The shift in music industry marketing over the past decade has been undeniable. The advent of mp3’s and mainstream file sharing has completely changed the way we record, package, distribute, price, sell (…you get the point, the list goes on and on) music today.
Just as undeniable is the way in which social networking sites, such [...]
10 Things you probably didn’t know about me
I am 100% jumping on the bandwagon with this post. So many blogs have caught “10 Things…” fever, methinks I’ve come down with it meself. Here they are, 10 things you probably didn’t know about me:
1. I have a killer Howler Monkey call. So good in fact, that I can use it to call troops to the area. They [...]
Solution to McDonalds’ understaffing
I found this on a friend’s site, idgrid[dot]org.
This week in class we had to submit an assignment handling McDonald’s chronic understaffing problem for the morning shifts. I do believe I have found the solution:
If we had regular, choreographed group dance breaks during morning shifts, I’m pretty sure we’d see a turnaround!
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WARNING: DO NOT TRAVEL TO COLOMBIA, THE CONGO, AND CANADA
My classmate Ashley recently cancelled her trip to Venezuela because the Canadian government issued a warning about travelling there, citing it as an unsafe country.
Well, imagine reading this, then cancelling your travel plans to Canada?
Australian Government Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Trade – Travel Advisories: Travel Advice for Canada
haha, How hilarious is that?
Here are some [...]
Behind every great woman is a sleepy man
Obama recently said he felt he was running against both Clintons. Well, does it make it easier when one of them is sleeping?
Just when Hilary was really getting going…
I wonder what their PR people are doing right now?
R.I.P. Heath
About an hour ago I got a text from a friend in the entertainment industry: Heath Ledger. Dead.
Actor Heath Ledger dies at 28
You can’t make stuff like that up. I mean — who would? Heath Ledger? There are a lot of stars that have bad reputations for the party lifestyle, but [...]
Aggregation prevents aggravation
A lot of my classmates got their first taste of blogging last week, when we were encouraged to begin PR blogs. I guess because I’ve been blogging for a while, i forget how daunting or overwhelming to newbies.
A lot of people have asked me how I keep up with reading the hundred-some-odd blogs I do [...]
When bad PR is good
Wow. Corey Delaney’s personal PR is so bad, that it’s good. He speaks for himself (an’ how!) so I won’t comment too much on…what doesn’t need to be said.
You may be asking “how is this good?”
Well, he is now the quintessential partier. Believe it or not, he has made [...]
What do I blog about???
Today we were told that if you can’t blog anything important, don’t blog anything at all.
I disagree with that statement. Blog everything you want. Blog writing can be as therapeutic as writing in a diary, and is important for self reflection, etc. etc. etc. To say that not everything is bloggable is [...]
