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US Have No PR Clue

Posted in PR on July 23rd, 2007 No Comments »

Nice - NASA intend to chuck out some of the unwanted stuff from the International Space Station today.
It just amazes me that the US regularly fails to see the PR damage that they do to themselves.
Not just that, but continue to shows a disregard for the population of the world …
The U.S. space agency calculates […]

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Patrick Litchfield: 1 Million photos per decade

Posted in Trivia, Photography, PR on September 30th, 2006 2 Comments »

Well known English photographer, Lord Patrick Litchfield was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 this morning and he says that he takes one million photos a decade.
He has an exhibition starting in London soon and interestingly a number of photos that are being shown, by his definition, are “snaps”, ie not setup, and taken on little, […]

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Schmap - Photo Inclusion">I was contacted through Fickr to see if I would agree to have a photo I took in Hanover, Germany included in a tour guide (it was under a creative commons license) - the Schmap Hanover Guide. Slightly flattered I agreed. It’s now been confirmed that the image is to be used in the electronic guide. Interestingly I’m blogging it, giving them Google juice. Smart move on their part to source free photos from Flickr, then as most Flickr users will be bloggers, they also benefit from the photographer promoting it for them. Schmap - Photo Inclusion

Posted in PR on May 19th, 2006 No Comments »

I came across a couple of PR blogs, some of them High Tech. I haven’t had time to look at them thoroughly but could be of interest.
NewPR Wiki
Top Ten Tactics to Influence Negative Newsie how to try to bury a story. It’s interesting to compare these tactics with spokespeople you may have heard […]

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