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Micro-Celebrities: Selling Your City With Linda Barker Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/03/LindaBarker.jpg] My friend and colleague Stacey has been at MIPIM [http://www.mipim.com/], the big commercial property show held annually in the south of France. It’s a big money do, and some exhibitors there spend some
Valentine's Day is Coming… Paid Members Public
Ah, you can tell that it’s less than a month until that consumerist festival of enforced affection they call Valentine’s Day: Apple have released a pink iPod Nano.The only thing I find remarkable about this is that they actually feel that an additional colour for the line,
Bloggers & PRs: Old Dance, New Partner Paid Members Public
Over on Workbench, Rogers Caldenhead suggest that the most popular techbloggers are starting to tread a very well-trod path: that of the exclusive and the embargo [http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench/news/3283/exclusive-techbloggers-have-sold-their-souls] , as the news sites cut deals with PRs. This is interesting, I think, because tech blogs
Apple's Idiotic Decision of the Day Paid Members Public
Via Mike Butcher [http://mbites.com/]‘s Twitter stream [http://twitter.com/mbites/statuses/276241442]: > no wifi at apple iphone uk launch. What idiots I really can’t believe that anybody seriously arranged a press event, particularly a tech press event, without giving free WiFi access for the hack.
Blogging is a Cruel Mistress, says Mr BigLorryBlog Paid Members Public
busybusybusybusybusy So I share a couple of links with you. One of our bloggers, the venerable Brian Weatherley of Big Lorry Blog [http://www.biglorryblog.com/] has done a guest post for the Automotive PR blog giving some, hmm, vivid descriptions of what it’s like being a committed journoblogger
The Wikipedia Hustings Paid Members Public
The battle for the next general election is already being fought – on Wikipedia [http://www.recessmonkey.com/2007/07/06/wiki-wars/]: > Dawn Butler (Lab – Brent South) and Sarah Teather (LD – Brent East) will be fighting it out for the re-drawn seat of Brent Central at the next election, but
How To Approach (Irish) Journalists Paid Members Public
Damian Mulley has done some research on how Irish journalists would most like to be approached by PRs. [http://www.mulley.net/2007/05/01/when-contacting-irish-journalists-some-tips-from-journalists-themselves/] It’s pretty much applicable to journalists anywhere in the world, although I’m quite surprised not to see “in humble supplication” on the
Blogher: Marketing Irony Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/03/23032007232-1.jpg] So, just as the session on marketing to bloggers finishes, the chap sat next to me (men at a mainly female conference tend to gravitate together) stands up and starts handing out marketing freebies. Nice timing, and
