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“Monthly pr retainers will vanish”…Old PR model is dead, where is the new one? http://bit.ly/K3y8l # Direct Dimensions gets Abe Lincoln up and walking in time for the premiere of Night at the Museum 2 on CBS Baltimore - http://bit.ly/wkX7x # Long post but great read on PR 2.0 RT @briansolis Must read for anyone in PR, Marketing, Communications, Social Media - http://bit.ly/Zstmq # Watch WJZ @ 4:00 or 5:00 to learn how a Baltimore company contributed to Abe Lincoln’s foray into Hollywood and a Ben Stiller blockbuster! # PR firms help clients navigate the sustainability landscape - http://bit.ly/JI0HS # QB hires pr firm, hits sports bar, pledges to BYU http://bit.ly/VL74R # Listen to Real Baseball Intelligence’s Director of Scouting Ben Hyman discuss the Orioles and Nats at http://www.wnst.net at 4:00 p.m. # ... (more)

Entrepreneur Magazine Gets Shakespearean About PR

Interesting and appropriate article in this month’s Entrepreneur Magazine for anyone trying to decide when exactly is the right “Time to Hire a PR Firm.” Within the “Start It Up” section of the magazine, Sara Wilson craftily titled the article “Get Thee to a PR Firm.”  We’ll provide a link to the article when it comes up online for those of you who don’t subscribe to one of our favorite pubs.  Sara tells some interesting stories of businesses including Picnik.com, Ecobags.com, Flexible Executives, LLC, USABride, Inc. and Cape Clogs (all linked), who have seen significant Return ... (more)

Report Shows Big Drop In PR Agency Profitability

PR on Ulitzer Yesterday, consulting firm Stevens Gould Pincus released their “2009 Best Practices Benchmarking Report,” which surveyed 106 PR agencies in the U.S. and Canada and found that profitability at PR agencies dropped more than 20% in 2008. We all know that the economy is bad. No big news there. But we can’t use that excuse for everything. We Americans love to make excuses and place blame on everyone else, right? Don’t make excuses for your business - just make smarter business decisions. As the country fell deeper into a recession in 2008, agencies expected big brands... (more)

“Sounds Like Somebody Has a Case of the Mondays”

In an effort to start the week off right, PR Flex is offering a little bit of education - call it a piece of “flair” - each Monday.  We’ll tackle a different part of PR each week.  Think we’ve missed one?  Have an insight you want to add?  Let us know and we’ll write one or post yours as a guest blog! Since you only get what you give, we’ll start with CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility and the questions you should ask when selecting a partner charity. Muhammad Ali once wrote, “Community service is the rent we pay for our room here on earth.  In the spirit of “every little bit... (more)

Twitter Weekly Updates for PRFlex

RT @rightsource Social Media and Search - One Good Turn Deserves Another http://bit.ly/TUfNw # ... (more)