Chip joined the Media Bullseye Radio Roundtable to discuss whether online content “wants” to be free, the difference between amateur and amateurish online content, and Burger King’s current campaign to get people to “de-friend” people on Facebook.
Jen Zingsheim of CustomScoop hosted and Doug Haslam of SHIFT Communications also joined the panel.
I thought now would be a good time to review the web sites of the major PR industry trade publications. Since PR Week recently announced that much of their content would be available online for free, the whole marketplace deserves a closer look. I decided to focus this roundup on what is freely available from…
Spring represents a time of change. Not content with simply watching the return of grass and flowers as temperatures warm and the snow melts, I decided that I needed bigger change. Or perhaps more accurately, change decided to find me. Sometimes the right path is so obvious that one must simply follow it. Here’s the…
From PaidContent: For the 12th straight quarter, newspaper websites saw their ad revenues rise; this time around, the increase was 22.3 percent to $750 million in Q1 compared to the same period a year ago, according to estimates from the Newspaper Association of America. For context, online made up 7.1 percent of total newspaper ad…
I gave in. I switched to Google Reader. The good news for you, the reader, is that I can now use the shared items feature to let you know what I find interesting, but may not have the time to blog about. Visit this page to see what feed items I’m finding interesting or subscribe…
On Oct. 9, 1986, the Fox Network launched, with 88 affiliates across the country. At the time, most experts ridiculed the notion that a fourth network could challenge the dominance of the Big Three. No doubt executives at NBC, CBS, and ABC found themselves snickering, too. When Fox took to the airwaves with its first…
I’m a big fan of checklists. There’s a reason why pilots and others in life-and-death roles rely on them to ensure things get done right. In business, we often develop processes to deal with repeatable activities — things like on-boarding clients, promoting events, and publishing content. Many times we will get a group together, think…