Because of the recent Supreme Court ruling on payments for interns, folks who run businesses big and small have debated the ultimate value of internships. Amazing what happens when you throw money into the mix, isn’t it? But are business owners and managers (especially in the PR and marketing world) doing everything they can to make sure their interns succeed? THP’s Lindsay Grant provides Seven Tips For Being An All-Star PR Intern Manager. The tips are so good, the post is featured today on Ragan’s…
How the British learned we dumped them, why we get ideas in the shower, what it was like to work with Stanley Kubrick and more in this back-to-school edition of HodgePodge. Slow news days News today spreads more or less instantly, but how quickly did news of the American Declaration of Independence reach England? The Journal of the American Revolution takes a look through some news archives to find out. Rinse. Lather. Eureka! Mental Floss explores why we get our best ideas in the shower….
Each Friday, we bring you look at some of the interesting news we’ve seen recently around the office. Today we’ve got stories of a stolen bike, a second chance, an inside look at SNL and more in this Miley-free edition of the HodgePodge. What the bleep are you talking about? The Verge takes a long look into the history of the bleep, from Congress drafting the first amendment to Arrested Development and others using it for comic effect. Be warned, though: there’s some rough bleeping…
Ask anyone who works with me on a social project will tell you: I love myself a social editorial calendar. I love pulling, creating, developing, curating, cultivating, nurturing and delivering content. I’ve lost count of how many editorial calendars I’ve made (okay, that’s a lie: 20 – stay tuned for a future post on documenting and reporting), and while there is no right or wrong way to create and utilize an editorial calendar, I’ve learned a thing or two along the way. The benefit of…
From an epic true tale to your favorite movie posters and all the cups of coffee in between, this is your weekly dose of stories we’ve enjoyed recently. Going commando The Mercenary is not only an impressive look into the incredible life of a self-styled commando, it’s the debut of a new attempt to give longform journalism a first-class home on the web. Do you brew? I’ve always wondered how to make perfect cup of coffee. Now that I know, I think I’ll stick with…
I often joke that the reason we don’t “specialize” in a certain practice area at THP is because I have adult ADD and I just can’t concentrate on one thing. And while there may be more truth to that than I’d like to admit, we are getting slightly more selective about our clients. Specifically in the area of what we’d like to call “Southern Luxury.” That means products, food, fashion, etc., located in or with roots in the south. Clients over the last few years…
One of our newest clients, Salty Grips, already got a nice write-up from Golf Digest. Talk about sinking a long putt on Day One.
This morning I took some drugs. And I’m thrilled to be working. Not really two thoughts that should be paired together, right? But, if you have a chronic illness, it’s a victory when the meds do their job and you can continue on with a normal day. Without apologizing or explaining yourself. Lately, it hasn’t been that way. Some background: I suffered from my first migraine when I was 11 or 12. If you have migraines yourself, you know what I’m talking about – crippling…
A jury doesn’t understand computer programming, a pot head doesn’t understand social media, teetotalers misunderstand soda and more in this premature fall edition of HodgePodge. You can’t take it with you A cracker-jack programmer took a project he was working on with him when he left Goldman Sachs and ended up with an eight-year prison sentence. But did the people who convicted him even understand what he’d done? Michael Lewis (of Moneyball and Blind Side fame) takes a look at the case in Vanity Fair….
Although I’m only 30, I’m an aspiring curmudgeon. Nothing brings me more joy than getting on a soapbox and ranting about the absurdity of things. My coworkers love it. (Read: I regularly interrupt my coworkers with rants they couldn't care less about.) Well, I recently was perturbed by something that was too important to share with only the select folks at THP. So without further ado… Conversations around public relations can quickly devolve into esoteric nonsense. Go to enough PR workshops, luncheons or conferences and…
A long time ago, in a galaxy far away, there was a new edition of the HodgePodge—a round-up of the most interesting things we’ve read this week. Fortunately there’s also an edition in this galaxy right now. Nothing but Internet Lots of people have had lots to say about the big news just up I-95 that Internet-bajillionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post, but perhaps most interesting among all the articles was this open letter from Kara Swisher from the Wall Street Journal’s AllThingsD. Cool…
Most of my time at Hodges focuses on media relations, whether it’s pitching something new, following up, providing information for a request or just checking in with journalists. That means a lot of my time is spent connecting with the media, a group of people that we in public relations are often told how NOT to talk to. No long pitches, no bold font and stay away from exclamation points and smiley faces. And if you don’t use a relevant subject line, you might as…