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“Schwag Hag” for a Day

Posted in Public Relations, Social Media, Work, tagged , , , , , , on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I frequently attend industry conferences for work and there are always two consistent elements at any conference: A) schwag (i.e. free stuff handed out by the exhibitors and sponsors) and B) schwag hags (i.e. people – some slightly resembling trolls such as the fluorescent haired creatures to the right – that roam the show floor [...]

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Don’t Boycott Legal Sea Foods

Posted in Food, Public Relations, tagged , , , , on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Issue: Legal Sea Foods owner Roger Berkowitz says he’s sorry for the “fresh fish” ad campaign on the MBTA that offended train operators in Boston (get it…”fresh” as in, wise-ass, not recently-caught). Stephan MacDougall, a union rep for MBTA operators, said Berkowitz is an elitist and insensitive. He said he’s organizing a boycott of Legal Sea Foods. [...]

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Elicia Buzz on The Today Show (well, sort of)

Posted in Digital Media, Public Relations, Work, tagged , , , , , , , on May 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

About a month ago I attended the BlogHer Business Conference in NYC (check out my work post on the 360PR Days blog). At the conference, I had the chance to meet a handful of women bloggers like Miriam Kamin who writes/contributes to about 7 blogs – wow! – including Woulda Coulda Shoulda , and Vera [...]

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Off to ‘BlogHer Business’ in New York!

Posted in Digital Media, Public Relations, tagged , , , , on April 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 
Tomorrow morning, along with a couple of my colleagues, I’m leaving good ol’ Boston for New York City to attend the BlogHer Business conference - an event bringing the world’s leading bloggers together with businesses interested in social media.  
I’m really looking forward to the event. I’m getting the sense that there will be a very interesting mix of [...]

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When Hawks Attack!

Posted in Digital Media, Public Relations, tagged , , , , on March 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A popular toy is under attack. The victim – the FlyTech Dragonfly (a remote controlled flying insect made by WowWee). The perpetrator – hawks (you know…non-robotic flying birds of prey).

I found this story to be pretty unbelievable and actually WowWee happens to be a client of 360PR, where I work. One Long Island newspaper [...]

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Thoughts on Business Travel

Posted in Public Relations, Video Games, Work, tagged , , , , on February 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I have a love-hate relationship with business trips. Working at a PR agency means always having to travel to and from conferences, media events, and new business pitches in different parts of the country. In fact, my colleagues are flying out to San Francisco next week to attend the Game Developers Conference (GDC). Even though [...]

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