Sherrilynne Starkie

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Canadian government spikes the press release

Sherrilynne Starkie

The Government of Canada’s announced that it’s retiring the traditional format; surely this means the press release is finally dead. In November on its relaunched blog, Unbottled , the company announced that for consumers, ‘the corporate website is dead and “press release PR” is on its way out’. Wikipedia).

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Tony Clement: the tweeting minister

Sherrilynne Starkie

I didn’t want to be tweeting nothing but links to press releases. He decided that very early on that he would be tweeting for himself, instead of having a staffer take on the task. He explained, “I wanted my own voice. I wanted to create a little dimensionality.“.

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Let’s make LinkedIn endorsments smarter

Sherrilynne Starkie

I have received many endorsements from people I have never worked with; even some from people I only barely know online and have never met.

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Are professional communicators normal?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Twitter more valuable than press release for law firm public relations? Click here to start to receive my newsletter. PLEASE LIKE MY FACEBOOK PAGE. Related articles. How to Display Social Media Buttons (socialmouths.com). kevin.lexblog.com). Email Is Alive and Well [Infographic] (community.constantcontact.com).