WEll, I'm banned from the currently running Small Shop list, and the Young PROs are not as patient about questions as you guys are. So I'm asking here. When...
There are a couple of answers that work. 1. Insomnia. I can't sleep. Which gives me lots of time to do that other work. I was tweaking a slow-running...
I just had a project/prospect I've been working on (and counting on) since late March suddenly crash and burn. I was working as a sub- contractor, and the...
That list is still around? Some of these housekeeping tasks seem like things you can outsource or trade for services (taxes, billing, payroll) or spend less...
Hi, Lately I've come across postings for PR positions in corporations or associations that look quite appealing, until I read the words: "One- year contract."...
Ah, job security. At best, it's an illusion. I was offered one job - as I was talking in my kitchen with the guy from the moving company, they called and...
I appreciate Kezia's suggestion about just "do it." And here's an anecdote to validate her suggestion (hey, Kezia, you asked for it ...<g>) Back in '82, I was...
I think that controling your time is not that big of a deal. Not that I am very organized or something, but I always find it useful to set my priorities ahead...
I'd like to join Nedd Barnett. Eliot, if you've got a job which you feel secure in on different levels, why would you change it especially if your financial...
Hi guys, I am the PR consultant of some government clients. While my work with them provides me with the chill of managing the perception of many people, I...
Have you tried the "Unless Otherwise Directed" approach? In other words, submit your material with a note, "I will consider this approved unless otherwise...
It works two ways. I was offered a one-year contract to move from D.C. back to NYC to manage an office for a company w/ hqs. in Minneapolis. I held out for...
Alvin Hattal
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Jun 16, 2004 8:56 pm
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Good morning For three years now, I've been monitoring trends in the news environment, and projecting ways that the news would impact the way that those of us...
Hi! I have a prospective customer, an upscale restuarant in a small town north of Atlanta. I've never really represented a restuarant before (but am confiedent...
A good friend and PR colleague of mine wrote me today, asking for help for a friend who's in advertising, and who just got laid off. If you know of anything,...
... town ... before ... any ... I've worked with lots of restaurants here in Las Vegas, Daryl, and they are very often price-sensitive. Try the following: 1....
Hi Daryl, The best advice I can give you is to make sure the client understands the experiential marketing side of things. that it's no good to advertise if...
Yeah, you heard right - I'm writing the "Great American PR Novel" - or, to be more exact, I'm returning to the scene of the crime (now 293 pages in draft form)...
I'd like to invite you to check out this week's "Monday Morning Quarterback," where I generally offer insights and PR-oriented (proposed) solutions to crises...
I want to thank all of you who suggested I go the blogging route with my Breaking News-Letter (tm) that I started last week. With the help of my webmaster, I...
Good job, Ned. Fine analysis of the Martha Stewart flap. If only PR were better understood.... Alvin M. Hattal Business Journalist, Writer, Columnist,...
Alvin Hattal
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Jun 21, 2004 4:03 pm
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I just received a message on PRBytes that complements the fine weblog discussion of Martha Stewart and notes that public relations needs to be better...
Amen to that, Alvin Thanks for your kind words. I've put a couple of other thoughts (also columns I'd posted to my website, where they'd been seen by two or...
Thank you for this, David. I'll do my level-best to live up to those kind words (i.e., I'll keep trying to maintain the quality you liked). My second blog...
HEALTH: CARE : MEDICAL: CARE AND CAREGIVERS : MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS : EVALUATION MEASUREMENT AND ASSESSMENT: Some Source Citations Regarding the...
OK, Ned, now how about taking a few minutes, on your blog, to explain the PR profession's perennial problem of perception--that is, the sad fact that, after...
