This blog is my own pep-talk.I'm a horrible supporter of all the media that bring us opportunity.Let me explain, by first stating some global actions you can take to keep our business thriving. Share this list with your friends and colleagues, and encourage them to do so as well.4 WAYS TO SUPPORT...
“Broadcast” (Radio & TV) compensation rates seemed set in stone for years…How to Be Smart About New “Broadcast” Compensation Rates
The "studio" was hard to find. My host told me by cell phone to look for a side-street, then up a dirt ramp...behind a portable office, around the batting cage, and over by the go-kart garage. I began to wonder what I'd really gotten myself into. Back in February of 2014, I participated in a...
"Oh yeah!...I'm on LinkedIn...I just don't use it much." ('Wish I had a Neumann for ever time I heard that!) In about three weeks and three days I'll take the stage with Terry Daniel and Trish Basanyi at the Disneyland hotel during VOICE2012 to talk Social Media strategies. Terry will present...
Time and time again I disavow being an expert on ANYTHING. I'm just uncomfortable with it. Maybe...maybe I'm an expert on me...and that's about it. I prefer to say I'm a student. I'm certainly a student of life and people and relationships. I have been for 59 years now. But when people call...
As I mentioned yesterday in my ill-fated rant about announcers, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) is filling Las Vegas' finest hotel rooms for a few days, and the air is thick with the smell of exhibitors pitching clients in their booths, and attendees in their hush-puppies rushing...
Why does the internet generation "get it" about social media, and most of those 30-and-above tend to struggle more with it? Some of it is just the expectation of the promise and familiarity of online technology. But most of it has to do with adapting tried and true relation-building principles to...
Your golden tones are still needed…but…well….you may just…maybe wanna start not depending on the promise of Radio and TV as much.
…your brand, your reputation, your integrity, and your image on the internet could be the most telling statement about your life from this point on.
Everybody loves to bash Microsoft. Not me. 'Been with 'em since DOS. I've always liked their scrappy, overbearing style...catching up to great ideas, stealing them, and making them their own. I've re-booted, reconfigured and re-installed every major product they've had out since 1992. But I...