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Worst Practices (11)
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Worst Practices | Press Release Content | Public Relations | Media Relations

The dumbest Public Relations person in the world?

May 14th, 2008|2 min read

Viral Marketing | Worst Practices | World Wide Rave | Advertising

World Wide Rave! vs. Unscrupulous and Illegal Viral Marketing Techniques

April 28th, 2008|3 min read

Worst Practices | Public Relations | Media Relations

When reaching out to bloggers, don't ask for them to write about you!

March 28th, 2008|2 min read

Worst Practices | Brand Journalism | Corporate blogging

Why CEOs and executives must work harder to blog successfully than mere mortals

March 9th, 2008|2 min read

Worst Practices | Advertising

CNN: Time to retire the inane "best political team on television" phrase

February 19th, 2008|1 min read

Thought Leadership | Worst Practices | Marketing | Media Relations

Why most CMOs get fired

February 2nd, 2008|1 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies

Attention Delta Airlines -- Do you really have to rub it in?

December 24th, 2007|2 min read

Rock Band Web Sites | Viral Marketing | Worst Practices | Case Studies | YouTube

An open letter to Warner Music Group: Lighten up! Your fans are promoting Led Zeppelin for you… for free

December 13th, 2007|1 min read

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Worst Practices | Long Tail | Public Relations | Media Relations | Best Practices

Most PR people are spammers - Chris Anderson now blocks you and I may be next

October 31st, 2007|1 min read

Social Media | Worst Practices | Facebook

Facebook Applications: Silliness, spam and spoofs

October 5th, 2007|1 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Marketing | Research and Analysis | Advertising

Advertising agency websites: Digital masturbation

September 21st, 2007|3 min read

Worst Practices | Marketing | Advertising

US Airways flight attendants paid $50 commissions to interrupt us in flight

September 19th, 2007|1 min read

Social Media | Worst Practices | Case Studies | YouTube | Corporate blogging

End of Summer Fun: Lawyers and social media mash it up

August 30th, 2007|2 min read

Worst Practices | Marketing | Business to Business

Corporate dysfunction at its worst: The B2B tradeshow demo

August 26th, 2007|1 min read

Worst Practices | Press Release Content | writing

The Gobbledygook Manifesto – revised and updated with new data

August 10th, 2007|2 min read

Social Media | Viral Marketing | Worst Practices | YouTube

How to recruit great speakers for your conference (and avoid the terrible ones)

July 17th, 2007|1 min read

Worst Practices | Public Relations | Marketing | Brand Journalism | Corporate blogging

Corporate Investor Relations Web sites – the last holdouts of controlled information

July 12th, 2007|2 min read

Worst Practices | Case Studies | Marketing | Advertising

Marketing online? Don't forget to ask for the order!

April 17th, 2007|2 min read

Worst Practices | Press Release Content | Public Relations | Media Relations

PR agencies and spam

April 12th, 2007|2 min read

Worst Practices | Press Release Content | Public Relations | writing | Media Relations

Attention PR people: Please speak like human beings

March 13th, 2007|1 min read