Category Archives: Productivity
5 Keys to Twitter
Without a doubt, 2009 has been the year of Twitter. More than billion keystrokes from mainstream media have breathlessly chronicled the 40-person company’s rise to the heights of pop culture. If you’re in media, consume news or surf the Web, … Continue reading
Filed under Communications Society, Creativity, Customers, Hype, Productivity, Twitter, Viral
You Gotta Believe
I’ve never made a putt I didn’t visualize. Never struck a ball I didn’t watch to the barrel of the bat. Never swished a 20-footer I didn’t see in my mind’s eye. Each takes belief. With enough practice and repeated … Continue reading
Filed under Advertising, Blogs, Business, Competition, Productivity, Work, Writing
Good Mantra
At a year-end concert last night in the gym of my local elementary school, there was lots of technology to record the moment: a camcorder, digital camera or cellphone camera for each musician. Parents gathered around to get the best … Continue reading
Filed under Creativity, Loyalty, Productivity, Sharing, Work
Bon Jovi PR
“You Give Love a Bad Name” is a timeless anthem of heartache and angst. Some agencies give PR a bad name. There is the selection process, the excitement, and the promise of what can be. Then the boilerplate letter of … Continue reading
Filed under PR, Productivity
Attention Crash
Are attention spans linked to age? This post by Steve Rubel poses the question in a Gen-X and-Gen-Y context. Are we busy looking at what others are saying, trying to stay up with the latest buzz? Or are we OK … Continue reading
Filed under Productivity, Work
Urgency is Lazy
Deadlines in the news media business are legendary. And real. They’ve always ensured that content (news, especially exclusives) is edited on time and feeds the news hole. A reporter who misses deadline risks: a) Seeing her/his byline story replaced by … Continue reading
Filed under Creativity, Productivity, Work
Change for the Better
This short hit in the Harvard Business Review blog is a tall latte with an extra shot. When Swiss company Nestle reduces a layer of management and empowers line staff, you realize it’s not just a U.S. economic hangover that’s … Continue reading
Filed under Business, Productivity
How to Chase Away Customers
During a appointment yesterday with a dental specialist, I noticed a waiting room sign. It said turn off cellphones. Why? Because — the sign explained — they are disruptive to others in the waiting room, to the staff, and to the … Continue reading
Filed under Customers, Productivity
Microbrand Monday: TechSmith
Project management and feedback to agencies and designers can be time-consuming with note taking, talking and emails. Or it can be as easy as a picture. One of the most productive software programs is SnagIt from TechSmith. Comes with 30-day … Continue reading
Filed under Productivity, Technology
PowerPoint on Blackberry
PowerPoint is part of life on the road pitching audiences. Your laptop carries the slides that are run through a projector. You lug your laptop (and power supply) through airport security checkpoints, in your briefcase, on your shoulder. What if you only had to bring your … Continue reading
Filed under Mobile, Productivity, Technology
