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Kitchen Nightmares Turns To PR Nightmare

May 18, 2013

I guess if any publicity is good publicity, Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, Ariz., is basking in a self-inflicted spotlight.  Of course, if creating a public relations and earned media disaster by … openly declaring war on j...

Tagged: gordon ramsay, amys baking company, amy and samy bouzgalo, kitchen nightmares, social media, public relations, disaster, yelp, media relations, pr

NBA Unknown, Now Well Known

May 1, 2013

Good for Jason Collins. Had I posted that a few days ago most folks would have reacted with a big old “who?” I’m a Washington Wizards fan and it took me a minute. As of Monday, of course, when the NBA 7-foot center came out as ga...

Tagged: jason collins, media relations, public relations, pr, nba, gay rights

Carnival Cruise's PR Nightmare Or Controlled Crisis Communication?

Feb 16, 2013

So by now, the poor passengers and crew of the Carnival cruise ship, Triumph, have one of the worst travel experiences in their rear view mirror. The Triumph lost power Feb. 10 after a fire in the engine room and had to be towed back toward Mobile...

Tagged: carnival cruises, triumph, crisis communication, pr, public relations

Review: Media Training Made Simple and Effective

Jan 10, 2013

I don’t really have a lot of time, so whenever I buckle down for professional reading or training, that’s an investment in time. I want to walk away with something valuable. So when Brad Phillips of Mr. Media Training fame dropped me a...

Tagged: media training, media relations, media spokesperson, public relations, book review, mr media training

What’s Your “One More Thing to Learn” in 2013?

Jan 3, 2013

Happy New Year!  It’s 2013!  Woohoo! We made it through another year!  (and stuff like that there … ) But seriously, a Happy New Year to you all. New Year’s always brings us to that point of reflection about the y...

Tagged: learning, resolutions, social media, public relations, marketing, 2013