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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Offers New PR Zone
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/20/2007 - Our friend Kurt Greenbaum, the director of social media for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch invited Standing team members to test-drive a new offering from STLToday.com The P-D is inviting readers to post their news releases online, making them available to the site's readership. For PR…
Must-haves for traveling
By: Christi Dixon
11/19/2007 - The communications world calls for traveling from time to time, whether it's across town or a hop to another region of the country. Julie posted some musings about her recent trip to Croatia, and I was inspired to share some of the takeaways (some professional,…
Fall
By: Maria Donaldson
11/15/2007 - Fall finally shows its true colors outside Standing Partnership's office.
In PR, being 'pushy' is a bad move
By: Beth Minnigerode
11/15/2007 - Interesting video on one of Gov. Blunt's recent encounters with reporters, showcasing the need to media train both the spokespeople and their “handlers.” What are your thoughts? Pushing Reporters is Usually not Good PR
Attention Other PR Professionals:
By: Susan Iskiwitch
11/14/2007 - What do you think of Apple's latest commercial, titled PR Lady? [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=xzhvByaCEic]
Social Media for Schools
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/12/2007 - Interrupted by a barrage of school-related e-mails, I've been thinking of the variety of ways schools could and should embrace social media. Here's why: E-mail announcements are a disruption and not effective. Recipients tend to read the e-mails (if at all) when they are recieved,…
PR Industry Blog Roundup
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/12/2007 - Scanning this week's business and industry feeds with my Bloglines account, I found some interesting posts to share: A post from Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media led me to this post on 12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally Jeremy Pepper (a friend…
Blogging for Beginners
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/09/2007 - These days, it seems I'm either blogging, talking about blogging, writing about blogging or thinking about the world of social media and my space in the blogosphere. On Tuesday, Nov. 13 (which just happens to be my birthday) I'll be providing a seminar on social…
The Importance of Spare Change and a Change of Scenery
By: Julie Steininger
11/07/2007 - It's always good to have a little money with you wherever you are. I recently learned it's very important to have a few coins on you as well. You can take the stairs or an elevator down to the neatly tiled, unbelievably clean public restrooms…
Save the planet: Quit shaving Howie Mandel's head
By: Justin Lopinot
11/05/2007 - NBC kicked off its “Green is Universal” initiative on Sunday night by turning off the lights during “Football Night in America.” While you can't fault the television powerhouse for trying to make an environmental impact, the situation has the makings of being a PR stunt.…
