Wrigley Field’s Lesson: Charm Without Substance
Doug Haslam I was really excited to visit Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs. Spending most of my baseball dollars at the shrine we call Fenway Park, I expected similar, nostalgic…
April 2009
Big with Resources or Small with Agility?
Thanks to "Colonel Tribune (http://twitter.com/…eltribune)," I got a personal tour of the Chicago Tribune tower and offices during my recent vacation. One thing that impressed me was the extent to…
Social Media Top 5: OMG OPRAH!!!, PR Rules Social Media, & NHL Tweetup
OMG OMG OPRAH’S ON TWITTER OMG OMG!! WELCOME TO TWITTER OPRAH (BUT WHY IS SHE YELLING AT US?) Ev Williams of Twitter went on Oprah’s show to talk Twitter (no,…
Of Tea Parties and Muddled Messaging
The April 15 Tax Day tea parties were a great example of grass roots, viral organization to move thousands of people (whether you believe the reported attendance or not) to…
Ruth Bader-Ginsberg on Social Media
OK, not really. But in a Sunday New York Times article (http://bit.ly/rbgin) she did hit a great communications point in talking about the effect of foreign rulings on the U.S.…
Social Media Top 5: Spock, Caucasians and Cockroaches
Star Trek Screening Was Social Media Marketing? Well, it’s not just the Twitter reaction, which helped and becomes more and more valuable as Twitter gains steam. But the Word of…
PR? Or Just Social Media?
It occurred to me that all my talk of social media probably gets me pegged as a "social media" guy. Thing is, I’m a PR guy. Social media does play…
Bad Pitch Rants- as Plentiful & Predictable as- Bad Pitches
How should PR people contact media people? However those media people say they prefer. Period. If that’s too much work for PR people. well, that’s our job. If media people…
How Do You Handle the Data Crush?
Yesterday, I was intrigued to find that Robert Scoble, spurred by the faster-moving relaunch of FriendFeed.com, wondered aloud about how to manage the crush of information that passes our eyes…
Boston University Students on Twitter
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited by Boston University student Amanda Grinavich (to whom I am linked in a mentor program) to speak along with AJ Vaynerchuk in…