Wag the Dog
"Dispatches from the court of public opinion by our strategic communications group."
Author: Henry Fawell is a communications consultant at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice in Baltimore. Lawyers from the firm also author Womble Carlyle Construction Industry Blog, North Carolina Appellate Blog, Trade Secrets Blog, Fair Labor Standards Act Law, Furniture Law Blog, Multifamily and Mixed Use Development, Womble Non-Compete and Restrictive Covenants Blog, Political GPS: Womble Carlyle Political Law and Womble Carlyle Supply Chain Management Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Legislation & Lobbying • Consultant
Recent Posts from Wag the Dog
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How to create interest in your company's Facebook page
(Photo credit: Explora)Wondering how to create interest in your company's Facebook page? Consider giving some of your product away.That's what adventure travel company Explora is doing. They're giving away a free trip to Chile. All…
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Monday's quick reads: Microsoft, reputation management, and social media
1.) Where does blogging end and plugging begin? (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) -- Consumers researching a product online can find a trove of insightful reviews and revealing complaints. Or, they can get mired in a snake…
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Monday's quick reads: hospitals, bloggers, and how to deliver bad news to a group
1.) Why some hospitals keep missing the web bandwagon (Suburban Journals) -- Of all the factions that have embraced Twitter and other social media tools, one is largely absent from the mix, even though it…
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Top ten brands for corporate social responsibility
Many factors make up a corporate reputation - customer service, shareholder value, and employee morale to name a few. A new study from the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship aims to rank those companies…
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Monday's quick reads: Goldman, grassroots, and blogging
1.) A grassroots cautionary tale (National Journal) -- The investigation into a prominent lobbying firm's fake letters to Congress points up the dangers to K Street in so-called grassroots and grass-tops lobbying, both of which…
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How to give customers and shareholders a voice
During my first job search out of college, a mentor told me: "Don't be afraid to ask people for help. If they help you, they become vested in your success. They view your success as…
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Monday's quick reads: FTC's blogger rules, executive compensation, and swine flu
1.) FTC to fine bloggers $11,000 for not disclosing payments (Mashable) -- Bloggers now have up to 11,000 reasons to disclose when they are being paid to review products.2.) Keeping pay police at bay (The…
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PR lessons from Letterman and ACORN
This column was first published in today's edition of The Maryland Daily Record.It’s not often I advise Baltimore’s business community to study a late night comedy show for tips on crisis communications. In fact, I…
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Monday's quick reads: FDA, Hyatt, and media measurement
After a two-week wedding & honeymoon hiatus, Wag the Dog is back with Monday's quick reads:1.) FDA releases plan for risk communication (PR Week) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a strategic plan…
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Monday's quick reads: Wal Mart, Obama, and bad PR pitches
1.) "People of Walmart" blog can't, and shouldn't, be stopped by Walmart (Ad Age) -- People of Walmart is a new blog that lets people upload, rate and comment on photos of oddly dressed people…