More On EA’s Sometimes Bumbling Marketing

Remember yesterday when I went on a very mini-rant about EA’s PR folks and how they have a habit of bungling the PR of some games and then those games don’t sell like they should and maybe they get bad publicity and sometimes there IS such a thing as bad publicity…especially when it involves sensationalized… Continue reading More On EA’s Sometimes Bumbling Marketing

Winter Garden

I got Winter Garden [affiliate link] a couple of months ago from a very nice PR woman whose email address has since been lost in the great email apocalypse of 2010. I had a lot on my plate at the time and couldn’t find the time to read the book and then, when I finally did get… Continue reading Winter Garden

PR Blackout?

Someone [I don’t remember who] on Twitter linked to a CNET [LOVE them] story that asked if mommy bloggers need to “grow up”? *Disclaimer #1: I haven’t finished reading that story yet since I went to the linked MomDot story about the “PR Blackout”.* I headed over to MomDot and read Trisha’s story and at… Continue reading PR Blackout?

Link Post

I get pitches all of the time from PR people and ad agencies. Most of the time, the pitches suck. Sometimes the only salutation is “Hi!” and there has been a time or two when someone else’s name was after “Hi”. Sometimes I get stuff that looks cool or is a something that I think… Continue reading Link Post

Simon’s Sister’s Dog

So if you’ve been following me on Twitter then you know that I got a PR pitch of sorts that was addressed to someone else. Way to make a girl feel special, guys. Since I’ve posted a video before by the Simon’s Cat guy, they figured that I would be interested in publicizing this new… Continue reading Simon’s Sister’s Dog