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Irish Poetic Justice
Kind of a frontier justice thing going on in Ireland. According to the Financial Times, the opposition party is so enraged with the incumbents for destroying the country’s economy that they’re actually backing them for re-election, telling them they’re going to fix the #&%$# mess they’ve got them into. Then they’ll run them out of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )DIY Auto Repair And The Art Of Website Coding
The existential nature of automotive mechanics and website coding.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gaga’s Yankee Pride
Image via Wikipedia In today’s addition to the “what, are you nuts?” category: Lady Gaga apparently sweet-talked her way around customary post-game rules and slipped into the Yankees’ locker room this weekend. Where she reportedly entertained the troops in bawdy rock ‘n roll fashion. Apparently this was an unwanted intrusion, a blending of entertainment genres [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Money For Sale
Tight credit markets? Not so much at US Federal Credit Union in Minneapolis, judging from lawn sign seen on Friday, June 18, 2010. Opening up credit markets is just what the small business doctor would order.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Skirting the NBA Dress Code
Image via Wikipedia NBA dress code dictates jackets and ties as game-time attire for coaches. So, demented minds want to know, what if the NBA called for coaches to wear mini-skirts and heels? How would that sit with the likes of Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson? Upskirt photo artist Perez Hilton would likely approve, but what [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )3 Sins For Sister Coakley To Pin Upon Her Opponent
Anyone who’s ever worked the phones for a national political campaign knows the drill: here’s your script, we’ve got 3 simple message points, pound away at them for all you’re worth. President Obama’s on the campaign trail for Democrat Martha Coakley, contender for the Massachusetts U.S. Senate seat formerly held by the late Ted Kennedy. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Political Foot-In-Mouth Fetish
Media relations 101: Nothing’s ever off-the-record.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Where The Boys Are
A lonely nation of young men turns its eyes to…COED Magazine on the Web. One of the fastest-growing WordPress sites…easy to see why with features like How To Sleep In Your Car, Kim Kardashian Over Dose and How To Know If Your Girl Friend’s A Keeper along with mucho machismo beer bong tips and techniques [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Extremely Hostile Takeover
PR and ad agency execs can probably relate to King Charles I’s position.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Chase Credit Card Marketed With Honor
Responsible credit card use is given its due in a Chase TV spot promoting its new Blueprint card. A man purchases a new diamond ring for the love of his life and presses the “Full Pay” button when completing the transaction. It’s a zeitgeist moment. Buy yes, put it on your credit card, yes, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Praised by damned review
Not sure what to make of the movie “Antichrist,” Minneapolis Star Tribune movie critic Colin Covert says “‘Antichrist’ is not a film to be enjoyed.” And yet, he gives it 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Is that a riot or what? Watching the Lars von Trier flic “is to experience unrelenting pain, shading into [...]
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No Country For Dull Press Releases
Posted on March 19, 2010. Filed under: Public Relations, Public Relations Commentary, Uncategorized | Tags: business writing, Los Angeles, media relations, newspapers, PR, press releases, Public Relations, publicity, writing |
Good writing means everything in public relations — and to the clients that it serves.
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