What's the next excuse
This makes me nuts! Today's headline that greeted me was "Survey says lack of standards is industry's biggest problem" I have no doubt that the survey respondents said that, but that is not the...
View ArticleReaching for the wrong metrics
This excellent post by Danny Brown makes a great argument for why the endless pursuit of eyeballs is a waste of time. Yes, advertisers buy ads on the superbowl to reach a large audience but social...
View ArticleMore chaos for Media Relations
If you're in PR and haven't had a chance to take a deep dive into the latest Pew State of the Media report, stop whatever you're doing, because whatever you're doing probably doesn't matter as much as...
View ArticleWhy my predictions suck: we are out of the comfort zone
When I was making my predictions for 2013 . I assumed a fairly steady rate of change, similar to what we have seen over the preceding decade or so. But having just read Signal To Noise, Nate Silver's...
View ArticleHow's that exchange relationship working for you?
Pam Moore has written a great post about the nature of content marketing and social media Her premise is that the best social media is done out of generosity not out of expectatition of return....
View ArticleA Proud Mom Has an Important Announcement
As someone who never had kids of her own, I’ll readily admit that I tend to “momify” pretty much everything I take on. Since I just spent a week in my garden, lets start there. Every year between...
View ArticleIts not how big your data is, its how you use it
Right now Big Data is alot like breast implants. There is a wide spread belief that plastic surgery to improve ones figure gives you an advantage in the dating game. But what if every woman magically...
View ArticlePerhaps the most important Social Media launch of the year -- Measurement...
It's boat launching season here in New England. Everyone I know is madly getting their boats ready to put in the water so they can be on the water for as many of the few short weeks of a New England...
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