Blog: Be Heard

PR: The Good, Bad and Ugly

News And Observer ‘Mock’ Front Page Reflects Painful Shift In Newspaper Industry

by Patty Briguglio

The most recent “class” of laid-off The News and Observer employees may have vented their feelings toward the paper’s recent cuts in an unconventional way, but the message was heard loud and clear by those who read the front page spoof designed by former employees.

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comment | 04/27/2009


New Media

Follow Us On Twitter

by Patty Briguglio

Are you following us on Twitter yet? @MMIPR has a great feed, and I maintain my own at @pattybriguglio, as well.

I hear it quite often from prospective clients or other peers who are skeptical of Twitter – “What is a tweet and how will it help my business?” – but the truth is that I have found it to be an incredibly engaging experience, particularly as someone in the business of starting and contributing to smart conversations.

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comment | 07/21/2009


New Media

Google Micropayments To Save Newspapers?

by Bobby McDonald

Color me skeptical but I have never bought into the micropayments argument for saving the newspaper industry.  It has the foul odor associated with a slow to evolve and thus slowly dying industry.  Many newspaper readers are no longer willing to pay for information when it has been made available for free online.

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comment | 09/10/2009


MMI Watercooler

Small Business Networking Through Social Media

by Jennifer Westfall

The age-old art of networking in the small business community has been taken to a whole new level in the last few years.  With Facebook, Twitter, blogs and all the social media sites coming our way, it is difficult to decide what is most important for your business.

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comment | 09/15/2009


MMI Watercooler

Employers’ Monitoring Of Social Media

by Jennifer Westfall

With social media growing by leaps and bounds, it becomes very difficult to monitor employee use of these sites.

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comment | 09/25/2009


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