In these days leading up to the November elections, wouldn’t it be refreshing to have a speech delivered like this one … just once. ;o)
Oh, sure … we don’t need the demagogue that comes along with it … but, the speech … well, it would be great to hear.
Even Obama himself couldn’t match this one. Willie Stark (a.k.a. Huey P. Long) at least knew how to come back from defeat and rally the populace.
From American Rhetoric: Movie Speech … “All The King’s Men” (1949)
I live in Alabama. I’m really not the person you want to pitch with news of Aruba’s new rebranding initiative.
That didn’t stop them, though. They pitched me via email today.
A PR agency just found one long list of PR people and sent out the blast email release. Yet one more example of poor PR practice. I only write of this because it is so ironic that they would pitch me on this story, of all stories. A truly clueless effort.
Why does Aruba need to rebrand itself? Because …
Two articles caught my eye recently.
Both rely heavily on absolute / universal statements.
Twitter is NOT a Social Network, Says Twitter Exec
Social “Me”dia and the Evolving Twitter Egosystem
Twitter may try to define their product/service all they wish. The reality remains that the site’s users and visitors will define the brand.
A social network is defined by “patterns of ties” or relationships wherein people share common experiences and/or beliefs – among other things. See http://bit.ly/socialnetwork-defined for just a wee bit of history.
Me thinks Kevin Thau was doing some PR work on …
First time ever … mobile editions to our PR student digital portfolios and resumes.
Here they are. All good people. Hire them!
This is the first time I’ve required the students do a mobile version. Only a few chose to go the full route. Everyone had to at least use the simple Google tool to create a version. Some have chosen (or will chose) to take down that Google version, as it is a wee bit quirky. I have chosen to list those that …