Another 4-day work week, another…nope…I’ve got nothing. We hope everyone had a nice and short week and enjoys this upcoming, properly sized weekend. Ship, erm – rather, weekend, Ahoy! In case you missed them this week, below you’ll find our top 5 published stories (based on pageview and in alpha-order). Enjoy!
For those of you looking for some fun reading, or scrambling to catchup with this week’s fantastic PRBC posts — this week’s top articles (by pageview), in no particular order…. 35 tips in 30 minutes (text edition) Christina’s Coffee Talk: Rob Guerrera The Fate of John Mayer’s Image HR’s Grasp on Social Media Storytelling Is […]
Did you know that in the U.S. we send over 3.5 billion texts a day? I didn’t until a few months ago when I read, “Text-Message Marketing”. The article explains the rules on how to get started with SMS marketing. When I started the article I was completely against the whole idea. A few years ago […]
This week I was inspired by “Social Media Thanksgiving” and instead of my weekly Coffee Talk, I decided to use this platform to thank the people who probably don’t hear “thank you” enough: my PRBC family. Most of the people who read PRBC or know us would say, we don’t take ourselves too seriously. From […]
Welcome to the conclusion of Week 1 of PRBreakfastClub.com. It’s been a great week for us here and on #prbc. We hope you’ve enjoyed our content, banter, and anything else you may have found of value (music, pictures, literature, fashion tips…whatever it may be). In case you’re concerned you missed a crucial post this week, […]
Journalists, as a group, have a lot of pet peeves: sources who want to go off the record for no good reason, overly literal editors, the Oxford comma. But the biggest complaint? Getting calls from flacks who want to make sure that their email arrived. We live in 2013: the email always arrives. Jeffrey Young, […]
Thinking about a career in Marketing or PR? You likely have some pre-conceived notions about the position—Mad Men-esque awesometastical clients, wild agency parties or scoring sweet swag from your latest batch of A-list clients. Consider this your wake-up call. Before you sigh, roll your eyes and wander off to watch more of the Olympics, stay […]
Facebook has been quite the news hog this week, hasn’t it? If you’re tired of the “F” word, don’t worry—there’s a lot to talk about that doesn’t involve everyone’s favorite social network. So let’s kick off the The Summer Week That Was and cap off this short week, shall we? Grab a cup of coffee […]
Communication has changed over the years, and I’m pretty sure that everyone would agree that most of our daily communication is over e-mail. I think sometimes people forget that they are still talking to people even when they are writing to them. A lot of things irk me in life, but when I get an […]
A recent post by Alexandra Samuel on The Conversation, 10 Reasons to Stop Apologizing for Your Online Life, contends that IRL is a lie and sign that we are in denial about reality (and life) in the 21st century. While I agree with many of the points Samuel made, it got me thinking about people […]