Online PR
PRweb: Giving Credit Where Credit’s Due
I’m sure it’s no secret that I’m not a fan of PRweb. However, even little old me can give credit when it’s due. So just a quickie today:
Someone pointed out an issue on a release posted to PRweb with live links. To write even remotely properly you’ll occasionally have to include a comma after […]
Do You Really Know a Rat’s Ass About PR?
Apparently Markus Merz doesn’t. Have you seen the BS blog post from earlier today (I guess technically yesterday at this hour)? Give it a whirl:
Big Questions that PR People are Losing Sleep Over
Damn, I’m getting sick of people not in PR acting like they know what the hell the problems with PR are. I […]
My Beef With Twitter (Or Why Twitter Sucks)
I was asked a little while ago what my beef with Twitter is (by Kami Huyse of MyPRPro.com). I really couldn’t care less if other people want to waste their time on Twitter. Honestly, I hardly consider them worth the time and blog space for a rant to begin with. Twitter sucks (about as much […]
Why You’re Right to be an Online PR Skeptic
This post is in response to Online PR: Sceptics in the House by Greg Smith of The PR Lab. I’m posting it here instead of in his comments, because I refuse to comment on a blog that requires you to register first… good PR doesn’t include making your readers work hard just to reach you […]
Top Ten Reasons Facebook Sucks
Not long ago I promised a “top ten” list, and I’ve been itching to bitch about everybody’s favorite former-Myspace-wannabe, current-LinkedIn-wannabe Facebook.
Maybe I’m one of the last few sane people, but I’m not on Facebook. I won’t join. If you send me a stupid invite or I receive an email saying you added me to your […]
Archive Your Press Releases You Idiot
That’s one of those little things I find myself muttering under my breath when talking to the occasional unenlightened Webpreneur. A lot of online business owners and webmasters not only aren’t aware that a press release archive would be good for them, but they actually refuse to post their press releases on their company site.
Now […]
Blog Comments Closed Due to Lack of Common Sense
Why do some bloggers feel a need to lock their posts up in a pretty little untouchable package by closing blog comments or forcing people to register with a site before being able to comment? How stupid is that?
Yet I see more and more bloggers going this route; especially people with any kind of prominence […]
More Bad News on Blog Stupidity
One of my bigger pet peeves lately (and I have plenty) is the fact that too many people involved in blogging know very little about blogging. Judy Gombita of PR Conversations forwarded me a link to a blog post earlier today:
Bloggers are Big Cheaters
The post is essentially a rant (I always love a good rant) […]
Why Do PR Professionals Still Not Understand Blogging?
I was following up on a MyRagan thread of the recent blog ethics discussions, and saw this comment posted by Susan Cellura:
“Isn’t that the beauty of this thing called social media/Web 2.0? We’re defining the “rules” as we go along? More conservatives types disagree with Debbie’s email but others see it as a sensible approach? […]
Big List of Free Press Release Distribution Sites
Last edited on June 4, 2008.
As promised, here is a big list of free press release distribution sites (something I’m very commonly asked for by clients in the webmaster / online business world).
Disclaimer: I in no way advocate the mass-submitting of press releases using automatic submission tools, or even manually submitting to large numbers of […]
