Are minor hires worth announcing? Probably not.

A company in the sector just put out a press release about its hiring of four people. On one hand I am happy to read people are hiring again, as there is no shortage of people looking for work and that’s not going to change for a while. On the other hand, big whoop. Press [...]

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DS PR 101: Contain your ego

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 [...]

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Think, write it out, then think again, then think again, and only then click on Publish

I just sent a note off to an unnamed company. They are unnamed because I like their product and their general approach, and as noted in the past, this blog was not created as some weird writing hall of shame. Someone, in this case, has been given the keys to the corporate blog, and instead [...]

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Fine-tuning your message so that prospective customers notice, and care

This post was also recently posted on the Website of the Digital Signage Association … How digital signage and digital out of home companies craft their communications on their Websites, handouts and in press releases is critical to their success. So why is so much of it so bad? The industry executives I speak with [...]

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DS PR 101: You have to at least make some sense

WTF is this press release about??? Brand X today announced new predictions for the digital signage’s space. With the promise of being one of the most exciting platforms, the digital signage experts, Brand X foresee importance of local and relevant content, creative agencies understanding the role of digital signage’s, electronic media witnessing shifts from television to [...]

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