Public Relations Tips Archive

Pinning Grace Under Pressure

February 15th, 2012

Pinterest, the social media darling du jour, has deftly handled what could have been a slightly bigger PR headache.  The site recently received a request from Republican presidential candidate Mitt …

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Strike While the PR Iron Is Hot

February 3rd, 2012

A while back this blog gave free PR advice to social network startup Diaspora.  The recommendation was to use strong privacy controls to distinguish itself from (and become an attractive …

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An (In)Convenient Fee

January 3rd, 2012

Here is free PR advice for every global corporation that markets a service. Never, under any circumstances, call any of your fees “convenient.” Verizon, as you might know, committed a …

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Things to do with a good new story

December 19th, 2011

Say you’re a business, brand, nonprofit, mom-and-pop, or other publicity-seeking entity. You’ve pounded the social media pavement, engaged bloggers across areas of interest, pitched reporters and editors across print and …

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American Airlines Social Media Policy Should Follow Southwest’s

December 6th, 2011

So the story raging across Twitter, and then through MSM, is that actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight today.  The reports indicate that Baldwin didn’t comply …

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Three Ways Target Can Avoid a Black Friday Black Eye

November 22nd, 2011

You’ve probably heard about the mega-criticism that mega-retailer Target is facing over opening its stores for sales at midnight on Black Friday.  Judging from an online petition that’s collected nearly …

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3 Simple Ways to Make Your Content Marketing Work

November 7th, 2011

Editor’s note: We are once again honored to have a guest post from Mr. Dan Bischoff (his bio is at the end of this post).  Thank you, Dan! In online …

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9 + 9 + 9 = Ineffective Crisis Management

November 1st, 2011

With Herman Cain, the (d)evolution of his campaign’s response to sexual harassment allegations has marked a total failure on basic crisis public relations principles.  Here’s a rundown of all the mistakes …

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What Blackberry Is Doing Right (So Far…)

October 27th, 2011

The last Blog Aesthetic post talked about the recent RIM missteps around the Blackberry.  Today’s blog post could continue that theme and examine the PR effect of the delayed/much-needed OS update for …

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Blackberry BBX = (B)are (B)ones E(X)cuse

October 21st, 2011

In litigation PR, it’s critical to have a holding statement ready to go if when lawsuits are filed against your company or client.  ”We are reviewing the allegations … We …

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