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The Fifth Cylon
Image via Wikipedia Just finished watching the season premier of Battlestar Galactica and my mind is totally fraked . Speaking of four letter words, someone at KFC is either the gutsiest marketing genius of all time, or the dumbest. Update: I’m currently the number one hit on Google for KFC Frak Pack. That can’t be [...]
Pitching The Bloggers
Here’s a scenario I imagine going on in a lot of agencies these days. A client wants placement in ‘the blogs.’ The account team pulls up a list in Bacons or Technorati or whatever. Hundreds of bloggers – relevent or otherwise – get identical emails. At best, there are no responses. At worst, some of [...]
Get A Clue
It’s been a decade since the Cluetrain Manifesto blew through the worlds of marketing and public relations and I’m still surprised (but not really) to meet with PR peeps who have never heard of the seminal words of wisdom from Doc, Dave, Rick and Rageboy. To commemorate and more importantly to bring the ideas to [...]
Rachel Maddow on The Daily Show
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM – Th 11p / 10c Rachel Maddow Barack Obama Interview John McCain Interview Sarah Palin Video Funny Election Video Rachel Maddow is just about the smartest person working in the cable news business today. One of my favorite features of her show are her verbal jousts with Pat Buchanan [...]
Not The Best Way To Do PR
What does this post on PRNewser have in common with this question on Linkedin? If you guessed someone working overtime to spam every conversation they can find, you win! Beth, it’s a weekend, take some time off. There will be plenty of blog entries to spam tomorrow. Update: I got a lovely letter this morning [...]
