Mark R.

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Corrupt Bloggers Kvetch - Where's the Swag?

Mark R. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 11:35 am
There’s a very revealing guest rant by professional ’lifestyle’ blogger Krizia in Pro Blogger: PR People Getting Pushier with Bloggers Since the Recession. Krizia is perturbed tha...
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Jeffrey Sebelia is Edgar Allan Poe

Mark R. posted an article on - Nov 3, 2009, 6:51 am
I only blogged about my nephew Jeffrey Sebelia, 2006 Project Runway winner, a couple of times. Still, his name is the most popular search term for this blog.  So, here we go again.  We haven̵...
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PR Flocks to The Audience Conference

Mark R. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 2:03 pm
Are there signs of life in the moribund old line PR business? Porter Novelli and PRNewswire have signed up as sponsors of The Audience Conference, November 5th & 6th, Hudson Theater, New York City....
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PRBlogNews Week in Review 11-02-2009

Mark R. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 3:21 pm
 Most Active Posts Who is Worth Following #5 Alex Rodriquez Comes to His Senses - What Next? MLK & RFK Brothers In Battle Google Sidewiki is PR Game Changer  Kristen Revealed Top Posts Kristen Re...
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Who is Worth Following #5

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 30, 2009, 12:42 pm
  The continuing scan for signs of intelligence and fun in the PR blogosphere  #5 Loren Feldman Loren Feldman, the ganza macher of 1938 Media, is a pupeteer, satirist, performer in search of an ...
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Richard Answers the Five Questions

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 3:11 pm
Public relations is unfortunately absent its own scandal sheet or even a Trade that shouts and titillates the way Variety does for the film industry or even Advertising Age for the sons and daughters...
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Love Thy Neighbor

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 2:12 pm

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Mandy Wants You

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 22, 2009, 6:57 pm
Mandy Stadtmiller has an article in the NY Post today and she wants you to read her, follow her, friend her, fan her but I want to be different so I am blogging her (Mandy loves it). The article Mandy...
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Who is Worth Following #4

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 16, 2009, 10:49 am
  The continuing scan for signs of intelligence and fun in the PR blogosphere  #4 Richard Edelman Breakfast with Richard Edelman means sharing a banana, half a glass of skim milk and a small bowl...
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I Am #1 Sidewiki Comment on Twitter Home Page!

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 2:42 pm
It could change at any moment. I could drop to the bottom or be eliminated by a vindictive Google algorithm or maybe I’m hallucinating … but as of this moment, I have the #1 Sidewiki comme...
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Who is Worth Following #3

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 12:34 pm
 The continuing scan for signs of intelligence and fun in the PR blogosphere  #3  What happened to Chris Brogan? The last time I saw Chris, April, 2007 (a millenia in social media time), at Podc...
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PR/Media Week in Review 10-11-2009

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 1:23 pm
Letterman started the week on a guilt-trip with his wife about all the creepy things he has been doing, including ‘the women’ - not just ‘woman’ -  he has been sleeping with. ...
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PR Masters Program Recommendations?

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 3:08 pm
 Inquiry from Virginia Tech student:  If I wanted to learn PR in a masters program, what school would you recommend to someone with strong GRE scores and an undergrad GPA of 3.9? Steve Quigley on F...
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Who is Worth Following #2

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 1:23 pm
The continuing scan for signs of intelligence and fun in the PR blogosphere  #2 occamsrazr Comment - Like

Who is Worth Following #1

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 9, 2009, 9:32 am
Twitter and Facebook run on the law of diminishing returns. The more you follow the less you can pay attention to. Friends shrink to acquaintances who become ingredients of the great trail of irrele...
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Good PR Masters Program?

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 6:34 pm
Can anybody help this guy out. I believe he is from Virginia Tech. Gandhi is a maxim master. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” If I wanted to learn PR i...
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FTC Forces Bloggers to Get Real

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 6, 2009, 10:39 am
As expected, the Federal Trade Commission yesterday issued new guidelines for bloggers to disclose freebies or payments they receive in return for reviewing products. Although the regulations are sti...
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Mahatma Gandhi & Business

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 2, 2009, 9:27 am
Today is the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi. Take a moment, look away from the computer screen, breathe freely, relax. Life is a continuum, even deadlines pass, there are more important things than the ...
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Social Business By Design

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 2:51 pm
Sometimes you run across a presentation that says it all, even without sound. Social media goes beyond PR - it’s key to a new way of doing business. Social Business By Design View more documen...
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Google Sidewiki is PR Game Changer

Mark R. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 12:25 pm
The gig is up.  Any client who thought they could escape social media is now in it, whether they like it or not. Google Sidewiki, launched a couple of days ago, is a PR game changer - it exemplif...
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PR Poised to Rebound Says Top Exec Recruiter

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 2:09 pm
When Dennis Spring talks we listen. Why? a) he’s the only PR exec recruiter smart enough to advertise on PRBlogNews. b) he’s seen ‘em come and he’s seen ‘em go, recession...
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Zenophon Abraham is Not a Shill for Chevron

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 1:02 pm
Back in May I blogged about Chevron’s bare knuckle PR battle with the government and indigenous people of Ecuador. It was (may still be) an ugly PR battle. Chevron was buying bloggers in its bid...
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PR/Media Week in Review 09-27-2009

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 27, 2009, 5:41 pm
Yeah Clayton’s big spread in The New York Times!  It was a joy to see Clayton Patterson on the front page of the Arts Section of The New York Times this week. I met Clayton back in the ’9...
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Hyatt PR Hell a Lesson in Open Media

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 25, 2009, 1:07 pm
Hyatt Hotels is making all the wrong moves in its PR disaster that is spreading across the country. The Hyatt Regency Boston, the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, and the Hyatt Harborside fired 98 housekeepe...
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We're #37 Rising to #1

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 11:20 am
Paul Hipp has a hit with a satirical musical healthcare commentary. Posted Spetember 9, 2009 he already has a 370,00 YouTube views. Great viral marketing - Paul has a new album out called ‘Blog...
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PRNewser Blames Victim in Mugging by Journo

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 1:17 pm
It’s not quite on the scale of Ahmadinejad denying the holocaust, but PRNewser ganging up on a wounded PR pro smacks of waterboarding for a minor offense.  See Former Lord & Taylor Publicity Ma...
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Iranian Protests Kick Up Again

Mark R. posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 9:10 am
See YouTube videos and constant news updates aggregated from blogs in Iran, eyewitness accounts fed through social media channels: The Lede, The New York Times, Updates on Iran Protests | Twitter: #...
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Twitter Back Up - We Survived?!

Mark R. posted an article on - Aug 7, 2009, 9:54 am
It wasn’t quite 9-11, but the ‘Twitter Attack’ yesterday was treated as a full-scale assault on our basic right of freedom to Tweet. It’s all we could talk about but where cou...
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Twitter Down Again

Mark R. posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 3:36 pm
Twitter is still defending against denial-of-service attack. It is down again. See Twitter status blog for updates. See Twitter founder Biz Stone’s blog. See The New York Times ‘Twitter ...
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