Like most dads, I give into badgering. When my daughter is "bugging out" over "Minnie Mouse”, Ariel or the latest game, I often give in and want to calm the delirium. Last week I visited Disney with my daughter,...
Truth is, ‘positive thinking’ is immediately associated with the ‘self-help’ shelf in your closest Barnes & Noble, but it is much more practical than you might think. My experience in business, and in life makes me more confident on...
COVID-19 continues to challenge every aspect of our lives, personally and professionally. Many brands are in crisis, and many communicators are looking ahead at plans that just won’t work in the current environment and are not adjusted to what...
Consumers today don’t want to know “if” your company offers something. They want to know “how easy” that service is for them to use.
Not too long ago, to get the full story on a new car, you had to...
Music is a great motivator, and over the last few weeks have had the same songs in my playlist on my (admittedly very short) walk to work. Even though I like to have the same songs playing, I do...
Reading the op-ed in The San Francisco Examiner, I am simply livid at the continued convenience of beating up on the Public Relations industry. This industry is a convenient whipping boy.
In an editorial, the paper stated:
It’s ironic that the San...
Great story in this week’s ADWEEK about a new study on how mega-agencies should reach out to specialty voices, smaller agencies and new voices to “leverage their special talents and expertise.” Additionally: “Key findings assert that client CEO’s will...
There’s absolutely no way American singer/composer and activist Bob Dylan could foresee the marketing changes going on today when he wrote and performed “The Times They’re a-Changin’.” Yet, here we are 56 years later wondering how to manage a...
December is nearly through, and most of the country is now thinking about how they will spend their Christmas, and New Years holidays. There will be parties, and relatives, and friends, and fun. Then there will be a few...
Now that nearly all cellular carriers have announced launches of 5G networks, what can marketers expect and plan for the future?
Let’s start with the given. Each generation is faster. Some networks are a hundred times faster than the 4Gs...
