Law Firm PR, YouTube Video Leads to Lawsuit
11/24/09 -- Public relations for lawyers and law firms has been a focus of ours at David & Garcia PR from the start, and my business partner and I have been helping attorneys to make strategic use of communications with the media and beyond since we began our careers about 20 years ago. That is why it came as a bit of a surprise to us to learn about a defamation lawsuit against the prominent law firm of Ropers Majeski in San Francisco stemming from the firm’s statements in a YouTube video and TV news report about a class action suit that it had filed.Th

New Video on the Evolution of PR
11/10/09 -- Miami public relations firms have definitely evolved in 2009 in response to the challenging economy and the growing focus on digital communications. I saw a great webinar on the PR News site this week about the changes that are taking place in the practice of public relations, and I discussed some of the points that were made in our latest video on our You

How My Twitter Account Got Hacked
10/15/09 -- Yesterday, my Twitter account got hacked. My account sent direct messages to my followers suggesting that I "made $300 in one day" using a particular Web site. Thankfully, @julioagarcia and @injurylitigator quickly pointed it out to me and I was able to change my passwords and end the invasion.How did this happen? I had received a Twitter Direct Message (DM) from a follower of mine who happens to be an assignment editor at CNN. The DM suggested I check out a video through a link to a shortened url.What would you do? If someone from CNN asks someone in my profession to view a video, we usually do it. So, I clicked on the link. My computer

A Discount is One Thing, but this is Ridiculous
10/14/09 -- I somewhat hopefully yet warily took a call yesterday from an event producer who is bringing an interesting "show/act/event" to South Florida in the near future.The potential "client" wanted some fairly standard media relations assistance: pre-event outreach to local media, news releases, assistance with a news conference, credentialing press at the event – standard stuff. I expect that this event will get a fair amount of coverage because it has good visuals and sex appeal. I wasn't expecting a pot of gold for the work, b

David & Garcia PR Mentioned in Herald’s Social Media Column Today
9/29/09 - Check out today’s “Poked” column on social media from Bridget Carey and Niala Boodhoo of The Miami Herald today. We’re mentioned as the tipster behind her column on the topic from our last blog post about carefully considering who you choose to follow on Twitter. We’re glad that Bridget and Niala found our observations interesting