Or maybe you’re not gay and have no interest spending the holidays in NYC.或也許您不是同性戀，並沒有興趣開支假期在紐約市。

Either way, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have come up with a PR stunt for those traveling to New York this holiday season.無論採用哪種方式，阿拉斯加航空公司和視野，空氣中想出了一個公關特技對於那些旅行到紐約，這個假日季節。

Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air have announced a new program that will charge heterosexuals 10 percent extra for their air travel to specific locations during the Christmas season.阿拉斯加航空公司和地平線的空氣已宣布一項新計劃，表示將收取異性戀者的10 ％的額外為他們的航空旅行的具體地點聖誕節期間。

The company actually offers the 10 percent as a discount but only if the purchaser obtains the ticket through a該公司實際上提供了10 ％ ，作為一個折扣，但只有當買方取得票證通過 “gay” page “同性戀”頁 of the company’s website, a location not typically patronized by families seeking travel arrangement.該公司的網站上，位置通常不會光顧的家庭尋求旅行安排。

Better get your tickets fast.更好地讓您的門票快。 I’m guessing this offer is going to cause some unwanted publicity and be pulled.我猜測，這個提議是要造成一些不必要的宣傳和拉。

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Evian Natural Spring Water has just announced its very first venture into the virtual world.依雲天然泉水剛剛宣布其第一次創業到虛擬世界。

“Partnering with the popular virtual world Second Life, characters…that choose to drink Evian are awarded with a more lively, more inviting complexion. “夥伴關係與受歡迎的虛擬世界第二生命，字符…選擇酒後埃維昂批出一個更生動，更邀請膚色。 This virtual transformation, while not possible in real life , provides more than just simply a cosmetic change, but indicates skin renewal.” 這個虛擬的轉型， 而不可能在現實生活中 ，提供了更多的不僅僅是簡單的外觀上的改變，但表明，皮膚重建“ 。

A note to the individual who wrote and the Evian rep who signed off on the release, thanks for reminding us readers of the difference between reality and fantasy.說明個人誰寫和埃維昂代表誰簽署了關於釋放，感謝提醒我們的讀者之間的差異的現實和幻想。 We get confused.我們感到困惑。

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Interested in helping your company or client interact with the nation’s premier business and tech journalists and an influential audience of business development executives and investors?有興趣幫助您的公司或客戶的互動與國家首要的商業和技術的記者和一個有影響力的觀眾業務發展的管理層和投資者？ Apply today to launch a new technology at DEMO 08, taking place Jan. 28-30 in Palm Desert, Calif.適用於今天推出一項新技術的演示08 ，正在發生的1月28日至30日在棕櫚沙漠，加利福尼亞州

The DEMO conferences are launchpad events for tomorrow’s cutting-edge technologies, catapulting exceptional products to national and international fame.演示會議的Launchpad事件為明天的尖端技術， catapulting特殊的產品，以國家和國際知名度。 (Palm, Salesforce.com, Six Apart, Danger, Skype and TiVo are a few past demonstrators.) Whether you want media attention, VC money, or Fortune 500 customers, DEMO can help you make the connections your new product needs to succeed. （棕櫚， salesforce.com ，除了六，危險， Skype和TiVo的是一些過去的示威者。 ）您是否要媒體注意， VC的錢，或財富500強的客戶，演示可以幫助您使連接您的新產品需要的圖謀得逞。

To qualify for DEMO, a product must:資格演示中，一個產品必須：
· make its public debut at the DEMO conference;作出的首次公開亮相，在今年的展示會上;
· make a significant contribution to the state of the art in its target market;作出重大貢獻的國家的藝術在其目標市場;
· change the dynamics of the marketplace into which it is introduced; and變化的動態市場納入其中，這是介紹;
· be backed by a management team capable of delivering the product to market.作後盾，一個穩定的管理團隊有能力提供該產品推向市場。

To learn more about launching at DEMO, and to find the online application form, visit若要了解更多關於在發射演示，並找到網上申請表格，請訪問 http://www.demo.com/launch.php . 。 The deadline for applications is Nov. 9.申請截止日期為11月9日。

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Did we go too far or was it sheer brilliance?我們沒有走得太遠，或者是純粹的輝煌呢？

By now you’re all familiar with Chris Anderson’s, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine,現在您所有的熟悉與克里斯安德森的，人兼總編輯的Wired雜誌， email list電子郵件列表 of blackballed PR firms. blackballed的公關公司。

A quick glance over the list reveals email addresses from Edelman, 5W PR, Fleishman-Hillard, Ogilvy, Lippe Taylor, Morris+King, SS PR, Weber Shandwick, and dozens more.快速瀏覽過的名單顯示，電子郵件地址由愛德曼，五瓦特公關， fleishman - hillard ，奧美中， Lippe泰勒，莫里斯+國王， SS為公關，萬博宣偉，和幾十個以上。

Well being the aggressive PR firm that we are, BlinnPR’s business development team emailed some of the clients represented by these PR firms.福祉咄咄逼人的公關公司，我們是， blinnpr的業務開發團隊通過電子郵件發送的一些客戶所代表的這些公關公司。 We let their clients know in no uncertain terms that they’ve been blackballed by Wired and who knows how many other unnamed publications.我們讓他們的客戶知道在沒有明確指出，他們已經blackballed由有線和誰知道有多少其他未命名的刊物。

Oh and by the way, BlinnPR is not on the list and our clients enjoy unfettered access to Wired and a host of other publications because of our no-nonsense, get the job done without annoying reporters approach. OH和由的方式， blinnpr不在名單上和我們的客戶享有不受阻礙地進入有線和許多其他出版物，因為我們沒有胡說，才能完成任務，沒有煩人的記者的做法。

Needless to say, two PR firms didn’t appreciate our aggressiveness.不用說，兩個公關公司並沒有明白我們的進取。 One going so far as to try and entice our clients and employees to leave by promising greener pastures.一去，所以就嘗試和吸引我們的客戶和僱員離開承諾，青翠的牧場。 BTW, it has been 10 days and still none of our clients or employees has left.的BTW ，但已10天，仍沒有我們的客戶或僱員已經離開。

Maybe it’s me, but why would our clients and employees leave in the first place.也許這是我，但為什麼會我們的客戶和僱員離開擺在首位。 For a PR firm who has been blackballed by Wired and can’t say for sure what other publications are trashing their emails?一個公關公司誰一直blackballed由有線和不能肯定地說有什麼其它出版物是郵件的電子郵件？ But that is a discussion for another day.不過，這是一個討論的另一天。

Anyway, some people thought it was a brilliant move on our part while others felt otherwise.無論如何，有些人以為這是一個輝煌的動議對我們的一部分，而其他人認為，否則。

Personally, I’m not apologizing for what we did.我個人來說，我不道歉，為我們所做的。 A day doesn’t go by when our clients are not being courted by other agencies.一天不通過時，我們的客戶並沒有被courted由其他機構。 If you think it doesn’t happen you have your head in the sand.如果你認為它不會發生你有你的頭上，在沙子。 As I see it the differences is in the approach.正如我看到它的差異是在辦法。

Fact is, BlinnPR aggressively goes after new business and represents our clients with the same fervor.事實是， blinnpr積極去後，新的業務和代表我們的客戶具有相同的熱情。

I would like to hear your thoughts.我想聽聽您的想法。 What do you think?您怎麼看？ Did we go too far or was it sheer brilliance.我們沒有走得太遠，或者是純粹的輝煌。

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