http://erichopr.com/blog01 The Science of Strategic Public Relations Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:05:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last week I went out to dinner with two close friends.  We spent a little over an hour eating dinner and updating each other on life, work, and relationships, with our iPhones sitting next to our plates as if they belonged there – like our forks and napkins and knives. ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2010/go-offline/ With May almost here, once again thousands of young adults who have worked hard for 4 years to get their degree are graduating, and facing the harsh reality of our economy.  It is not easy getting a job right now.  And it’s even harder to get job in the exact ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2010/advice-to-graduates/ A little over a year ago I was a junior in a small college in Pennsylvania looking for my first internship in New York City.  Despite many of my professors suggesting I keep it realistic and look for internships in Pittsburgh, I was determined to go to Manhattan.  I worked ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/landing-a-job-in-pr/ To avoid interview mistakes like those displayed in the video below, here are a few tips to help prepare for news interviews. The more prepared you are, the better: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqzlQu_6ZDk Before an interview, ask questions: Find out as much as you can about the opportunity before the interview. Things like…What’s the story ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/5-interview-tips-for-you-and-tony-danza/ Written By Daisy Murillo Many of us have different ways of interpreting what Public Relations really is. In Sex and The City, we see PR professional Samantha Jones book clients, models, actors (who can forget THE HOTTIE Smith Jared).  Samantha tackles everyone with her way with words and expression, yet always ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/life-at-ericho-an-interns-perspective/ Is it possible to NOT check your phone frequently? Between emails, voicemails, text messaging, black berry messenger, FB and Twitter, I always check my BB Storm when I hear my phone go-off. Some of my clients call me. Some send me emails. Eric likes to send text messages and ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/crackberry-addiction/ Our Summer interns are wrapping up their last two weeks with us.  We're very sad to see them go — they've been rock stars since day one, and we'll miss them terribly. Here's a blog post from Arielle, who will be heading into her Junior year at the University of Indiana ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/arielle-top-5-things-i-learned-since-starting-at-ericho/ As you know, Eric's got quite the wardrobe.  Last week, he showed up at FOX studios to tape The Strategy Room — moments before the show went live, I received a text from him: Strategy Room set has been changed ... which means an hour of my sneakers on air! Curious ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/fashion-101/ I participated in a fabulous webinar yesterday from HubSpot called “How to Use Social Media for Lead Generation.” It was great for several reasons. It not only reminded marketers about the importance of inbound marketing (HubSpot’s specialty, so of course it did), but it explained ways to DO inbound marketing. It ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/what%e2%80%99s-your-twitter-grade/ With all the social networking sites out there – Linked-In, Twitter, Facebook, Digg…how can we keep up with all the chatter? Unless we hire or dedicate one person to be in charge of social media. So, when we came across a really great blog posting that was under PR Week’s Blogs ... http://erichopr.com/blog01/2009/where-does-the-day-go-great-social-media-monitoring-tools-to-save-time/