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Anywhere News, No Boundaries

Like so many others who were working in the Washington D.C. political scene in the nineties, I had heard about the President’s “intern problem” long before the mainstream media reported on it. Word of mouth in the political circles of D.C. is a powerful force. What happened next caught most of us by surprise, though. [...]

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Floggin’ in Austin

I’m shocked, shocked that a political consultant would use innuendo, rumors and false statements to try to gain advantage in a political contest. I’m not, really. After all, that’s how the game of politics is played by many who are the most successful. So I guess I wasn’t surprised when a political consultant was caught [...]

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Diva Marketing Talks: Micro Blogging

[from Toby Bloomberg at Diva Marketing Blog] Diva Marketing Talks is a live, internet radio show. 30-minutes. 2-guests. 1-topic about social media marketing. Why? To help you understand how to participate in the “new” conversation without getting blown-up. Miss today’s show? You can pick it up as a podcast. Today’s Diva Marketing Talks focuses on [...]

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Debut as Top 25 Marketing Blog

On February 9, 2007, an idea was born–and you’re reading it. The idea came out of conversation around a table at Starbucks with Mike Chapman and Kelley Burrus, two professional colleagues who were fast becoming personal friends. I was venting about the PR firm that had brought us together but not let us use our [...]

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Got the Munchies? Have a Media Snack

A new new media friend, Connie Bensen, tagged me on a meme started by one of my favorite bloggers, Forrester analyst Jeremiah Owyang. Jeremiah posed the original question: Do you respect media snackers? And he defined them as “folks who consume small bits of information, data or entertainment when, where, and how they want. If [...]

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