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Crimes against Twitter: how mainstream media and marketers are messing up

The bewildered who aren’t yet tweeting may well be puzzled by the plethora of articles they’re suddenly reading in publications as far flung as the Vancouver Sun, the Globe and Mail,  the New York Times, The Guardian, The Spectator, Business Week…. Certainly the English-speaking world is suddenly all atwitter about Twitter (or at least the portion of it who still read either real or virtual newspapers and magazines). Read more »

February 13, 2009 Posted by ruthseeley | Social media, Twitter, community and stakeholder consultations, corporate reputation management, crisis communications, marketing, media relations, public relations | , , | 4 Comments

Reputation management: the strange case of Sean Avery

Let me begin by saying I’m not a hockey fan and that I neither watch spectator sports nor do I greatly value athleticism (sorry, it’s the truth). When men have talked to me about how they were ‘almost there’ with their six-packs, I used to think they were on their way to a party with a few (not enough!) beers. When I found out they were referring to their bodies, I was flabbergasted.

I remember reading a Liam Lacey review of the Tina Turner biopic in which he praised Angela Bassett’s performance but then said her biceps were distracting. I thought this was a ridiculous and inappropriate comment till I saw the movie and realized he was right – the one untrue note was the difference between Bassett’s superb physical conditioning and the prevailing norm of the 60s and 70s – which wasn’t the bodybuilder standard. Watch a few movies from the 70s with scenes from strip clubs and you’ll see what I mean – jiggle didn’t always used to be anathema when evaluating female anatomy. Read more »

December 8, 2008 Posted by ruthseeley | corporate reputation management, media relations | , , , , | Leave a Comment