Whether you love Martha Stewart or hate her, you have to give her credit, the woman has been very successful. So I was intrigued by a recent Future Buzz article on lessons marketers can learn from her. Out of seven lessons, one that stood out to me had the headline, “Tap the Innovation Crowd” which focuses on how Stewart… [Read more…]
May 4, 2012
This is a chose your own adventure blog post. If you are excited about “The Avengers” coming out this weekend and already plan to see the movie you can skip to the cool video at the end of this post. If you aren’t planning on seeing the movie read on: Here’s the deal: you should… [Read more…]
May 2, 2012
Earlier today, I saw that my friend, and former Q101 co-worker, Alex Quigley had posted a deadspin.com storywith this headline on his Facebook page, “Is An ESPN Columnist Scamming People on the Internet?” Being completely self-absorbed, I thought it might have something to do with the robo-journalism post I wrote last week; maybe someone had discovered ESPN… [Read more…]
April 30, 2012
Doing a radio show (or any other job) five or six days a week can be a real grind. I don’t mean just showing up and reading liner cards in between saying what song you just played and what song is coming up next. I mean doing a show with great content, audience interaction, social… [Read more…]
April 24, 2012
The next time someone tells you not to be so dramatic let them in on this little statistic; according to a new Nielsen report TV dramas account for 41% of all prime time viewing while reality TV accounts for just 16%. Sports is actually the second most viewed type of programming with 22%, sit-coms get 11% and… [Read more…]
April 19, 2012
Here’s a great observation from a recent edition of the Monday Morning Memo from Roy William’s, who’s known to his followers as The Wizard of Ads, “Rage is a stronger motivator than joy. Not a stronger emotion; a stronger motivator. Rage demands action. Joy does not.” When it comes to hosting a radio show that is… [Read more…]
April 13, 2012
If you think of a curator as being an old librarian telling you to hush or socially awkward museum worker talking about the unique forms of ink used in the 1700′s to paint pictures of trees you need to think again. With so much information being posted online everyday, curating is being redefined by people who filter… [Read more…]
March 19, 2012
Here’s something worth considering before you start your show prep today. According to a Mashable.com article, the business intelligence firm RJ Metrics has compiled the top ten categories people are creating boards for on the hottest new social media site going; Pinterest. These are topics people are interested enough in to compile articles, photos and other materials in an organized… [Read more…]
February 29, 2012
As you may know if you read any of last week’s posts I just spent a week laying on the beach in the Dominican Republic. One of the most fascinating things I saw, aside from a proliferation of really bad swim suit choices, were a number of pelicans who hung out on the beach. These guys… [Read more…]
February 23, 2012
Apparently last weekend during the Grammy Awards, while I was enjoying the “Golden Slumbers Medley” which turned into a great guitar jam, one of the trending topics on Twitter was how many young people had no idea who Paul McCartney is. Blasphemous. Unbelievable. You damn kids! Get off my lawn! However, this is not simply a generation gap. I remember… [Read more…]
May 14, 2012
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