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Target has second thoughts regarding its blog policy
By: Justin Lopinot
01/31/2008 - In fairness to Target, who we picked on in a post earlier this week, I felt it was important to recognize that the company is reconsidering its stance in regards to its long-standing ban of nontraditional media, including both blogs and trade publications. PR Week…
Key Influencers: Behold the Power
By: Marijean Jaggers
01/30/2008 - I was at a local coffeehouse where I stayed to work a bit after an early afternoon meeting. As frequently happens at this particular establishment, I saw someone I knew. My friend, the founder of a local nonprofit, dropped by my table to chat and…
This Just Hurts
By: Mistie Thompson
01/29/2008 - Bang...bang...ouch! Bang...bang...ouch! What's that sound? It's me hitting my head against my keyboard in utter frustration as I read some of the latest blogging tidbits in the news. A couple of choice examples: The New York Times reports that retailer Target is refusing to deal…
How I Started Standing: Maya Lunnemann
By: Maya Lunnemann
01/28/2008 - It's easy to fall into a rut – that's where I was last year. While I enjoyed my job and adored my co-workers, I knew that it was time for a change. I needed new challenges and wanted to soak up as much information as…
Capturing a Conversation
By: Christi Dixon
01/25/2008 - I follow several dozen blogs, and I can't wait until the corporate, or business blog, catches up to the conversational tone of personal ones. With conversations like this one, "Dooce" keeps me laughing and intrigued, all at the same time. How about this for a…
Texting, meet crisis communications
By: Christi Dixon
01/24/2008 - When the mayor of Detroit sent text messages more than five years ago, he might have been ahead of the social media curve. Now he's having to engage legal and crisis counselors to deal with the trail. A few lessons we can learn from this:…
Jump on the Social Media Train by Commenting
By: Susan Iskiwitch
01/24/2008 - Lately, we have had several clients tell us they're "ready to blog." We often find that becoming a "blogger" is a multi-step process and it's not often best to jump in head first. At Standing Partnership, we take our clients through a process to determine…
Worker Chatter is Good for Business
By: Susan Iskiwitch
01/23/2008 - The Associated Press recently published a story about friendly non-business-related chatter in the workplace. At one point, the article states: "The camaraderie that comes out of workers sharing a little fun, meanwhile, can go a long way toward their feeling like they're part of a…
Brown Gets Blogger Relations
By: Marijean Jaggers
01/22/2008 - Amber wrote a post about my trip to the UPS Store last week. I wrote a post on my personal blog about the customer service provided by the UPS Store. Yesterday, a PR person for UPS commented on my blog and asked for the specific…
Neither snow, nor rain ...
By: Amber Morris
01/18/2008 - “Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night …” These words are inextricably linked to dedicated postal carriers everywhere. And yesterday they defined Standing Partnership's dedication to excellent client service. We are developing a broad social media plan for a client and I…
