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By Alex Irving, on May 16th, 2010 —
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 [...]
By Alex Irving, on February 6th, 2010 —
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, on November 23rd, 2009 —
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 [...]
By Alex Irving, on September 13th, 2009 —
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 [...]
By Alex Irving, on August 29th, 2009 —
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 [...]
By Alex Irving, on July 30th, 2009 —
Reach Out & Touch Someone
We’ve written a number of blog posts on staying aware of your on-line legacy when participating in the social media community (e.g. What Not to Do in Public Places and The World Wide Web is a Very Sticky Place). The thrust of the posts was primarily to make you [...]
By Alex Irving, on July 11th, 2009 —
Help for the Unemployed is News – Catch the Wave!
Maybe you should think about catching this wave. With unemployment a daily headline, human interest stories about people helping people who have lost jobs are sure-fire regional and local TV, print and internet news coverage.
Industry icon and former Vidal Sassoon Artistic Director Maurice [...]
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