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Delay, Deny, Deflect. Inside PR 527
November 19, 2018

Facebook's Really Bad Behaviour Sometimes, the stars just align perfectly. When we recorded this episode of Inside PR, we did not know that, within hours, the New York Times would publish a bombshell story delving into Facebook's tactics to avoid...

The Peril of Promiscuous Following - Inside PR 526
November 11, 2018

In this week's episode of the Inside PR podcast: Do you want to understand the Paid/Earned/Shared/Owned approach to PR and marketing? Martin tells people that Gini's SpinSucks site is a top site for info on PESO. Is Facebook really bigger than every...

Unfair and Egotistical?! - Inside PR 525
November 04, 2018

A couple weeks ago, Joe talked about his dismay at the social media communications from his local power company during a more than two day power outage in Ottawa following a devastating tornado. Well, you listened, and you told us that we (at least...

When the client stops returning your calls (Inside PR 524)
October 28, 2018

On this week's Inside PR podcast, we look at several developments and topics of interest to PR practitioners and agency leaders: Google+ has gone away. We reflect on its demise and what it did and didn't mean for us in its prime and at the end. The...

You're in trouble if your password is "Password" - Inside PR 523
October 21, 2018

On this week's Inside PR podcast, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley discuss several topics:   Pew research data that suggests a flattening in the growth of social media use and device ownership in the US; Data from LastPass that shows that...

Crisis Communications Unrealistic Expectations (Inside PR 522)
October 16, 2018

On this week's podcast, Gini, Martin and Joe talk about privacy and the continuing interest of government legislators about what the social networks and search engines are doing - and not doing - to protect it. Privacy is not just about the personally...

See what's happening now on Twitter, again. (Inside PR 521)
October 01, 2018

With Twitter, the old way is better Twitter users everywhere heaved a sigh of relief last week, as Twitter gave users the option to again view tweets displayed by recency. No more need to see stale tweets that Twitter thinks you’ll be interested in....

Nike highlights the value and perils of corporate activism (Inside PR 520)
September 17, 2018

This week on Inside PR, we discuss Nike's recent endorsement of Colin Kaepernick as an example of corporate activism and corporate social responsibility. And we also share some things we've created elsewhere that we hope you will find useful. Martin...

Do you see the bias?
September 06, 2018

We're back after a brief summer vacation. And we have lots to talk about. Snooze Keywords on Facebook Facebook is working to make it easier for you to avoid those annoying spoilers about the program you're half way through binging with a new keyword...

Buying YouTube Views? You're cheating! Everybody knows you're cheating.
August 16, 2018

Tweet Threads made easier This week on Inside PR 518, we talk about the upgrade to the Twitter app that makes creating Tweet Threads as easy as clicking on a plus sign at the bottom of your tweet composition window. Twitter threads are a great way to...