David Strom’s December story at RWW about the “Ten Biggest PR Blunders of 2011” mentions things that happen every year for as long as I’ve been in this game. The story isn’t so much about blunders as pressure to please the client being passed onto journos, but boy, did it rark up a PR person [...]
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Trends
Quite simply, some charts that may be of interest. For example, note how Apple is supplanting Microsoft in search volume; that PR may be peeling upwards away from advertising and even marketing; the relative fortunes of Google+, Facebook and Twitter; social media may be levelling off; and, especially heartwarming for me, Star Wars is much [...]
Advertising, PR, sales, marketing: now you see it, now you don’t
People are visual, so it makes sense that they act on what they can see. But that’s not so hot when you need to deal with, um, concepts. So, people ‘get’ advertising, because they know what an advert is. I don’t know what the figures are for the average number of adverts people are exposed [...]
Facebook and Google: if you can’t do the time…
So today, on Today on Radio 4, and the front page of the Guardian, and on the BBC, and probably everywhere else, is the story of Facebook, Google, and a PR company that I’m not going to continue to kick (because I don’t like kicking PR agencies). That is, Facebook’s agency allegedly trying place smear [...]
Words that make you go ‘Grrrrr’
The communications world never ceases to amaze me. The very people who put together amazing programmes for clients seem unable to do this for themselves. Perhaps this is why they get such a bad rap. The ‘PR is crap’ meme circulates the web every few months, as does the ‘Advertising is dead’ meme. Maybe they [...]
Online foam
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Social spume
- Why Google Shouldn’t Bother With a Home Entertainment GadgetThere’s a rumor going around that Google is planning some kind of home-entertainment device — possibly and answer to the (also rumored) Apple iTV. Apparently Google’s living-room product will be Google-branded, controlled via Android phone or tablet and may eventually expand to do things like control your room lights or kitchen gear. It really sounds like a […]Peter Pachal
- List of Corporate Social Strategist 2012 (Buyer/Brand Side, 1000+ Employees)It’s time for the annual publication of the list of Corporate Social Strategists at companies with over 1000 employees (enterprise class) that are spearheading, leading, and carving out social business at today’s modern corporation. The Corporate Social Strategist Defined Is the business decision maker for social media programs – who provides leadership, roa […]jeremiah_owyang
- 15 Fascinating Twitter Employees You Should Follow1. Kris We're intrigued by the tweets of someone that labels themselves as being "unnecessarily coy" and knows that they will someday live in Paris once their days of working with the "Twitter dudes" are through.Click here to view this gallery.You may follow lots of interesting people on Twitter, but do you follow any Twitter employe […]Brandon Smith
- First Photos of Beyonce’s and Jay-Z’s Baby Emerge on Tumblr [PICS]Blue Ivy Carter on Tumblr More than a month after Beyonce and Jay-Z welcomed their first child to the world, pictures of the newborn, Blue Ivy Carter, have emerged. A Tumblr blog titled "HelloBlueIvyCarter" popped up on Friday night, displaying five photos of the baby. Blue Ivy was born sometime on Jan. 7. The text on the new Tumblr blog reads, […]Brian Anthony Hernandez
- Revealed: Google Wallet Security Flaw on Android Phones [VIDEO]Don’t give up your wallet and plastic cards just yet — at least, not until Google Wallet gets a security update. The Android-only service, which lets you pay with your smartphone, turns out to have a major security flaw. If someone gets hold of your phone, they can effectively hit the reset button on Google Wallet — and get themselves sent a new PIN number. […]Kate Freeman
- Have You Updated Your LinkedIn Profile Lately?LinkedIn keeps growing and piling up successive quarters of revenue growth....(author unknown)
- Groupon: From 'Wildly Profitable' to 'Learning How to Communicate'At a time when both Wall Street and the public may be down on Groupon, the company has hired a 20-year agency vet to handle its PR efforts....(author unknown)
