Category Archives: Fun Stuff

SMAFUs: What they are and how to avoid them

Posted on January 28, 2011 by rgeller

A colleague burst into my office, concerned over an update she had seen on LinkedIn that led her to believe one of our top people had left the agency for another job. Later that same day, our LA manager sent … Continue reading →

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1 Space, 2 Space, Red Face, Blue Face (Slate Rants on Punctuation and Brings PR into Fray)

Posted on January 18, 2011 by rgeller

My job as a senior manager at a PR agency requires me to do a fair amount of editing and writing. Yet I am an engineer by education, and my training in these things has been mostly on-the-job (see my … Continue reading →

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Leak Sites We’d Really Like to See

Posted on December 14, 2010 by rgeller

News broke yesterday about renegade Wiki Leakers’ (is that redundant?) plans to start a kinder, gentler leak site called OpenLeaks, with a stated mission to serve up leaks without a political agenda. This led me to ask all kinds of … Continue reading →

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The bed bugs ate my headline! (and the cure for this)

Posted on November 10, 2010 by rgeller

There is an old saying that holds particularly true in PR: "There's no accounting for taste." It is sometimes hard to understand why the media latches onto a particular story and will not let it go. This can be extremely … Continue reading →

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Latest App, the Portable Schm**ck Detector, Combines Sentiment Analysis & Augmented Reality

Posted on November 8, 2010 by rgeller

I am on a caffeine-induced creative tear very early this morning, and am just overflowing with great ideas, so please bear with me and hear me out while the thoughts are fresh in my mind, as they might not seem … Continue reading →

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Marketing with Social Media on a Shoestring: the Man with the Bacon Head

Posted on October 15, 2010 by rgeller

One of the more entertaining stories I heard at AdWeekMedia SocialMedia Strategies earlier this week was  about J & D’s Foods, a company that has figured out how to compete against the biggest consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands by launching … Continue reading →

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Curing the Jargon Addiction

Posted on September 7, 2010 by rgeller

One of my recent posts focused on the proliferation of data center jargon. I discussed causes for this, and listed guilty parties such as analysts, corp. marketing departments and ad and PR agencies (yes, I work for a PR agency … Continue reading →

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Draper & Company Do PR

Posted on July 29, 2010 by rgeller

I finally got around to watching the first episode of the new Mad Men season, which aired on Sunday.  I was even more eager than usual to welcome the return of one of my favorite TV shows, as this episode … Continue reading →

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Time out for Fun (and Orientation) at Old B.U. Stomping Grounds

Posted on July 10, 2010 by rgeller

This week we took our eldest daughter to Boston for orientation at Boston University, which she will be starting as an undergrad in just a few short weeks. It was a real blast for me on a number of levels … Continue reading →

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Crisis Management in The Office

Posted on May 21, 2010 by rgeller

The Office, one of my favorite TV shows, once again dabbled in my profession as yesterday's episode revolved around crisis management, PR and social media. It was another misguided episode in DIY gonzo PR (see this link for the wrap … Continue reading →

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