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Kandi’s PR Winner of the Week

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

I see good examples of public relations almost everywhere I look (even when I think I’m not looking.) With so many brands fighting for my attention, I want to celebrate brands that I think deliver great public relations.

So what is great public relations?

1) A brand that gets my attention.

2) A brand that I connect with – I remember it for either a positive or negative reason. Yes, even a negative experience can be great public relations if it causes me to remember the brand. Too many brands are forgettable.

3) A brand that compels me to talk about it – for free!

Kandi Kreatives PR ApprovedIn the spirit of great PR, I will announce a PR Winner of the Week and tell you what I think that brand got right. I hope you will join me in celebrating great PR each week. Look for the KandiKreatives PR Approved checkmark.

How I Avoided Facebook and Why I Finally Joined

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Avoiding Facebook for more than two years has been pretty simple. I started by not joining Facebook, even when I got those tempting emails letting me know which of my friends (whom I have live contact with) had invited me to join. Next, I didn’t search Facebook to see if people I wanted to (re) connect with were members. Call me old fashioned, but I like having relationships with people, not computers.

On November 15, 2009, I stopped avoiding Facebook.

I was at a social networking seminar a couple of weeks ago and someone said that if you don’t find Facebook, it will find you. That person knew what he was talking about. As a public relations professional, I believe that credibility includes a proven track record in delivering messages to appropriate audiences through appropriate media. In PR, experience always outweighs education. Telling clients that I know how to use Facebook and understand its value is not nearly as effective as showing them. So, I joined.

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