I've noticed a disturbing trend recently: That monster, cancer, is seeping into my life more and more. My family member is...
Giving thanks and feeling awfully grateful
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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.
Revamp your content strategy by following these 9 content cornerstones
Last week, I gave a presentation to 300-plus folks on a Cision/Vocus webinar around content strategy. It was a similar...
Twin Cities PR This Week – Nov. 21
I'm writing to you today from lovely New Ulm, Minn., where I spoke to a group of 40-or-so marketers and PR folks about...
Talking Points Podcast: An interview with David Jungers and Erin Vande Steeg from the Mall of America
The holiday shopping season is officially upon us--so Kevin and I thought we'd go right to the source this week: Mall of...
Is the phone call completely dead in PR?
Recently, I made a decision with a client of mine: I was going to pick up the phone and call her once a week (at least). As...
Twin Cities PR This Week – Nov. 14, 2014
As I said last week, I'm going to try something a bit new here on the blog. A regularly post that captures what's going on...
Talking Points Podcast: Do iHops “Tumblr-speak” tweets really work?
In this week's edition of the Talking Points Podcast (one of our best, in my opinion), we talk about #alexfromtarget (and...
Why 99% of companies should completely forget about brand journalism
Relatively recently, Verizon joined a number of big companies in the business of brand journalism. The new site,...
Robot content machines: Viable option for today’s corporate communicator?
A few months ago, I started seeing articles about robots that could develop actual content if given a somewhat organized...
Twin Cities PR This Week – November 7, 2014
Going to try another new kind of series today. Actually, it's a bit of a re-imagination of a former series I had titled...