Partnership with Licensing Resource Group to Provide Online Trademark Management Tools BOSTON, Ma – August 7, 2007 – OpSec Security, Inc., the global leader in anti-counterfeiting and brand protection management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with licensing industry leader, Licensing Resource Group (LRG), to resell the Trademarx suite of online trademark management tools. With clients including the major sports leagues, over 200 colleges, Olympics organizations, media studios, and major celebrities and characters, OpSec is spearheading the fight against counterfeit goods, and protecting due royalties from licensed merchandise. “OpSec is the clear leader in delivering sophisticated product security and monitoring technologies to licensing companies.  Our partnership together strengthens our ability to serve licensors, [...]

Dear Webclipping.com: STOP SPAMMING ME FOR YOUR SERVICES EVERY TIME I SEND OUT A PRESS RELEASE ON EITHER BUSINESS WIRE OR PR NEWSWIRE. Thank you. Love, -Peter

Easiest way to tell when a company goes from "small and fun" to "major and corporate?" When I was at AOL, it was when they stopped providing free beer trucks on Friday afternoons in the parking lot. For Facebook, it would seem to be when their guidelines for how to issue a release if it involves them blows past three pages of instructions. via valleywag (thanks matt for the info)

Got this email from someone named Tami Queen at Vocus. In essence, she’s telling me how to make sure I don’t spam bloggers when pitching them. Um…You know I have a blog, right? And it has a category about "really bad press releases," right? I’m not trying to be mean or anything, but does anyone else see the irony in spamming a blogger with an email about how to not spam bloggers? Or maybe it’s just Tuesday. Considering the day I’m having, where I am starting to believe that I’m a player in G-d’s personal Gag Reel, who knows… So Tami: Thanks – But I’m going to pass. but I’ll be happy to blog about it. Then pitch it to [...]