Just a quick thought and a few questions today:
When the whole Domino’s issue went abuzz in SM land, all I could really think was “Don’t they have more important things to worry about? Like learning how to make a pizza that doesn’t taste like cardboard?” (I don’t know. I’m a native New Yorker, so good [...]

I was asked often enough privately where I’ll still be “hanging out” on the Web that I wanted to quickly come back here and share.
You’ll still be able to find me blogging at any of my other numerous sites (a few include JennSays.com, AudioXposure.com, and AllBookMarketing.com). The first is my newest blog, much more personal [...]

Note: The following is a guest post from Jill Lublin, co-author of Guerrilla Publicity. Jill is currently on a virtual blog tour promoting her new book, Get Noticed… Get Referrals: Build Your Client Base and Your Business by Making a Name for Yourself. 
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I’m sure you’ve noticed how business has changed. We’ve left the era when [...]

Thanks to Judy Gombita for passing along yet another rant-inspiring link.
From Neville Hobson - New Media Academic Summit 2008:
“Agrees with Rick, journalism is dead. If everyone is a communicator, what is their role. We’ve got to add something of value to our clients that’s strategic and beyond press releases.”
Awww shit man! You mean we actually [...]

My last post talked about the Google Trends data for Myspace and Facebook, and why it’s not reliable - including the fact that sites have to opt in to letting Google access their Analytics data for even close to accurate traffic estimates (not only do you have to opt in, but obviously, you also have [...]

For this week’s roundup of PR- and social media-related blog posts, I’m going to simply give you the list, sans my commentary. As usual though, being listed here doesn’t mean I like, approve of, or agree with the post. I’m simply including things I think are worth reading in order to help you form your [...]

Let’s see what’s abuzz in the blogosphere these days - search engines, spam, and social media - good stuff:

The Role of SEO in PR - PR Meets Marketing
If you work in Public Relations, should you even care about search engine optimization? I think so. I’ve even mentioned here before that I’d consider SEO to be [...]

I talked recently about PR stereotypes, and Judy Gombita of PR Conversations just sent a link to this post: Is PR Innately Immoral?
Since the topic seems to be on a lot of blogs lately, I’d like to give my $.02.
Is there an image problem?
Yes. Absolutely. PR people suck at PR for the industry itself.
Is our [...]

Greg Smith of The PR Lab recently commented here that “there’s the problem - we don’t do enough PR to correct the impression’s people have.” His comment was in relation to this post (PR Pros: A Bunch of Shady Sex-Crazed Skirts), which looks at some of the stereotypes people have of PR practitioners (that we’re [...]

OK. So maybe some of us are just two out of the three, but still….
Seriously, let’s talk about stereotypes of the Public Relations industry and its professionals. I came across two posts tonight that leave me a little bit concerned and a whole lot amused.

PR and the ‘Chick Factor’: What Kent State Learned About the [...]