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Discussion of How Marketing Still Needs Racial Redemption
Dr. Sonja Martin Poole, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of San Francisco Our nation is clearly in crisis. During a time focused on re-opening the economy after the onset of a viral pandemic, there are glaring signs that the United States is suffering from another type of pandemic—racism. While conquering COVID-19 lies mainly in…
Read MoreBeach Happy Magazine: A New Title Bringing The Voice Of Hope & Optimism During A Pandemic
The Mr. Magazine™ Interview With Mike Ragsdale, Founder Of 30A & Will Estell, Editor In Chief/ Director of Publishing, The 30A Company… “We just launched this new endeavor, which again might seem like strange timing, but as Will said, this has been in the works for a very long time. We looked at it and we…
Read MoreO The Oprah Magazine At 20: Celebrating Hope And Bloom In The Midst Of Doom And Gloom
The Mr. Magazine™ Interview… A Virtual Round Table With O, The Oprah Magazine’s Senior Vice President/Publisher & Chief Revenue Officer, Jayne Jamison; Editor in Chief, Lucy Kaylin; & Digital Director, Arianna Davis… “If you think about right now, how people need inspiration, for the times, it’s just amazing how this brand has morphed into what…
Read MoreAs Good As It Can Possibly Get
Arthur Solomon, Public Relations Consultant My entire working life has consisted of newspapering or PRing. Both of these businesses are not known for dealing with the most forthright individuals. But I’ve been blessed. During my career, I’ve never been lied to, misled or harassed by people I reported to or worked with. Here are some…
Read MoreIn Crisis Is Opportunity
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.” – Helen Keller Richard S. Levick, Esq., Chairman & CEO, LEVICK The last few weeks have been difficult, made worse by the fact that we know it is all about to get much worse in April. “America First” now means we are first in number of coronavirus infections,…
Read MoreNon-Fungible Tokens: A Giant Leap into Owning Our Digital Assets
Wendy Glavin, Founder & CEO, Wendy Glavin Agency Throughout the years, I, like most parents, watched their kids grow up playing video games. I remember them playing Super Mario Bros., Madden NFL, Super Smash Bros., Call of Duty and many more, on their Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation. Most of the which we bought at GameStop or…
Read MoreMedia Lessons Learned From The Trump Senate (Impeachment) Trial
(That Were Probably Not Taught In Communications Classes) Arthur Solomon, Public Relations Consultant On January 13, on this web site, I wrote an article regarding media lessons learned from the House impeachment hearings. Many of the examples I listed also applied to none political accounts that most PR practitioners who work at large and small…
Read MoreWas there “Sun” at Sundance Film Festival?
It was more Snowdance, but still Fundance! Thomas J. Madden, Chairman and CEO, Transmedia Group PARK CITY, UTAH.–It was cold, crowded and crawling with film buffs once again at Sundance Film Festival. Occasional snowflake flurries were hardly noticed. Same with the snow-covered mountains surrounding bustling Main Street where daily temperatures were down in the 20s. There was…
Read MoreFour Questions to Ask Yourself Before Shopping for Podcasting Equipment
Neil Garrett, VP Marketing, uStudio So you’ve decided to launch a corporate podcast. That’s a great idea! Private business podcasts offer a convenient, cost-effective, and secure way to connect and share information with employees, particularly those working remotely or traveling for work. The decision to implement a private podcast is a critical first step to…
Read MoreMy 2019 Cable TV “Breaking News” – (Not Really) Column
Arthur Solomon, Public Relations Consultant It’s certainly not “Breaking News” to those who have read my columns criticizing cable TV political programs over the years that I believe that the political channels have poisoned American politics, as well as providing substandard coverage. I fault cable news reporters, with few exceptions, for acting like parrots and…
Read MoreThe Secret Behind Advancing Your Career
Wendy Glavin, Founder & CEO, Wendy Glavin Agency Daily, I’m asked, “How did you learn blockchain?” Or, cryptocurrency? Or, artificial intelligence? Or, financial technology, and the list goes on. The answer is simple. I buy books, read, and do research. Instead of just retweeting, sharing or posting, I follow editors, industry leaders, people in other professions…
Read MoreOver 500 Concurrent Miners Flock to New BADcoin
CommPRO Editorial Staff The team at The Bad Crypto Podcast has been working with one of the top blockchain development teams over the past six months and have developed one of the most advanced blockchain projects to date. It’s not Bitcoin; it’s BADcoin. Over 500 people have fired up their Macbooks and PCs to mine…
Read MoreLife Lessons Learned Working At The White House
Merrie Spaeth, President, Spaeth Communications, Inc. Sarah Huckebee Sanders is leaving and I wish her good luck. There’s one consistent thing about being a White House staffer; at some point you leave. You take with you a featured paragraph in your biography and lessons learned from the Administration in which you served. Lesson #1: you…
Read MoreRonn Torossian Commentary On PR Pros On The Big Screen & Flack
With the release of the newest TV show on Public Relations, Flack starring Anna Paquin, its time once again to examine how the PR industry is reflected upon in the media. It appears that Robyn, the character in the new TV show ‘Flack’, has a somewhat accurate role, even though the show itself isn’t entirely reflective…
Read MoreThe Hole(s) In The Truth and Nothing But The Untruth (And Some PR Lessons To Remember And Some To Discard)
Arthur Solomon, Public Relations Consultant What is it with President Trump and his spokespeople? Are they, as is the president, incapable of telling the truth, or is Trump a carrier of the “lying virus” and has infected his staff? First. Sean Spicer, the initial White House press spokesperson, “exaggerated” facts, despite everyone seeing that…
Read MoreLive Social Video Streaming
D S Simon Media at the West Digital Client Summit How can brands and non-profits make the best use of live social video to grow their organizations? Douglas Simon, CEO, D S Simon Media presented survey findings on live video streaming and spoke with Ben Chodor, President of Digital Media Solutions, West Corporation. The…
Read MoreBody Language: Telling Your Team How You Really Feel
Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D Do you know that your team is constantly evaluating your emotions through cues in your body language – and that they can do so in a fraction of a second? At the Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging at the University of Glasgow, researchers found that it takes only 200 miliseconds to read…
Read MoreResume Rules
Marie Raperto, The Hiring Hub In today’s world, you should always have a resume ready even if you are not currently looking for a position. Keeping your resume current allows you to see what you have accomplished each year and it can help prepare you for your annual review and, if something does come up,…
Read MoreA Terrible Violation of Trust
Daniel Keeney, APR In the 1980s, Don Henley had a big hit with the song, “Dirty Laundry,” which extolled the virtues of tabloid journalism from the perspective of a TV talking head. I make my living off the evening news Just give me something-something I can use People love it when you lose, They love…
Read MoreWhen Personalization Backfires
Michael Smart A while ago, an earnest, hardworking young PR pro asked me repeatedly during a phone consultation “what not to do.” She already knows not to rely on generic pitches blasted to the same list. So I talked about how you can inadvertently take personalization too far. When you’re crafting your pitch for your…
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