"if handled properly, both ethical and appropriate for professional PR campaigns." Not sure what you mean by handled properly, Ned, but I'd tend to disagree...
... Yahoo recently made some changes to Group functions. See if this helps, from Yahoo Group help: We are no longer supporting direct replies to daily digest...
Regarding the William Ernest Waites quote below, couldn't agree more that the drive for profit has pretty-much wrecked many a good media organization. As to...
I am fully aware of the influence of the new technology on the demise of print media. In fact, more than 20 years ago, I made a presentation to a newspaper...
Mike I have to strongly disagree with almost everything you said here. I have no doubt that you feel you're coming from a highly-ethical position, and I...
Ned and others: It's not so much that I'm taking a highly ethical position, it is more so the commonly accepted practice and expectation in social media....
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Interesting point of view Ned, but.... :-))
I'm still sure, that honesty requires to say clearly who is the author (or who is paing to the author :-)...
It makes no difference what the medium is - if you are writing something that is purported to be your opinion, whether in a blog or a column or an op-ed or a...
... Mike, help me out here. Is there some independent study that affirms that there are different expectations in social media than in other media? I'm not...
Oh the good ol' days ....Excerpt from Lesley's handbook of Public Relations and Communications; Chapter- The Practice of Public Relations Other Functions,...
And one overarching precept of PR that's too often overlooked, forgotten, or disregarded is that true PR must also always be in the public interest, as well as...
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Ned and I are now linked. Who's missing? If you're using LinkedIn.com, invite me to connect at kezia AT jprcom DOT com. I spy with my little eye Deon Daryl ...
... Alvin - I'm sorry, but that doesn't seem to make much sense. First, PR is almost always part of marketing - everybody's got a goal, and if PR is...
... You assume two things, Kate, or maybe three: 1. That blogger's opinion is automatically colored by who pays - in which case, every opinion writer who is...
... Ned, step back a bit and try to define "non profit" in the context of goals. It can only be done if you first define profit as a net gain in funds . . . a...
Thanks for your comments, Ned. I should have spelled it out more clearly, rather than assume my intention was implied. As you say, no law requires public...
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... Apparently I wasn't as clear as I'd like to have been, Hugh, since I agree 100% and was trying to say something very much like that. Profit is the goal of...
... That is a very good definition of self interest. Just like the truism that all politics is local all PR is self centered, even when the self is an opinion...
Of course. But including the public's interest is necessary to make it true PR. Al ... From: "Hugh Gigante" <hgigante@...> To:...
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Hey colleagues, Hope your week is off to a great start. Wanted to know if any of you have contacts in the interior design world? A client has just remolded...
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Hello All, I'm a PR agency owner and new to the group who recently built a site called NewsNosh (http://www.newsnosh.com) that is designed to help fellow PR...
... Sorry, Sebastian, but I don't read emoticons well - have no idea what the "but" means. ... No more than honesty requires a corporate CEO to say who really...
Ned, I applaud you for your enthusiasm for the subject and voicing your opinions. For the most part, I don't have the energy, nor want to devote my time to...
Differing opinions are what make the world go round, Christopher, but, for goodness' sake, on what basis do you "trust" PBS and NPR more than other media? Rich...
