Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2008

'We’d be remiss if we let the holidays pass without wishing everyone in the Bad Pitch blog universe a Happy Holidays. Let’s kick 09 in the arse, ok? For those of you who frequent the Young PR Pros list, you’ll know there’s another sheriff in town over there. Greg Brooks is now a co-moderator. He penned the piece below and was kind enough to let us re-post it here.

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 21, 2008

'“The best way to predict the future is to create it” -Peter Drucker In Outliers , the outstanding Gladwell book about how we get successful, there is a terrific section towards the end on societies who take more time with their work; they “have to care” about what they do or they will FAIL. Which leads me to: Does anyone care about what they do these days?

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2008

'News came last week that the Old Grey Lady is starting an Instant Op-Ed feature online. This new technology will "allow the paper''s Web site to post immediate expert viewpoints on breaking news," said Editorial Page Editor Andrew Rosenthal. Thank you, New York Times. I am now completely keyed in to why your stock has dropped so heavily. I mean, golly, imagine.

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2008

'Just got an e-mail as a follow-up to one sent to me yesterday. Evidently I cover Anime**. And evidently I fall into one of the gajillion email groups this person created for contacting Anime media. Both emails list the following groups in the TO: field. I''ve bolded my favorites. Anime Expo-Anime Clubs, Anime Expo 2008-Press List, Anime Expo E-Blast, Anime-Animation, Anime-Asian, Anime-Entertainment, Anime-Exclusives, Anime-International Press, Anime-Media, Anime-Movie & Video, Anime-Online

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