I was just reading a press release about a media network’s plans to increase its footprint by 1,000 locations, starting with 500 by the end of Q3. That may be entirely true, but as someone who has talked to hundreds of early stage network operators over the years, my BS Filter starts shaking and spitting [...]

I noticed a piece recently on ReadWriteWeb about media relationships, a guest post by the marketing guy for an e-commerce startup  specializing in co-created custom dress shirts. Very different space, but what he has to say about getting media and general reader attention translates really well to justa bout any industry, and certainly an emerging [...]

Strangely, some of the worst work in press releases comes from companies that should have the money and experience to be really good. Consider this work of art from ABC’s Family broadcast network: ABC Family advertising sales executives Laura Kuhn and Mark Rejtig have both received increased responsibilities at the network, effective immediately. The announcement [...]

I don’t write about companies to embarrass them, so I almost never actually run the company name in the post. Most people will know who this is anyway, but here goes: BLANK, a premier provider of digital signage and networked media solutions, today announced the addition of team members in the roles of business development, [...]

A press release this morning from a guy who was leaving his gig and going out on his own as … something … (it was far less than clear) … started with the guy proclaiming himself a luminary. Don’t. Just don’t. It’s meaningless to most people, but all the wrong people will jump all over [...]