By now, everyone knows the big news about New York congressman Anthony Weiner: he did, indeed, send out lewd pictures, and finally admitted what he had done after a week of denials. What took him so long? It was probably fear of what people thought, including his wife, who is pregnant. Even though it’s an embarrassing…
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Almost three years ago, I wrote a blog post called The New Chicago Tribune Sucks and guess what? They still do.I still have great relationships with many fine reporters and editors at the Tribune, so I don’t want to criticize them, but wow, I just can’t believe how slow and off the mark the Tribune is
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While law firms are considered a “conservative” professional service business, they seldom always represent conservative issues or at best, neutral ones. The law, like anything else, is politically charged. Think “liberal” ACLU attorneys versus “conservative” ADF lawyers. Which brings me to Katherine Franke’s article at The Huffington Post titled, “King & Spalding’s Self-Made Mess.” Ms. Franke
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Here comes some news about news sources and how they are related to the trendiest news source, Twitter. According to an article published by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, “Twitter appears at this point to play a relatively small role in sharing of links to news sources.” I think Twitter in and of itself has
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The lawyers say “keep a lid on it.” The public relations people say “transparency” is what wins in today’s online media world. I’m not sure this classic conflict will ever be fully resolved. However, I will say there is one corporate publicity stunt that should have called on all the lawyers first. B2B Magazine has
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When I think about added value, I think about how professional service businesses sell their services. After all, anyone can go online to complete their tax returns. Why spend the money with H&R Block or hire a CPA that costs more that $100/hour at the low end? There’s an implied added value to the buyers
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Today’s Chicago Sun-Times has a wonderful story titled “Churches Using Humorous Signs to Spread Gospel.” It talks about how some pastors are putting signs outside their church with messages like, “Under same management for 2000 years,” and “Stop, drop and roll doesn’t work in hell.” Over the years, I’ve had to communicate crisis communication messages that have
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CBS News recently reported that a restaurant in Indiana decided to pull billboards with a cult reference to “Kool-Aid” that reminded people of the Jonestown Massacre which left 900 dead. While I have no idea of whether this restaurant consulted with their public relations folks or their attorneys, this advertising campaign could have warranted a little more thought.
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Another father who works in another office in my building shared how the night before Christmas his son wanted evidence that Santa really does come down the chimney, drop off presents and eat the cookies and milk left for him. Seemed like a normal discussion, until the boy wanted his dad to set up a camera and leave it recording so the
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