PR Job Coach
AUGUST 21, 2010
'In my early years in public relations, I was constantly reminded by reporters, editors and columnists that the cardinal sin of media relations was trying to pitch without knowing, reading or understanding the reporter’s work and beat. In their quest for a quick hit, wet-behind-the-ears PR newbies pitched stories and ideas that fell flat because the stories or ideas were either not related or just plain irrelevant to the writer’s interest.
Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 15, 2010
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Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 25, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Five Productivity Tools for PR Pros August 25th, 2010 Tweet A few months ago, I wrote a piece on communicating effectively with a virtual workforce for IABC’s monthly e-zine, CW Bulletin. You see, I’ve been there, done that.
Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 17, 2010
'Should the press release die? Or should it just become a social media press release? Hey, a press release and social media are like peanut butter and chocolate folks. Are you going to pass on a Reese''s?! Um, who cares?! OK, I understand there''s a sh!t ton of money tied up in the distribution of press releases --from the agencies writing them and the blogs, conferences, workshops, e-books and teleseminars offering tips on how to write better press releases to the wire services and media databa
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Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 4, 2010
'People sometimes ask us why we out our own on The Bad Pitch Blog. There are two reasons. We’re tired of our entire industry taking a hit for the actions of its minority. It’s for their own good. Don’t believe the second reason? Well, before I explain myself, let me give you some background. Our readers (you!) enjoy the guilty pleasure of seeing fellow practitioners f-up.
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Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 27, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali The MetricsMan Comes To #measurePR August 27th, 2010 Tweet What’s a Twitter chat on measurement without a Metrics Man? Fortunately, Don Bartholomew of Fleishman-Hillard - whom you may know as @donbart on Twitter – will rectify that this coming Tuesday, when he joins us to chat about social media “ROI.&# Ah, ROI.
Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 18, 2010
'SXSWi is many things, including inspiration, participation and celebration. And then there''s that unseemly underbelly of bullsh!t, blathering, broadcasting of self-importance and bad pr. And that''s where we come in. Richard and I have split up to do twice as much damage , uh, justice in Austin this year. We''re sitting on different panels -- assuming they make the final cut.
Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 17, 2010
'When Tory Patrick noted on a recent post that she was undertaking one of our challenges, I asked if she''d be willing to blog about it. To be honest, I want Bad Pitch to be more of a community.we learn from each other and we (Richard and Kevin) should do stuff like this more often. Tory rocks. Here''s her post. My Summer Field Trip When Kevin Dugan threw out a challenge here last month, of course I wanted in!
Waxing UnLyrical
AUGUST 29, 2010
Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Around The World August 29th, 2010 Tweet Tura-lura-Luray By the time you read this, I will be on my way to Virginia’s Luray Caverns. Maybe I’ll even come back with photos like this one. Let me rephrase that.
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AUGUST 1, 2010
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