What will your obituary say?

I had some extra time this morning to flip through the entire front section of my daily newspaper, The Greenville News.  Today, though, I took time to try and read every article, including the obituary page (which I normally gloss over, since I haven’t quite reached that age where I should start reading it to [...]

Palmetto PR Diva Dish – Kelly Davis, APR, president of Davis Public Relations and Marketing

Liza and I have both had the pleasure of working with Kelly Davis, APR, president of Davis Public Relations and Marketing, on a variety of SCPRSA projects and activities. She is a great advocate for independent practitioners, and we’re glad she participated in the weekly profile with us! Read on to learn more and [...]

Hope you are….sick?

I’ve seen posted on several journalists’ blogs lately about the disdain for the PR person’s e-mail pitch that begins with, “Hope you are well.” 
Listen, I get that media are inundated with hundreds, if not thousands of e-mails every week from PR practitioners – some of which contain content completely irrelavent to the journalist’s beat.  The [...]

Journalist profile: Keith O’Brien, PRWeek

As you know, in addition to profiling outstanding public relations practitioners, we here at Palmetto PR Divas like to feature compelling journalists, too, so that we might learn more about the state of the media right now and the challenges facing their industry.
Please meet Keith O’Brien, editor in chief of PRWeek magazine and PRWeek.com. This [...]

Money back guarantee for WOM?

I’m definitely going to keep my eye on this story as it develops.  I’d be interested to learn the results on athis new “WOM impact guarantee program” which focuses on guaranteeing results – or your money back.
http://adage.com/article?article_id=129593
Interestingly enough, I hope this contest of sorts doesn’t influence others to pressure public relations professionals into guaranteeing results.  [...]

Palmetto PR Diva Dish – Jessica Munday, president of Trio Solutions

I just finished a 4.5-mile run in Jetton Park on the beautiful Lake Norman! One of my friends is planning to run the marathon in Las Vegas this December and I told her I would run with her…After a week of more mileage I’m not sure if this 31-year-old can do another marathon, but [...]

Pattie Boyd, Eric Clapton and…PR?

I know. I know.  I am supposed to be studying for my APR this summer.  But when I was in the airport flying to Florida last week for the July 4 holiday, I picked up a delicious memoir, “Wonderful Tonight” written by Pattie Boyd (she was George Harrison’s – of the Beatles – first wife [...]

Re-post from Bad Pitch Blog.com

I came across this post today through my Twitter feeds, and thought you all would enjoy:
Fast Five Q&A with Adweek’s Digital Editor, Brian Morrissey
BTW, if you want to follow them on Twitter, too, and decide for yourself if Brian has it out for PR people (hint: he doesn’t), you can at @bmorrissey and @prblog. [...]

PR Diva Dish – Christina Helms, account manager for Walker Marketing

If all goes well, this should appear on Friday, July 4, so we can continue our weekly PR Diva Dish section. So here goes!
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Christina Helms, account manager for Walker Marketing, both while I was at PR Newswire, where she was a client, as well as at Walker Marketing, [...]

SC PRSA – Upstate Region to Host Networking Event

If work or play happen to bring you to the sunny Upstate of South Carolina next week, or if you’re just one of the lucky ones who are fortunate enough to live in this part of the world, then please plan to attend the S.C. PRSA-Upstate region networking event on Tuesday, July 15, from 6 [...]