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Jim Schlegelmilch

PR: The Good, Bad and Ugly

To Build or Not to Build The Mosque

by Jim Schlegelmilch

Ground ZeroThese past few weeks it’s been hard to escape the increasingly heated debate over whether or not to allow the Muslim community to build a new “community center” on Ground Zero, the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack.  The debate has numerous angles, most popularly, whether or not they should be allowed to build there and who has the power to decide this, New York or the federal government.

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1 comment | 08/18/2010


Ryal Curtis

PR: The Good, Bad and Ugly

Dustin Johnson Saves PGA From Becoming The Next MySpace, For Now

by Ryal Curtis

This morning provided yet another example of how sometimes any publicity is good publicity. Today’s case study in PR comes to us via the Professional Golf Association, better known by some as the PGA. FYI, I use the word “some” loosely in referring to PGA fans, as the Association without Tiger Woods playing well is very much at risk of becoming the next MySpace – which is to stay that it is at risk of becoming irrelevant.

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1 comment | 08/16/2010


Patty Briguglio

MMI Watercooler

The Small Business Bill: $30 Billion and No Change For Us

by Patty Briguglio

I have recently appeared on Fox Business several times to talk about Sen. Mary Landrieu’s Small Business Bill, which still is languishing on the Senate floor.   While the bill claims to offer $30 billion fund for relief to small business, in reality the money will benefit the banks more than people like you and me.  It is missing the mark.

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1 comment | 08/13/2010


Bobby McDonald

New Media

JetBlue Flight Attendant vs. I Haz Quit Dry Erase Girl

by Bobby McDonald

Dry Erase Girl

The Internet has been chock full of humorous ways to quit a job this week.  One real and one fake, the JetBlue flight attendant and the I Quit Dry Erase girl have captured the attention of Twitterverse and the Internet.  So who won the "Quit of the Week"? 

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comment | 08/11/2010


Gloria Lesher

PR: The Good, Bad and Ugly

Carly:  A Remarkable Personal Brand

by Gloria Lesher

carly

Cara Carleton “Carly” Fiorina has never stopped marketing and selling her remarkable personal brand as a proven fireball.

 

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comment | 08/10/2010


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