As privacy erodes, potential threats to your reputation multiply. Demographics will define the future. Big Data is the future. The first concept is undisputed. The second depends on who you talk…
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Top to Bottom
Watching media contortions — a sport for ex-journalists News media has always been stratified: Cream of the crop. Bottom of the barrel. Big in-between. Today there’s less cream and much more…
Like a Baby
Give up a private life. Gain a dependable client. Parents of newborns share a gloriously painful experience with Crisis PR people: Exhaustion. Neither are masters of their daily lives. They…
Open Mics & Disengaged Minds
Foot-in-mouth disease has damaged many careers and ended others. Its history is long, colorful, and likely to continue. You can’t unring that bell. Most of the time, it has a close correlation…
Savage Magic
First, define your audience. Convince them and you win. The British magazine The Economist is fond of phrases like “the savage magic of capitalism.” It’s also fond of describing itself as “Liberal”…
Pandora’s Jar
Don’t like the media question? Answer the one you want. After all the evil had escaped, the legend goes, all that remained in the jar was hope — and mankind has never…
10 Feet Tall & Bulletproof
After the fall, comes the steep climb back. True for children of all ages. Just ask ’em. For better or worse, they haven’t learned limitations and caution. The older we get,…
Size Matters. So Does Foresight.
Life is constantly shifting. Success needs vision & skill. FedEx made it clear this week, and UPS is expected to follow suit: Size matters. Delivery costs will be based on bulkiness, not…
Blame Game, Again
Beware of playing Blame Game. It can come back and bite you. Blame is a subject we all deal with frequently. We hate taking responsibility. It’s always someone else’s fault — the…
Last to Know. First to Go.
When cleaning house, the axe falls fast and without favor. Historically, this one-liner was applied to basic PR people — those who do marketing or general communications. They are routinely kept outside…