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Typos that can kill

January 20th, 2012 at 08:48 » Comments (2)

The backdrop for this post is snowy Cleveland, where I spent eight of my 20 years working in the commercial newswire business.  A short return visit this week to the ...more »

My Kodak moments: Why I shoot Fuji film

January 4th, 2012 at 22:59 » Comments Off

I grew up in one of the seemingly small number of Rochester families without a relative employed by Kodak. But that doesn’t mean the once-mighty photographic empire didn’t touch ...more »

John M. Williams: ‘He took a bite out of life and let the juices run down his chin’

November 24th, 2011 at 14:07 » Comments (46)

John MacLeod Williams, who led PR Newswire through tremendous sales growth in the 1990s and successfully extended the paid press release business model into China in recent years, died suddenly ...more »

Entrepreneur’s solution to trade show price gouging

October 18th, 2011 at 21:10 » Comments Off

[caption id="attachment_1119" align="alignleft" width="368" caption="Consulting giant Booz Allen Hamilton's uber-professional booth awaiting shipping on the final day of PRSA. "][/caption] For the entrepreneur founder of a startup, exhibiting at a trade ...more »

Three skunkworks products PR pros should try

September 13th, 2011 at 21:48 » Comments Off

I’ve always thought skunkworks projects were pretty sweet. As a kid, I earned the name Fingers Armon because my friend Jimmy Fiddler and I disassembled lamps, radios, and other gear – ...more »

Like Abe Vigoda, press releases were pronounced dead prematurely

September 6th, 2011 at 10:26 » Comments (2)

[caption id="attachment_1082" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Photo credit: Sony Pictures"][/caption] Actor Abe Vigoda knows what it’s like to be dead even while still very much alive and kicking. Known best for his roles as ...more »

A PR firm dressed up like a software company

August 19th, 2011 at 10:14 » Comments Off

Today's introduction of a new automated evaluation tool by London-based Lewis PR got me thinking: Are service providers in the PR space not innovating fast enough? Or are PR agencies no longer ...more »

What’s that scratching sound?

December 13th, 2010 at 10:17 » Comments (2)

An odd benefit to growing up with two legally blind sisters in the 1970s was my very early DJ career. Along with magnifying glasses and the weekly large-print edition of The ...more »

PR driving social media bus, says Altimeter’s Charlene Li

October 22nd, 2010 at 10:12 » Comments Off

Budget season is in full swing inside organizations with calendar fiscal years.  Chances are a few new line items have made their way into the public relations spending plan for ...more »

Predicting next year’s hot PR topic: anti-social media

October 19th, 2010 at 15:53 » Comments Off

For those who see the glass as half-empty, don’t worry.  Marketers and PR folks will start focusing on you in 2011. Jonathan Evans, my longtime colleague and friend, attended the annual ...more »
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