Harper Lee wrote one book and became a national treasure. “To Kill A Mockingbird” has been on just about every English teacher’s “must read” list for decades. Fans loved Lee’s rich characters and embraced the story in print and...
A very compelling piece of information began to circulate the other day. According to a report in Businessweek, some are crediting an iPhone update for helping to lower crime rates in New York City. As incredible as this idea...
In this month’s INC Magazine an interesting story on a risk an entrepreneur took which should remind more small businesses of an importance principle - Unlike President Obama or the eventual Republican nominee, you don’t need 51% of the...
As a communicator I have learned a long time ago to expect the unexpected. Still, I am nevertheless continually surprised, both from both the positive and negative side of the fence. A book I was sent the other day, from...
If you are hip to yoga fashion you may already be familiar with Lululemon. If not, you may have heard about it recently, and not for reasons the company would prefer. It seems that the founder of the company...
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...
Thoroughly enjoyed Julia Hood’s recent post in PR Week, “Content and the convening power of PR”, where Hood rightfully argues that “This is the perfect environment for PR, the organization's natural conveners, to influence outcomes. Even as other organizational...
Memorial Day is a holiday dedicated to the remembrance of the sacrifice that members of the armed forces make for the well-being of their country. While the purpose of a business is to make money for their owners, remembering...
As published this morning at: http://popdemonium.com/2010/07/challenges-celebrity-pr/
One of the most challenging parts of working in celebrity publicity is re-shaping an image which the world already thinks they know. Constant public scrutiny, the demand of hundreds of media outlets calling non-stop,...
What good can possibly come out of longer lines at the doctor’s office, higher health insurance premiums and higher gas prices? Ask Hybrid, the Vitamin Shoppe and Whole Foods… Companies who market "natural", "health" and "sustainability" are benefiting from...
