Back after almost five hectic weeks in Sweden packed with exciting meetings for me and my colleague Joakim and it feels like we have a really exciting fall with high-end social media projects ahead of us. But the city… I can’t really describe the feeling. Straight from Newark to the office at West 26th Street, [...]
How tight is your PR operation? Via Martin Palacios. A Primer on TweetLevel Brilliant guest post and good PR for Edelman’s Blog- and Tweetlevel. I’ve added the badges. Top 10 Reasons Why Being a PR Pro is One of the Toughest Jobs You Could Have I think you should read this as it’s supposed to [...]
Inspired by Death Star PR. More Flack City.
I’m having such a great Sunday. Kicking back in Stockholm watching reruns of So You Think You Can Dance? while I marvel at the fact that there are so incredible talented human beings in this world. My apartment downtown Manhattan is evacuated and I hear there are power outages all over the cuty; it seems [...]
Glad I didn’t fly out from Stockholm today… gosh. From: “Joe Qeliqi” Date: August 27, 2011 3:42:32 PM GMT+02:00 To: “JERRY SILFWER” Subject: MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER. Reply-To: “Joe Qeliqi” As of last night, Mayor Bloomberg issued a MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER for Zone A, which includes the Downtown Club Condominium, by 5:00 PM Saturday (today). If [...]
by Jerry Silfwer on August 27, 2011 · 1 comment
Jesper Strömbäck sent me his latest book project Political Public Relations. I know him from when I was studying at the Strategic PR Program at Mid Sweden University. Thank you, Jesper! The book is edited by him and Sprio Kiousis, University of Florida. Thirteen contributors gives their perspective on the subject of political public relations and [...]
The hurricane Irene might not hit as hard as expected, but I’m impressed how the city prepares itself. Right now evacuation in flood zones is voluntarily. I love the way Americans work iin these circumstances; they are calm, communicative and they spare no expenses in preparing for the worst whilst hoping for the best. I was [...]
by Jerry Silfwer on August 25, 2011 · 1 comment
Got this email: From: “Joe Qeliqi” Date: August 25, 2011 21:29:33 GMT+02:00 To: “JERRY SILFWER” Subject: Preparation for Hurricane Irene To: Unit Owners and Residents of The Downtown Club Condominium From: David Valente, Property Manager The National Weather Service forecasts that impacts of Hurricane Irene may reach the New York metropolitan area this weekend, bringing tropical [...]
by Jerry Silfwer on August 24, 2011 · 1 comment
The Secret Sauce of Online Community Building Stroke people’s egos. Simple as that. Or, as I would put it, find ways for people to shine in their networks. Why Social Media is the Future of Public Relations “Seven years later, it still blows my mind.” Same here! 'However,' 'indeed,' and other throat-clearing words that sully [...]