I enjoy The Count column in The Wall Street Journal. The column has interesting numbers and stats about sports or the sporting community. On Wednesday, WSJ reported in a big bold red number a fun fact about the new Consul…
Category: Communications Strategy
A lesson in bad media relations
There was an old Saturday Night Live sketch that featured a character named Leonard Pinth-Garnell . He was an arts critic who showcased the worst in everything; Bad Playhouse, Bad Cinema, Bad Opera, etc. The audience got to witness a…
Grandstanding makes for bad PR
Today we’ll look at how to handle public relations and media relations THE WRONG WAY with some help from a pair of special guests: the federal government and Mel Gibson. Lesson #1 – choose your words carefully and say what…
A picture of Palin is worth 1,000 books
I love Sarah Palin. Actually, let me be clearer – I love Sarah Palin’s public relations team. Her glamour shot center cover of USA Today on Friday, Dec. 11 was stunningly good. For a losing vice-presidential candidate who quit her…