Paul Gillin

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Attack of the Customers: The Pampers Dry Max Crisis

Paul Gillin

So staffers were understandably concerned when a Facebook group appeared in late 2009 entitled “ Pampers bring back the OLD CRUISERS/SWADDLERS.” Instead, P&G focused on educating dispassionate opinion leaders who appeared genuinely interested in hearing both sides of the story. The final point was particularly smart.

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Five Tips to Make Your Writing Sparkle

Paul Gillin

Consider this passage from The Rubber Room , a withering assault on the way the United Federation of Teachers protects some of New York City’s worst educators. This gut-wrenching 8,700-word feature story in the Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009. Or they may just make us laugh. I laughed out loud at that.