For two years or whatever, I blogged three times a week about publicity, speechwriting, public relations and scandals for The New York Times’about.com. If you are an author, actor, director, politician, professional athlete, rock star, user of social media or otherwise in the public eye, THESE POSTS ARE USEFUL TO YOU. If you live in an ice cave, you can safely ignore all this stuff and go back to tanning that elk hide.
Top 10 Myths about Publicity and Public Relations
Top 10 Myths about Public Relations
Myth 1: Any Press is Good Press
Myth 2: PR is All about Press Releases and Press Conferences
Myth 3: Once You Break Through with Publicity, You’re Golden
Myth 4: Publicity is Free and Easy
Myth 5: You Need to Hire an Expensive PR Firm
Myth 6: Good Products Don’t Need Publicity – - Only Bad Products Do
Myth 7: Public Relations Can’t be Measured and is Therefore Worthless
Myth 8: PR Means Schmoozing and Controlling the Press
Myth 9: Only Ex-Reporters Can Do It
Myth 10: Public Relations is Spin, Slogans and Propaganda
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Reformed journalist. Scribbler of speeches and whatnot. Wrote a thriller that was a finalist for some award.
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