Recently, like most Americans I have been watching the flurry of media regarding the swine flu also known as the H1N1 virus and the reference to its being a pandemic. Fox Business recently reported http://bit.ly/gRyfQ that officials led by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack are waging a battle against bad public relations targeting the pig.
With all of today’s news, it was hard to decide on just one topic for today… address the latest on how Domino’s reacted to those gross videos posted online? Overdone by now. Comment on Pizza Hut’s latest announcement looking for a summer intern to run their Twitter? Yawn. Ponder how Freddie Mac will react publicly [...]
Isn’t that the old adage? The shoemakers children don’t have shoes? That’s what I think of when I read the Feb. 10 review of “PR: A Persuasive Industry” in USA Today.
The article starts out with this…
Sleazy. Disingenuous. These are words used in U.K. newspaper coverage of the public relations industry. PR, oddly enough, doesn’t have [...]
Three years ago, Matt Leinart was at the top of his game. Selected in the top 10 of the 2006 draft, winner of the coveted Heisman Trophy as a junior, and had acheived celebrity status. Now, three years later, he’s going to Super Bowl XLIII. Just not in the exact position he hoped.
The United States recently experienced a historical election that captivated the entire nation. Barak Obama was elected as our next commander and chief. It was hard not to get swept into the candidate debates, the many news stories and various opinions. Both sides spoke passionately of their plans for the current ailing economy and I personally [...]
Dan Abrams, the former general manager of MSNBC, is launching a media-strategy firm, according to today’s Wall Street Journal. His advantage is using a panel of journalists if your company faces a difficult public relations isssue to “weigh in on how media outlets would likely respond to different PR strategies.”
One of Abrams’s investors believes “big [...]
A spin spotter? Come on. First of all it’s one thing to push blame of spin on PR people but how lazy do we think newspapers are that they need spinoculars?
Apparently, there is a new program for journalists to download and it catches any bias or spin in their pieces. As Katherine asks the question [...]
Until recently I wasn’t familiar with Kiehl’s products. Because of Brad Pitt, I now know that Kiehl’s is a beauty and cosmetics maker known for its old-school, natural formulas and minimalistic packaging. Read full article: http://thecycle.prweekblogs.com/2008/08/19/kiehls-taps-pitt-for-cause-marketing-effort/.
With new design comes new opportunities! We found out just this morning that your one-and-only spinsucks.com is nominated for best marketing blog by the Blogger’s Choice Awards! And by somebody we don’t even know. So thank you “lamsemjaza”, we appreciate the readership and the love for the nomination.
So, if you hate spin and love FADS, [...]
Blog written by Courtney Lawrence
While out of the country last week I refused to check my email or voicemail — however, I did feel a little out of touch by not really knowing much of what was going on back home. I figured it was time to catch up on the daily headlines by [...]
