The best PR media pitch is always an honest one. However, researching who you are being honest with comes in second in priority for successful media outreach. But, an honest mistake also conveys sincerity. A recent media pitch to world famous travel guru Peter Greenberg reveals good advice for the budding (or expert even) PR professional.
David Wells will join Goldman Sachs as a managing director, after leaving his position as head of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s (JPM) press office for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The American media shuns the idea that American foreign policy, including armed conflict, is motivated by economic forces. One Pravda reporter suggests the only way to erase US debt is to pump up the military machine again. Maybe it is time we looked outside US borders for fresh perspectives?
Anne Womack-Kolton, once press secretary to the former vice-president Dick Cheney, a former APCO Worldwide Vice President (her last day with the company being May 21 this year) and previously director at the Brunswick Group, was hired in house by BP to help bolster its public relations effort in the US, as the company's head of U.S. media relations.
McDonald's recalls 12 million promotional Shrek glasses. The CPSC and McDonald's announced a general recall of promotional glasses for the latest Shrek film. The glasses were apparently tainted with the heavy metal cadmium, ingestion of which can cause severe long term health effects.
A new study from Satmetrix, released today, shows that companies are wasting billions on attracting new customers through advertising whilst delivering a poor customer experience that has forced over 10 million consumers to switch suppliers in the last six months alone.
If you look inside your Pampers diaper pail, and a stink wafts into your face, it may be Procter & Gamble PR poop. Either Procter & Gamble is trying to turn the Internet into a soap opera, or their PR sniffed too many chemicals.
Procter and Gamble is making a bet now on the stupidity of Moms and others in social networking. Can the weight of a few mercenary Moms propel this corporate juggernaut past the truth, past your will, past reality? Only the social sphere can react to companies attempting to unjustly influence the digital crowd.
Expedia, Marriott, Orbitz, Signature Travel Network and others are looking to expend their businesses abroad, spending a fortune on lobbying and PR. Travel is hot, and getting hotter this season. An online travel site will soon launch a new and exciting service.
As June 7th approaches, the world wonders if Apple will be able to top itself and all the other trends it started with the first iPhone in 2007.