Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 15, 2010

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Handbook Conference Energy Meeting 102

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

Conference 75

Conference Writing Social Media Industry 75

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.

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Privacy Construction Social Media Web 66

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!

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Pitching Report Public Affairs Exercises 56

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