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By Alexander Irving —
Some writings resonate
We’ve heard every reason and excuse in the book for salon professionals not becoming successful with their own PR.
“I can’t afford monthly PR agency fees“, or, “I can’t afford multi-month commitments right now“. Those two have always been among the biggies. Well we’ve solved that one for you. Check out PR [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Just because you write doesn’t mean you’re read …
How do you look through your incoming email pile after you’ve been away from your desk?
you know how it looks … suddenly a zillion ‘From:’, ‘To:’, ‘Subject:’, and ‘Received:’ fields stream int and the top window darkens with unread emails..
You sigh, and scan for [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Our answer is a resounding …
Why not? It’s easy to set up, and although most mobile check-in services are primarily populated by younger, web-savvy techies (only 1- 4% of the on-line adult population according has used the leading on-line check-in service), location-based marketing is still the hot ‘comer’ and early adopters will profit from [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Social Media is Excellent PR
We recently shared some knowledge with our class at the American Board of Certified Haircolorists (ABCH) Educational ‘Summit’. For us it was a snapshot of 40 education-hungry colorists and what they knew about using social media to help them promote their business. Only a few understood it much at all.
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By Alexander Irving —
Early Birds Get the Worms
The media loves the ‘bleeding edge’. News is about ‘new’ after all. As always, it’s the ‘early bird that gets the worm’. In this case the ‘worm’ is neighborhood, industry, and even national news pickup. What’s the scoop?
Geolocation, and QR codes
… Smart Phone Technology and ‘smart’ [...]
By Alexander Irving —
It Used to Be Simpler
Those of us in the PR game a decade ago remember when internet press release distribution was a paid service offered mostly by PR industry dominant media services. Bacon’s & Burelle’s (renamed Cision and Burelles Luce respectively). These industry biggies offer PR professionals and companies full-service media research, lists, & [...]
By Sharon Esche —
Thia Breen – President, North America, Estee Lauder Companies
I love meeting amazing and straightforward people like Thia Breen. She lifts me up with her own phenomenal career success story but stops me cold with forehead-slapping simple solutions to ‘OPSCOCC’ – other people’s self-created overly-complicated career challenges! (my term, not hers <g>) How does [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Today was unusual.
We got a hand-written card in the mail.
It stood out in the pile like a sore thumb. Hand-written, imagine that. Different … That took time.
We went back into the house where we usually toss the mail on the kitchen table for opening later, but not today. We stayed together and [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Part 2 of a 3 Part Series on Website Design
This guest post is by Bruce Rigney, owner of Rigney Graphics, a full-service marketing communication design and branding firm, established in 1982, and located in Old Pasadena, California. Sharon and I have had several occasions to work together with them on behalf of our clients. [...]
By Alexander Irving —
Part 2 of a 3 part series Followers & Following
In Part 1, Twitter ─ your ‘Aha’ Moment we looked at how to Twitter with a salon industry focus. This part 2 is about who to follow and how to find the people you want to follow on Twitter.
Who Do You Follow?
Who [...]
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