http://flackster.corante.com/ clueful PR en-us michaelocc@gmail.com 2006-11-07T00:25:39-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2006/11/07/social_media_relations_in_crisis_mode.php 68701@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2006-11-07T00:25:39-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/11/16/irelands_dan_lyons.php Is Brian Boyd Ireland's own Dan Lyons??? Reactions across the blogosphere would certainly seem to say so. Boyd is an Irish Times writer who has just contributed what some view as the Times' own "Attack of the Blogs" diatribe. I... 38071@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-11-16T13:32:26-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/07/21/and_the_frker_goes_to.php Cherry Beach Sound is this week’s worthy recipient of the Flackster Rancid Kipper Encomium for Ridiculous PR (aka the FRKER). A friend who works for a prominent enterprise technology publication has granted me permission to pass on this sublime example... 35020@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-07-21T15:26:14-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/07/20/the_seven_deadly_agency_types_part_five.php If It Moves, Bill It! [About bloomin' time. I know, I know. Sorry. Busy trying to find a job and stuff.] This is the subject which (if I was still actually employed) could get me fired. In a way, I... 35019@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-07-20T17:04:45-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/07/15/deniable_plausibility.php 35018@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-07-15T12:17:20-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/07/12/hopelessly_inept_pitch_of_the_week.php This week's Flackster Rancid Kipper Encomium for Ridiculous PR (aka the FRKER) goes to this quintessentially cack-handed pitch, received in the Corante mailbox earlier today: From: Four Corners Communications Hi, As your site is all about the Foo Fighters, I... 35016@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-07-12T12:26:00-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/07/08/are_we_all_morons.php Anil Dash has a smart, funny post about the horrors of misguided PR people pitching bloggers. Classic Anil - dry, charming, well-written, and absolutely right on the money. All PR people with their sights set on the blogosphere should read,... 35015@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-07-08T16:12:40-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/06/30/ipg_woes_and_newspaper_throes.php Couple of quick pointers to interesting AdAge pieces. First, the horror continues at Marketing and PR industry giant Interpublic Group, with news of a deeper and wider SEC investigation into their rather...um...interesting accounting practices (hey - they're a creative company,... 35014@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-06-30T16:28:47-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/06/22/biting_back.php Mark Twain is reported to have once said that you should "never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel". As the Internet continues to level the playing field between reporters and the subjects of their stories,... 35011@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-06-22T17:27:48-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/06/05/it_gets_worse.php I’m indebted to the estimable Constantin Basturea for doing the little bit of Googling and extra research I should have done myself, and helping to reveal the full perfidy of a pitch I’ve already taken one swipe at elsewhere. The... 35006@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-06-05T15:09:29-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/06/01/on_editorial_integrity_american_business_media.php Pause, if you will, and offer up a small happy bunny dance in honour of American Business Media - the association of business publishing houses, whose members include CMP, Crain Communications, The Economist Group, Elsevier, Hearst Business, IDG, McGraw-Hill, Penton,... 35002@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-06-01T10:22:15-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/05/26/the_seven_deadly_agency_types_part_four.php The Flack Of All Trades This Deadly Agency Type is a little harder to characterize – the type more often manifests itself in individuals than entire agencies. I’ve seen some agencies, however, especially smaller ones, build their entire business approach... 34998@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-05-26T15:09:43-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/05/18/the_pitbull_pr_method.php This is not an episode in the Seven Deadly Agency Types series, but it could be - except that here we're looking at an example of an apparently deadly PR person, not an agency type. Long time blogger and citizen... 34994@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-05-18T22:41:17-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/05/14/the_seven_deadly_agency_types_part_three.php The Behemoth This is a long one, so here’s the three line summary: Good PR is people. People with relationships. People and relationships don’t scale. Over the past 10 years or so, the agency world has seen wave after wave... 34990@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-05-14T01:20:43-05:00 http://flackster.corante.com/archives/2005/05/11/the_seven_deadly_agency_types_part_two.php The One Trick Pony There is a creative void at the top of a lot of agencies, with burnt-out VPs who had one great campaign idea somewhere in their career and haven’t been able to come up with an original... 34988@http://flackster.corante.com/ Frank Exchange of Clues 2005-05-11T15:18:05-05:00