This week I met with a brain trainer. Yep, Kevin Leahy of Knowledge Advocate, LLC, here in Austin, teaches people how to understand and use their brains better. I am about to take his multi-week course on...

One of our goals here at commPRO.biz is to reach across the boundaries between the traditional silos of PR, Advertising, Marcom and the rest of the world, as well as between each of those disciplines. We...

As some of you may realize, I am currently in a social media blackout. I have written here to maintain my professional commitment. I also have spent 30  minutes nightly on emails, if clients reached out,...

When it comes to taming the social media management monster, you had better bring a big stick. It’s so easy to lose yourself in the jungle of fun called Twitter, Facebook, and beyond – I mean,...

As of Monday, August 20, 2012, I am not logging into my social media accounts. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Pinterest, and Google+ will not be my playground. I have some blogging and social media...

Share bait, infographics, and research online is awesome. Googling the impact of social media around the world brings a little tear to this social media pro’s eyes – they like it, they really...

In a recent State of PR Industry type article featured here on commPRO.biz, Sally Falkow cites a study about media, journalism, and PR. If you have not read it yet, please do – its insights are...

I know, I know…tradition says we are not supposed to discuss sex, politics, or religion in mixed company. Problem these days is that “mixed company” goes beyond just having a lady in the...

Some spicy things going on with the Olympics, widely harkened as the “First Social Media Olympics Ever” (ever, ever, evahhhh!). Specific complaints and missteps certainly bring to light the...

I visited with Mickey and friends this week and I loved, loved, loved it! I was awe-struck at the way the Disney culture permeates everything that you see in the parks. We visited Animal Kingdom, Magic...

This post is entirely and blatently a self-promotion. As you read this, I am vacationing in Disney World, celebrating the marriage of two very dear friends, and I am probably dancing with Mickey Mouse...

Two very powerful things happened in our society this last week - specifically, a theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado that left 12 dead and over 60 injured at a Batman movie opening and the Penn State...