Opinions are one thing. You and I can disagree, and neither one of us is right or wrong necessarily. Or maybe there’s some truth in both of our stances. But when it comes to two plus two equaling anything other than four, that’s where we should draw the line. Through my Go Figure: Making Numbers […]
Here in Cook County, the second-largest county in the nation, there is a population of more than 5 million, which exceeds that of 30 states. It’s a hugely significant place, with Chicago at its epicenter and a County Board President by the name of Todd Stroger. In case you’re not familiar with him, Stroger isn’t […]
I just got off the phone with a new client, from an industry that is largely foreign to me. I’m getting up to speed on terminology and context. When it comes to understanding the field, frankly, I am like a kindergartner on his first day of school. There are more than a few publicists […]
John Kass, the Chicago Tribune columnist and a diehard Chicago White Sox fan, is dogging Chicago Cubs loyalists by nominating his brother’s pooch, Little Wrigley, to be the Cubbies’ mascot as they near the playoffs. Previously, I’ve tried to entice Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mark Brown to make his mutt a part of I Do, Doggone […]
About a month ago, I received my first offer to buy a website name that I secured. Somebody out there wants www.dogwedding.info. They’ll have to wait until at least Nov. 8, when one of my clients, the Downtown Oak Park organization, tries to break the Guinness World Record for a mass dog wedding. Even then, […]
One of my new clients this month is the Illinois Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ILaaom). Until a few days ago, I had met only a few of the board members of the thriving, 150-member group. Then, on Sunday, ILaaom invited me to address members and their guests (see photo on right) at their […]
How important are blogs? Sometimes, they can provide essential information and help spur on media coverage. A recent case in point was Chicago Sun-Times reporter Andrew Herrmann’s story on U.S. Paralympian Melissa Stockwell, the first female U.S. amputee in the Iraq War. Over the past nine months, Herrmann wrote two fine stories about Stockwell. The […]
It’s been a while since I referred to something written by author-entrepreneur-marketing guru Seth Godin. Well, today it’s about time. Specifically, about respecting others’ time. With all of the communication tools at our disposal, there is little excuse for failing to alert someone when you are running late, or when you need to re-schedule, or […]
I’ve written about LinkedIn a time or two. Here’s another account, which dates back to two weeks ago, when a woman asked me to connect via LinkedIn. Problem is, I had no idea who she was. Then I did some cursory searching online and discovered that she and I share an alma mater. One would […]
Unlike most Americans, I didn’t have a television on Sept. 11, 2001. So, unlike most Americans, I learned about the 9/11 attacks via another medium: an e-mail alerts from the New York Times. When I checked my e-mail that morning, this missive from the newspaper was my first inkling of the terrible events that […]