I saw an interesting article in Time magazine that asked, “Is becoming a lawyer a bad investment?” , and it shows that what I thought was a great, stable career isn’t really that way anymore. The article talks about how attorney jobs are drying up due to the down economy, but the number of people…
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I’m originally from Philadelphia, so when I see the city get some media attention, I pay attention too. However, it’s too bad that a big story from there is about a councilman who wasted thousands of dollars of taxpayer money on his social media campaign. I found out about what he did in the article,
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As someone who works in public relations, I love a good soundbite, and I’m quick to notice them when they appear in the media. One person I wouldn’t expect a good soundbite from is the mother of a hacker from Chicago who was part of the Anonymous group that hacked into company and government websites.
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When I saw this news piece on Fox Chicago about a strip club opening next to a convent and school, I was surprised that the Mayor of Stone Park ran away from Dane Placko and shut the door on him, right on camera for all of Chicago (and the world online) to see. After all,
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The Wall Street Journal had an article about how overweight doctors tend not to tell their obese patients to lose weight. There was no reason discovered, but the article says “it’s possible that subconsciously, obese physicians may look at a patient and think ‘they look like me, but I’m healthy’ and focus on more acute
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I came upon an interesting article in Businessweek about“Argentina’s Dollar-Sniffing Wonder Dogs” and how they’re sniffing for US currency to prevent “capital flight” from that country. That’s the first time that I’ve seen something about dogs sniffing for money, not drugs, but I guess countries have to get creative to prevent disasters. It’s too bad
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Not sure if this fits my style of PR for Laughs, unless you find it to be shameless self-promotion. This Friday, January 20, I will talk about Marketing for Today’s Niche & Small Firms at the Chicago Bar Association. Information About the Event Date: Friday, January 20 Time: 2 pm to 5 pm Location: The
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Inside Counsel has an article called “37% of people say lawyers have ‘very low’ ethical standards” and the title really says it all: too many attorneys do not have a good reputation. The article gets that statistic from a Gallup poll that was conducted earlier this month, and even though we’re almost at a new
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Recently, to prove to people that he’s not dead, Jon Bon Jovi posted a picture of himself online with the statement that “Heaven looks a lot like New Jersey”. I’m sure a lot of people think what he did is funny and are probably very happy to find out that he’s really alive, after rumors of
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There has been a lot of media coverage about what’s going on at Penn State, which has resulted in thefiring of head coach Joe Paterno. Actually, Penn State didn’t use the word “fire”, but I am, because that’s what happened. He was planning on retiring from that position, but they showed him the door. I’d
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