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Archive for March 2008

March 29th, 2008

Earth Hour Survival Guide

GROVER’S MILL, NJ — The hour of darkness that engulfed Europe tonight left most essential services intact, despite a scare at a nuclear plant that turned off its alarm system to preserve power.
Earth Hour is heading for North America, causing the Department of Homeland Security to upgrade its terror alert to Dark.
“Many people are […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 2 comments

March 29th, 2008

Earth Hour Calamity: Driving in the Dark

GROVERS MILL, NJ — There are reports from Tonga of drivers turning off their lights during Earth Hour.
Eyewitnesses were unable to give accurate estimates of how many vehicles may have been involved in a massive pile-up at the Pacific island country’s traffic light, which was also turned off.
“It’s too dark! I can’t tell you […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 2 comments

March 29th, 2008

Earth Hour: Tibet, Guantanamo, Spuzzum

GROVER’S MILL, NJ — Today the Mercury Players Mashup Group will be chronicling Earth Hour, a symbolic gesture of environmental awareness to be carried out in more than 200 cities around the world.
The official organizers of Earth Hour is the World Wildlife Fund, a group that represents the interests of animals, their habitats, and […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 7 comments

March 27th, 2008

China’s Pre-Olympics PR: Tibetans Are People, not Props for a Photo Opp

You would think George Bush’s massive failure to communicate himself out of the Iraq invasion quagmire would serve as a lesson for other major powers.
The Chinese spin on the Tibetan protests are clear and consistent: the Dalai Lama is a lying, scheming radical fomenting rebellion in an otherwise peaceful part of China.
In an almost unprecedented […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 0 comments

March 23rd, 2008

1947 Ad Manifesto Still Holds True (for PR, Too)

Big agencies are good at systematizing strategy development, media buying and media contact management.
But can you automate creativity?
How do you keep from turning into a factory for homogenous advertising or public relations?

These question were asked 60 years ago by Bill Bernbach, as his agency began to grow. His response was a manifesto that calls for the […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 4 comments

March 23rd, 2008

My Marketing/PR/etc. Blogroll, Revised

I’ve neglected my blogroll lately. It’s revised today, but still missing some of my favorite blogs/sites.   Still to come: podcasts.

Alice Marshall
Allan Jenkins
Andy Lark
B.L. Ochman
Bad Pitch Blog
Bob LeDrew
Brian Clark
Church Marketing Sucks
Colin McKay
Darren Barefoot
Dave Traynor
David Jones
David Parmet
Doc Searls
Geoff Livingston et al
Ike Piggott
Jeremiah Owyang
Joseph Thornley
Josh Hallett
Kami Huyse
Kevin Dugan
Lifehacker
Mark Evans
Matthew Ingram
Melanie Seasons
Michael Geist
Neville Hobson
Now Is Gone
Paull Young
Peter Himler
PR Couture
PR […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 6 comments

March 20th, 2008

Annual Rant about Stupid Signage, etc.

If there’s one thing guaranteed to make me froth at the mouth, it’s instructions and signage that seem designed to confuse the reader.
Yesterday I was at the airport picking up my spouse. I had my coins ready for the parking meter.
Surprise! There are no parking meters. Every five or six parking spaces have a […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 0 comments

March 18th, 2008

PR Critique: Hyperbole Undercuts your Credibility

An audacious statement helps you stand out from the crowd.
A bombastic statement makes you stand out for the wrong reasons.
PerfectBusiness.com isn’t content to offer useful services for those starting a business. Instead, it stands on a soapbox and shouts to the world:
“New Web Site Aims to Boost U.S. Economy by Driving Startups”
All that’s missing is […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 2 comments

March 17th, 2008

Making a Promo Opportunity of a Scandal

What cliche is appropriate? Every cloud has a silver lining? You can make a silk purse from a sow’s ear? Sleazy sex scandals can pay off?
The prostitute named in the Eliot Spitzer affair has brought in more than $200,000 in music sales, and gained some minor airplay on at least on commercial radio station.
Still waiting […]

By Eric Eggertson -- 0 comments

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