I am
concerned that I have become George Costanza.
It is not
so much my appearance, although my receding hairline and thinning chrome sure
is disconcerting. (Hey Propecia, thanks
for nothing!) Rather, it’s ...READ»
There have been separate discussions about whether the news embargo is dead.
Jeremy Wagstaff, a former Technology Columnist at The Asian Wall Street Journal and Wall Street Journal Online, and Stephen Baker, a senior writer at ...READ»
What hasn’t been remarked all that much about in the Sarah Palin phenomenon, is that in some respects her candidacy, ironically, is very much of a piece with the Web 2.0 culture of personality. While she’s certainly not Twittering ...READ»
As
Hurricane Gustav churned in the Gulf of Mexico,
public relations professionals across the country bantered about angles to
pitch the press to generate high-value editorial coverage for their respective
companies or clients. ...READ»
This was posted prevously but because of the vagaries of technology was formatted incorrectly and I thought it was worth reposting correctly.
I'm live blogging today at a BullDog Reporter bootcamp with social media ...READ»
Recently, Circuit City made news because of an employee's reaction to a spoof published in Mad Magazine.
You can check out the faux ad here.
I read Mad Magazine as a kid, years ago -- the exact number of years ago is not ...READ»
As you invest your entrepreneurial sweat, blood, and tears to build your business, you must pay attention to the business fundamentals that make any business successful: develop comprehensive capabilities, deliver on your promises, ...READ»
I read that schools have largely eliminated the age old childhood game of dodge ball. You remember it. A group of us lined against a wall. Someone else kicked the ball at us, hard. Everyone moved to keep from being hit because if the ...READ»
The foundation of relationship selling is the ability to establish a connection with decision-makers at a prospective customer.
Who better to champion your product or service than the CEO? They refer you to one of their ...READ»
If you are the CMO or CEO of a technology company, you might be interested in learning that the recession, depression or slowdown in the economy is real, unless you are targeting the federal government, the single largest IT client ...READ»
I'm continuing to live blog -- well as I confessed in Part One -- edit my rambling live blogging at last week's BullDog Reporter bootcamp with social media pros Sally Falkow and Doug Hay of Expansion+. As I mentioned, I have no ...READ»
The backbone of public relations, social media, marketing communications and advertising programs is content that engages, educates and entertains. Our methodology at Strategic Communications Group (Strategic) is to produce and/or ...READ»
These are the main points to a speech I used to give years ago and
still emphasize whenever I get the chance, because I truly believe they
are the touchstones for the success of any small business:
DEVELOPMENT: Most ...READ»
According to today's New York Times, "Say So Long to an Old Companion: Cassette Tapes," the cassette tape is dead. Though long anticipated, the end came quickly.
The cassette is survived by the CD (which is not doing ...READ»
When most of us lose our job, we don’t uncork the champagne. But when Lewis Green was laid off from his VP of marketing job six years ago, he and his wife didn’t waste a moment to start celebrating.
Meet Lewis Green, a ...READ»
I have been trying to figure out why WIRED’s cover story on Julia Allison incensed me so much.
You won’t find me bashing Paris Hilton or her ilk on this blog. As
someone who barely watches TV, her brand of reality-show ...READ»
Organizations aren't just writing about Twitter -- they're using it as a publishing resource for readers and journalists.
Check out this article, published in 2007, Experimenting with Twitter: How Newsrooms Are Using It to ...READ»
I think Jason Calcanis' now-famous proclamation that blogging is dead is wrong for one specific reason: he thinks the replacement for blogging is an email distribution list.
Here are reasons I think email is dead:
Email is slow ...READ»
As the
president/CEO of a professional services firm, an issue that is consistently
top-of-mind is how to most effectively communicate with Strategic
Communications Group’s (Strategic) senior team, employees and network ...READ»
Jason Calcanis has famously (at least in the blogosphere) proclaimed that blogging is dead. He's using email instead to commuinicate to a community of friends, associates and others. He think email is a better tool to reach and ...READ»
Tamien Bain
has an interesting relationship with the “Golden Arches.”
Fifteen
years ago he walked into a McDonald’s with gun in hand and robbed the place. That indiscretion landed him in prison for a
dozen ...READ»
On Tuesday, July 14, 2008, I attended the Green Communications Conference in New York City, presented by BDI, and sponsored by PR Newswire, Linked In and several others. Thanks, BDI for the opportunity to represent FastCompany.com ...READ»
Blogger Jason Calacanis has retired from blogger, saying blogging is
dead. He's now shifting to email. Read about why in TechCrunch's Jason Calacanis’ First New Email Post.
Here are Calacanis' main reasons for saying blogging is ...READ»
Jerry
Springer and Rush Limbaugh get it. So do
Jim Cramer and Dick Vitale.
To attract
a significant following in today’s noisy, media and blog-saturated world one
has to express controversial views, delivered in ...READ»
I read a tweet from a journalist/blogger yesterday who advised a budding public relations rookie not to pitch. In his words, "Pitch=Spam". Interesting take, right? So, how does this guy get his news anyway? I was quick to ...READ»
