Retweets: A science?

This seems like a fitting topic since my last entry about KVBPR and paramore|redd was in fact noticed and retweeted by KVBPR.  Aileen Katcher, a consultant at KVBPR, noticed that I did not have the history for the company and she will be providing me with it.  I will add this to the post as [...]

It’s about that time for December graduates…

It is actually almost past that time… what am I talking about?  It is time for seniors to begin looking at agencies that they could intern at or work for after graduation.  It really isn’t too soon for next Spring’s graduates to start looking for potential agencies, considering, as I discovered yesterday, Spring graduation is [...]

Top PR Blogs

I will be the first to admit it… I know absolutely nothing about Public Relations. My roommate of three plus years is a PR major and the President of our PRSSA chapter on campus and I still know next to nothing about the subject. However, since this blog is about both advertising AND [...]

Today’s Focus: The Art of the Interview

Found a GREAT video produced by VAULT.com
It gives excellent tips for the interviewing process. Some of these are no-brainers for most of us.
Girls: shake hands like you mean it.
and TURN OFF your cell phones!

Oh, and buy a great tailored suit. Make sure it is age and figure appropriate. Leave sexy [...]

Best Buy Jumps the Gun

No more than one day after the news broke that Heath Ledger had died Best Buy had already jumped on the marketing train with tables hosting movies that Heath Ledger starred in, urging customers to “remember” the actor.
Stay classy, Best Buy.

Her Underwear Says WHAT?! …A follow-up

As of today, according to Consumerist, Fox news reports that the pink panties with “Who needs credit cards” have been pulled off Wal-Mart shelves everywhere, thanks to the complaints of offended and concerned parents and citizens.

Long Receipts May Turn Off Green Customers

Over the past year or so we’ve seen the number of green, environment-loving companies explode.  Most companies in one way or another are making an effort (even if it is small) to lessen their detrimental impact to the environment.  That being said, why are we still receiving ridiculously long receipts? As one blog noted, an [...]

Ask.com Unveils New Privacy Tool

With the recent hype and concern about privacy on the Internet after AOL’s search queries blunder and Facebook’s Beacon crisis, it’s no surprise that Ask.com has just rolled out a new search privacy tool which allows users to delete all their search data after every search.  If users choose to delete their search information, all [...]

Her Underwear Says WHAT?!

Wal-Mart, as we all know, is too family-centric to sell CDs with excessive vulgarity and will even take out words they deem inappropriate, but according to these new pair of panties which read “Who needs credit cards”  they they’ve placed on their racks in the Juniors’ department they (Wal-mart) are not above encouraging young teenage [...]

What Not To Say When Pitching to the Media

Generally, I’d write a synopsis of this for you, but Hamilton Nolan, from The Cycle, really just hit the nail on the head. Enjoy!
The Bad Pitch Blog has published a collaborative list of “The top ten things you should never say to the media.” It is a fairly accurate compilation of things that make [...]