Last Linky Love of the Term

Next week is the last week of the term, so this will be the last of the linky love posts for a while. Probably for the rest of 2008, in fact. It looks like I won’t be teaching Advanced PR Writing in the fall, which is the sole purpose for writing these posts. I might do some other version of recommended links, though. We’ll just see. You better be holding your breathe in anticipation!

PR for PR (Naked PR): Does the PR industry need some PR for itself. Something we’ve talked about on PROpenMic, too.

5 Great Marketing Blog Lists and What You Can Learn From Each (Influential Marketing Blog): I love lists! This is a great collection of the best top lists for marketing blogs.

Ready for Chindia, Millennials, Brand Promiscuity? Trendspotter Unveils Top Trends to Impact PR (Bulldog Reporter): What trends are expert “trendspotters” using and why does it matter?

Brodeur Survey Tracks Beat Reporters Take on Social Media (Brodeur/Marketwire): The results of a survey about what blogs/social media sites beat reporters read.

Fashion Brand Christian Dior Cancels Sharon Stone Ads in China Following Actress’s Controversial Remarks about Earthquakes (Bulldog Reporter): [excerpt] Facing the possibility of a boycott of its products, Christian Dior said this week that it had dropped actress Sharon Stone from its advertising in China after she suggested last week that the earthquakes in Sichuan Province were karmic retribution for the country’s treatment of Tibet.

The Long Tail of Obama’s Online Fundraising (PR Blogger): [excerpt] Perhaps surprisingly, the amount of money raised by Obama ($38m) was considerably more than that of Clinton ($6m) who, given who her husband is and was, has the biggest name in the Party. The reason behind this is because Obama has taken to a new democratic way of fundraising which follows the notion of The Long Tail theory.