Public Relations

Quick, you Qwikster, Get Your Custom URLs STAT

This has happened several times: a client has engaged me to work with Twitter to try to capture a username…

13 years ago

Communicating 9/11: How We Talk and Write About it Does Make A Difference

In 2007, I shared my very personal 9/11 story. That was also the year I was devastated to learn our…

13 years ago

WTF? Friday: J.C. Penney and the Terrible Tween Girl Tee Shirt

You probably saw this one coming as today's WTF? Friday topic. J.C. Penney caught the wrath of the Internet this…

13 years ago

When Cute Doesn’t Cut It: Rep. Ed Markey on the East Coast Earthquake

The east coast earthquake of late August, 2011 may have damaged (perhaps insignificantly) the North Anna nuclear power plant situated…

13 years ago

13 BIG Things We Love about Charlottesville, Virginia

I've self-ordained as Charlottesville's curator of what we love about our town. I cataloged 32 Small Things We Like About…

13 years ago

My Personal Chamber of Commerce Exists Online

Guest post by Ken Mueller of Inkling Media in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Ken is awfully chipper in the morning. Sometimes he…

13 years ago

A Day in the Life of a Chief Content Officer

Lisa Gerber is the author of today's guest post, the chief content officer of Spin Sucks and the soon to launch Spin Sucks…

13 years ago

5 Lessons We Can Learn from NASA’s Social Media Program

Brad McCarty of The Next Web interviewed NASA's Social Media Manager Stephanie Schierholz about NASA's outreach and ongoing social strategy…

13 years ago

Clear the Mechanism: Sidestepping the BS of “Social Media Fatigue”

Just about everyone I know has written about the new "yuppie flu" we're calling "social media fatigue." There are valid…

13 years ago

“Jane, You Ignorant Slut,” No Longer an Insult? Will SlutWalks Change a Definition?

Back when Saturday Night Live was funny, Dan Akroyd and Jane Curtain did a bit called Point, Counterpoint in which…

13 years ago