Made my annual pilgrimage to the Minnesota State Fair this past weekend. Had a blast with my family. We ate pronto pups,...
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Arik’s Social Media Blog
Arik’s social media blog has been in publication for more 12 years and recognized by industry outlets like PRWeb and PRWeek as one of today’s leading industry blogs. With 1,500+ posts, his content is frequently syndicated on popular sites like PR Daily, Social Media Today, Business Insider and Ragan.com.
10 online resources for today’s PR pro
A friend of mine, Eva Keiser, senior vice president at Risdall McKinney PR who also teaches of at the University of...
Rants N Raves: Thank you? No, Thank YOU!
I was raised to use good manners; to always remember to say please and thank you. But when someone says “thank you” for a...
Adopting social media networks internally: An exercise in change management
If there’s one thing we know will never change, it’s this simple fact: To succeed, organizations must embrace a culture of...
Twittertales: Four stories about relationships, opportunities and collaboration
Last week, Valeria Maltoni asked her readers to share their “Twittertales” with her—stories of how we’ve connected, shared,...
Rants N Raves: Please Don’t Always Give ’em What They Ask For
As public relations professionals who regularly get frustrated when others don’t respect our profession, we have a...
Lessons in storytelling
A few weeks ago, I had the privilege to sit down with a veteran Twin Cities journalist and hear him talk about storytelling...
Are bloggers the Rodney Dangerfields of the online world?
"No respect, no respect." That was Rodney Dangerfield's signature line, right? Isn't that what we hear from bloggers on a...
Conversations from BlogWell
It's always tough when you attend big events. There are so many interesting people you want to talk to, and you rarely have...
PR Rock Stars: A conversation with Scott Monty
I had the incredible opportunity to attend BlogWell last week in Minneapolis. A number of brands presented at this terrific...