Are Spammers Getting Smarter?
If your blog gets any remotely significant amount of traffic, you’ve probably experienced problems with comment spam. Right now, I...
Why Spam PR Pitches Won’t Go Away
Yesterday morning I received an email pitch. Nothing particularly exciting about that; it wasn’t the first pitch I received yesterday...
The Volume/Personalization Trade-Off
The trade-off between volume and personalization is an constant dilemma in PR. I wonder if the ideal solution, as it often is, is somewhere in the middle.
Where’s The Line With Twitter “Spam”?
Do you find it helpful when people link to their latest content on Twitter? Tweetstats says I’ve posted an average...
PR Isn’t The Enemy
Once again, the last couple of weeks have seen the public relations industry dragged through the mud by a high-profile...
Back To Pitching Basics
Despite having a set of guidelines on how to pitch me positioned prominently on my site, I continue to receive...
A Message To Non-PR Folks: We’re Not All Like This
John Biggs at CrunchGear and Michael Arrington at TechCrunch both wrote in the last day about a nasty encounter they had...
WordPressDirect: Spam, Dirty Spam
If you don't have time to write a blog then don't. Don't plagiarize other peoples' work. WordPressDirect gets a "fail" from me.
Could SEO Devalue News Releases Even More?
Why not just make sure that your release is relevant, well-written and on-topic? A well written release will have plenty of the important words in there as a natural result. With a little extra attention you can optimize your release without compromising its quality.
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