Paul Christoforo knows you haven’t been able to think about anything except Paul Christoforo ever since the PR representative embarrassed himself and N-Control with his thuggish and misspelled “marketting stratagy.” But he has news for you:
Paul Christoforo is doing just fine.
In fact, Christoforo says he’s better than ever. The named and shamed publicist has devoted his current Twitter account, @OceanStratagy, to letting everyone know how much his life has improved since leaving N-Control. (His previous Twitter account, @OceanMarketting, has been commandeered by opportunistic trolls.)
“[U]ltimately I think there will be a way to flip this around into something more positive,” he tweeted.
It’s a little hard to believe that Christoforo is so optimistic right now, especially when his replacement, Moisés Chiullan, openly said he needs to deal with the former representative using “techniques I learned while caring for children.”
However, he’s had several positive press opportunities to turn his reputation around, including a self-promotional piece with MSNBC and support from Kotaku of all places.
Christoforo has a lot to say: 69 tweets in under a week. Here’s what he’d like you to know.
On the biggest mistake of his career not being a mistake:
“I am , what makes all of you think this wasn’t just a big planned marketing scheme.”
On not being a PR or Customer Service person:
“Ill tell you right now, I’m not a customer service person… Just for the record Im not a PR guy, either. Im not a PR or Marketing guy. I did a bit of marketing for them back after I met them at CES.”
On being a part of the geek and gaming community:
“I’m a little bit sad, because I’m a techie. I game five hours a night. On my laptop, my iPad, my PlayStation, … my Xbox, my PlayStation Move, my 3DTV. Im a geek, and these are my people.”
On the mayor of Boston:
“I don’t know the mayor of Boston. But I do know a lot of people. I was born and raised there – my whole life. I can walk into any club… that I want, anywhere I want, anywhere in the city, drinks are free, I don’t have to wait in line, do anything I want.”
On comparing himself to Charlie Sheen:
“No divorce in my future we have a beautiful perfect 2 month old son. I was kidding about Charlie Sheen although I love the guy.. Big fan.”
On pressing charges against Mike Krahulik:
“Theres nothing I can do about it, because of what Gabe [Krahulik’s cartoon alter ego] did. Ive spoken to an attorney… I dont know if Im going to pursue that avenue of defamation of character, slander, harassment, spam.”
On being a teacher to other customer service representatives:
“I plan on Studying and reading CS books and becoming the best CS rep I can be . I’m glad I could teach people what not to do.”
On what’s in store for the future:
“Spike TVs going to come to my house on Monday to shoot a piece on me.”