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PR Time Warp: The Palace
How did social networking get to be known as “Web 2.0”? Somehow it makes the first generation of the Internet seem so unconnected and solitary. Coming from that generation, I can tell you that the...
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From the Left: Tats and Twitter–LA Twestival ‘09
I remember a time back in the ’90s when tech networking events were filled with geeks and nerds, and very few women. I was a member of the Venice Interactive Community (VIC) which had monthly meetings...
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From the Left: God and the Devil: one night, two events
Alexia Tsotsis (LA Weekly) and Tony Adam (Yahoo!) It was bound to happen one of these days: one night but two events that I wanted to attend. You know the old saying, “When it rains, it pours.” Well,...
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In-Depth Coverage: Hacks with Benefits
I am now single again, after more than a decade of marriage, and am realizing the benefits of being a single gal publicist in a tech PR world (the majority of these reporters being men). After all...
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From the Left: 140 Tips on Social Media Marketing
Two weeks ago was Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Conference in Los Angeles and oh, what a whirlwind. My head is still spinning from the two-day, somewhat star-studded event. By day we all talked Twitter...
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From the Left: I Think I Met 140 Characters (and was bitten by the tech bug)
Gregory D’Alesandre For those of you that read my last piece, I attended Jeff Pulver’s 140 Character Conference in Los Angeles. And while the action was flying on stage by day, it was sizzling by...
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Dear Oprah (Part 10)
Dear Oprah, Thanks for keeping my nannies tied up for an hour but I’m glad you’re going off the air too. Maybe now they’ll finally go get my son from his nap before the end of your program. As a...
View ArticleJournalists’ Tips for Working with Flacks
Sometimes, probably on our worst days, being a publicist can feel like being a glorified telemarketer. And, on those days, it seems that journalists feel the same way about us. In fact, many of them...
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