Corporations that listen
When I’m talking about public relations what I’m really talking about is communicating. Communication is the key to developing strong relationships, not only between two caring people, but also between businesses and their publics (employees, customers, shareholders, etc). What public relations is all about is people learning about each other and developing a mutual understanding. ...
Read MoreWhen Corporations get Political
Both Apple and Google have recently been getting some attention in the Blogosphere for their support and contributions to the No on Prop 8 campaign. California Proposition 8 would amend the state constitution to read “only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California.” Obviously this is a hot button issue in the upcoming election. I think that both...
Read MoreJoining the Cloud
My classmate Ali Fishner recently blogged about the site Bedpost, which is designed to let you log and track all your sexual encounters. There was some confusion about whether or not Bedpost would classify as a social network. In fact, this is the perfect example of an up and coming breed of sites known as “web applications.” Web Applications may have social components, but are...
Read MoreInternet Forums and Marketing
Social media platforms seem to be all the rage these days. Personal blogs, social networks and video sharing sites have been hogging all the attention, but community based sites have really been around since the birth of the Internet. Internet forums are community based web sites that evolved from the earliest Bulletin Board Systems (BBS) in the early 1990’s. Forums allow users to create...
Read MoreWelcome!
Hey I’m glad you found my blog. For those of you who are new, for the next couple months I will be discussing public relations and marketing news. I’m currently taking an Advanced PR Writing class at the University of Oregon where we’re discussing blogs and social media. Part of that assignment requires that we keep up a blog. When I’m not taking classes I work as a...
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