inCommunicado - eric eggertson

Sorry to regular readers for my long absence.  I’ve been getting into the groove of daily postings for b5 media on Common Sense PR, and have been neglecting my duty to inform and entertain you.
For a quick view of what I’ve been up to on the other blog, check out the Top 10 Posts for […]

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A while back I announced that I’d be making some blog changes.  The day has arrived.
Drop by Common Sense PR and let me know what you think.
At the time I decided to launch a new blog, Jeremy Wright announced that blogging network b5 Media was looking for writers for a planned business channel.  I sent […]

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In the right margin of this blog, you’ll find an ad aimed at Canadian public relations folks.

I haven’t run ads here before, not from a misguided sense of the purity of my ideas, but because I didn’t have the time and energy to pursue it.
Well, CNW Group sought out several Canadian public relations bloggers […]

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An L.A. publicist denies making up quotes by Ryan Phillippe and supplying them to a magazine as an exclusive about the breakup of his marriage to Reese Witherspoon.
How to file that item?  Dog Bites Man?  PR Secrets?  Celebrity Myth Revealed?
Celebrity magazines are an art form. They triangulate the star power or level of ridicule […]

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The virtual natives are restless.  I’m waiting to see if this is an uprising of citizens for better corporate behaviour, or an effort to squash expression of opinions that don’t please some Second Life pioneers.
Residents of a portion of Second Life have voted to ban companies and agencies from their portion of the virtual world […]

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Battle for Net Neutrality Comes to Canada - CBC - The telco money grab moves north. Abundance, and Five Years of Blogging - Ross Mayfield   The Playmaker’s Standard | The Strategy of Influence
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to help communicators map out the tricks being used against you, and the strategies you can use in return. Based on the […]

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Edelman, PR Ethics and Social Media - the Next Steps- Steve Rubel
- Info on Edelman PR’s response to controversy about its fake blog tactics on behalf of Wal-Mart.

Edelman Admits to Two More Flogs - Shel Holtz - Richard Edelman acknowledges that his PR agency has been involved in two more fake blogs.

What Is Edelman […]

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When the large public relations firm Edelman went into a protective silence instead of engaging its critics over a pro-Wal-Mart blog, it reminded me of HAL, the computer in 2001, A Space Odyssey.
HAL was just doing his job.  But we learn in the next movie (or book, for Arthur C. Clarke fans) that HAL’s psychotic […]

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Right On, Nikon - Joe Jaffe - Sometimes a company puts its faith in the creativity and talent of its customers, and it pays off. Nikon gave cameras to some Flickr bloggers, and created ads based on the results. Smart move.

Three Weeks into the Alpha Course - Darren Barefoot - Reality
blogging? Darren Barefoot joins an […]

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A new public relations blog examines public relations and marketing as it relates to gays and lesbians.

Three staffers from international public relations agency Fleishman-Hillard want to add a new dimension to blog coverage of communications, and to the coverage of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues.
From their first blog post:
"[We’ll] talk about the world at […]

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Bloggers: How To Approach Companies - Mike Manuel - Some suggestions for bloggers who want something from a company.

Will S**ttsburgh Forgive Sienna ? - Scott Baradell - Why screw around with words when a straightforward apology would do the trick?

SNCR Symposium & Awards Gala in 3 Weeks - Elizabeth
Allbrycht invites social media and new communications […]

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