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A colleague and I recently had lunch with the Managing Editor of a well known publication here in San Diego and the topic of pushy PR folks came up. I wish I could say I was surprised to hear him say that he had been stalked by a PR rep, but the reality is, some people take it too far and won’t accept when a journalist isn’t interested in a story. While their persistence might be admired by their bosses, it’s certainly not appreciated by the other side. Being aware of these pet peeves by writers… Continue

Last night while watching a few old seasons of HBO’s hit “Entourage,” something an actor said stuck me. While conversing with his talent agent, he said, “After you get me a job, then I’ll start trusting you!” While I’m in no way trying to compare the acting industry with PR, there is a relationship that takes place between actors and agents tha… Continue

Excited that my blog is the guest post on PR Couture!

by PR Couture | October 20, 2009

[The following is a guest post by Alyson Ryber. Alyson is the Program Manager at Stalwart Communications, a Pay-on-Performance PR and Marketing agency located in San Diego, Calif. The company works with a variety of organizations including defense, high-tech, con… Continue

Thrilled is a word that best describes how I felt last week when asked to spearhead the Twitter and Facebook accounts for one of our clients. I’ve always been a big advocate of this company joining Twitter so you can imagine my enthusiasm when I learned that I’d be the force driving their brand on these social networks. While I was anxious to get rolling, I’ve been fortunate enough to listen in on a few interviews with Crosby Noricks, a phenomenal Social Media Strategist at Red Door Interactive,… Continue

Big Kudos to our client TV Ears, who was one of the 18 San Diego companies on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 List. The company came in at #176 and George Dennis, CEO, and Ken Hughes, President, were in attendance to accept the award last night at the Grand Del Mar Resort.

Deloitte ranked the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America based on percentage revenue gr… Continue