Blog Archive
A new online Palette (PR)
We relaunched the Palette PR website today. It's a whole new look that reflects the type of agency we've become; our approach and offerings. It's also the debut of our in-house designer, Andrew Glenn, who will enliven Palette's graphic and online capabilities.And, I'm...
A mall of information
I was watching Adaptation again last night (what a film!) and wanted to know the name of an actor who played a certain role. So I went to imdb, typed in the title and found out without ever having to leave the room.Earlier, I wanted to find the lyrics to a somewhat...
My take on blogger relations
So much has been written and/or talked about PR folks reaching out to bloggers with stories and news. There's been a lot of 'tiptoe round the tulips' advice (e.g. tread very lightly) and comments about how different it is from traditional media outreach.Well, we've...
Cash for internships
Earlier this week I read a wire story in the Globe and Mail about students having to pay a fair bit of money to secure a Wall Street internship. Here it is from another outlet.Now, while this doesn't apply to PR (yet), I don't like it one bit. I think it's up to...
Wrong publication date
I just published my most recent post moments ago. But since I started writing it on Wednesday and saved it in draft form, the pub date is wrong. And short of copying, deleting and then starting all over again, I can't figure out how to correct that function.
Start the presses
Say you're a print media junkie, interested in seeing front page news from... Duluth, Minnesota, Winnipeg, Manitoba (yes, my hometown), Omaha, Nebraska or any of over 600 other international newspapers. You could go to the library, but chances are anything from...