A blogging website was responsible for the meeting of Greg V. and Andrea D., both users of Pop Candy. Now, the two plan to get married! Here’s The Scoop:

“Greg shares the story of their relationship:

Andrea and I first started chatting in the daily forum sometime back in 2008. Our avatars were the first thing we noticed about each other: She liked an old passport photo from when I was 4; I liked a Calvin and Hobbes picture she used. Soon, it went from e-mails to phone calls. … By late 2008, we were talking almost every night for at least an hour.

After some convincing on my part, our first date happened in January 2009. She flew to San Antonio, and I took her to see the sights of my town. In the year and a half that followed, there were more flights, some drives from SA to Oklahoma City (and vice versa), and many more phone calls. Since we don’t live in the same state, dates have been treasured with us.

I tell people that we probably would have never met if it weren’t for Pop Candy. So many differences exist between us, it’s hard to imagine how we would meet. I live in San Antonio, she lives in a small town outside OKC. I’m 5’5″, she’s 5’10″. I’m Mexican, she’s white. I went to the University of Texas, she went to the rival University of Oklahoma. But because of your blog, we met. Because we met, we fell in love. And now, we’re planning our future.”

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/04/this-blog-is-for-lovers-its-a-pop-candy-engagement/1

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http://prowlpublicrelations.blogspot.com/

I found this website for Prowl Public Relations firm. On their site, the top header states, “PRowl Public Relations is Temple University’s first and only student-run PR firm. Our mission is threefold: to provide clients with comprehensive PR services and solutions, to offer PRSSA members opportunities to apply their knowledge and gain experience beyond the classroom, and to build credibility while forming lasting student-client relationships.”

I thought the site was easy to navigate, had a variety of different blog posts, and seemed like a creative bunch of folks. Check it out!!

“An hour later, Blippy responded with a post on its blog, explaining that the leak was months old and affected only four beta users, not current Blippy users. Later, they amended the blog post to include an apology. News of more credit card leaks continued on Saturday. Of course, Blippy is by no means the only startups to suffer from potential public relations disasters, and it remains to be seen what, if any, impact this has on the site.

Blippy’s response, including the need to re-edit its official announcement, demonstrates the importance in responding quickly and correctly to a crisis.”

http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/04/what-to-do-when-a-pr-disaster-strikes-your-startup.php

-http://www.raleighpublicrelations.com/the-only-burger-youll-ever-need/

I just thought that this was an interesting story about how a burger stand used their PR skills, advertising, and web abilities to make a successful business!

You can access the site by going to: http://wlplanet.com/

You can use this site with your G-mail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and MSN sites as well. The site uses your Windows Live ID in conjunction with your other favorite sites, to connect you to new friends, as well as old ones. See what you think!!

You guys have to check out this video:

It is a video a student made, asking others what PR is. It is actually really funny at some parts because people make weird faces and don’t know exactly how to answer. After you watch it, ask yourself, WHAT IS PR!?!?!

http://www.inman.com/news/2010/04/23/5-secrets-writing-a-blog-post-in-15-minutes

The five suggestions made are:

1.) Have an on-going topic list, by using Google Docs to maintain and update your ideas

2.) Write a quick outline

3.) Google your topic (which is the author’s personal favorite and personally the one were I think she went wrong.)

4.) Proofread your work

5.) Always know your must-haves for each blog you write….. And boy, hasn’t that been the lesson to be learned while last minute blogging for this class! haha ;o)