OK, I’ll admit it, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) makes me crazy. They ride their high horse (probably not, because it would hurt the horse) with how they protect animals from badly behaving humans. To set the record straight, I like animals. I used to have two cats and my wife has…
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In last Friday’s Chicago Tribune I saw a story on page three with the headline: Buddy, can you spare a Dior? The reporter wrote in a sarcastic style and poked fun at Barneys Co-Op. Barneys, a clothing store, placed homeless-style cardboard signs in the hands of its mannequins that read: “DIOR-less please help,” “Will work
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This is likely to be one of my darkest posts. A story from Crain’s Chicago Business today reported that a futures trader died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound hours after losing several million dollars Wednesday. Please understand, this is not something to joke about. The loss and pain to his wife and family members will
Many home pages for search engines will have their “top” lists. For example. Yahoo.com has “Today’s Top Searches.” At the bottom of this posting is a listing for their top searches for the week when Wall Street melted down. First, I look at this list and can’t say that I understand the logic of what
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I guess some people might question the word “sucks” in the headline. It doesn’t fit the polite language that a PR person would use when describing a major media outlet. Stay with for a moment. I think the Huffington Post captured the issue even before it was released this week when it wrote about how
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One of my mentors in public relations is Ron Culp. He’s had a distinguised career in the industry. Ron has also helped make me a better communications professional for more than 15 years. Recently Ron asked me to share my career path at his blog. Here’s the beginning of my guest post: “I don’t drink.
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I just caught up with reading PR Week and came across a story that brought tears to my eyes: last month, The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) launched its American Idol Truth Tour in protest of reality-show working conditions. Give me a break. So when does coming up with the crazy ideas to help
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OK, everyone will be saying that John Edward’s is a two-faced liar. The former presidential candidate admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He also denied that he’s the father of the woman’s baby. While this can be one of those, “He who is without sin, cast the first stone” (don’t
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When I was a child there was the expression from bullies, “Your ass is grass.” I never quite understood the logic. I assume it meant that the other person would mow you down. For a while it seemed that the New York Stock Exchange was about to mow down it’s former CEO. I was reading
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Today at 2:30 pm Cental, Bill Moller (someone I’ve known from CLTV before it was broadcast in color) is having me on his WGN-AM program, The Money Show. We’re going to be talking about how blogs can help (and hurt) your career and business. When Bill let’s me get a word in edgewise (he’s really
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