Public Relations Princess

NYT's David Pogue Singing the I-Phone Song

This morning at Ragan's Social Media conference, the New York Times technology editor was trying to give a presentation on his experiences doing his tech blog...I say "trying" because it took him and the Wynn hotel tech people 20 minutes to get his presentation up and running! It was laughable. Once he got going though, he really went!

He sang us this wonderful song about the Apple I-Phone, set to the tune of "My Way." Here it is!

Ragan did a marvelous job with this conference and I learned a ton, plus met some really cool peeps from all of over the country. I'll post more on that later.

Should CEO Blogs Be Ghostwritten?

The PR Princess was asked that very question by my friend Chris Kent at Ragan's Media Relations Report.

There is definite consensus among PR professionals that it is not ethical to literally sit down at a computer, pretending to be a CEO or CFO of an organization and talk about the inner workings of the cmpany as if you are that person.

However, there is much less agreement on the extent that a PR professional or agency should or could be involved. In a previous post I outlined some good general guidelines for non-CEO type blogs. A CEO blog is an entirely different story. I think the CEO should definitely be writing and responding to comments, but a good PR professional can help with the editorial calendar and research. What do you think?

CashTomato.com Mayhem in Manhattan

The video-sharing Web site Cashtomato.com staged a cash giveaway in Manhattan yesterday and was greeted with a nasty surprise! There are some really rude and greedy people in Manhattan!

This just goes to show you that security is an essential element of staging events. It may seem like a real waste of time and money, especially small awards dinners and the like. But you just never know when people will act crazy.

I wonder what my friend Peter Himler over at The Flack will have to say about this. Is Union Square Park a decent place to hold this type of giveaway?