Three days a week, I run. I’m not a marathon runner, and I’m not a good runner. Most days I hate running, but I have set a goal for myself this year to run a 5K and a 10K. I have an app on my phone that tells me how far and fast I have to run every day to achieve...
Last week, Ragan.com posted an interesting article by Mickie Kennedy titled “8 signs you shouldn’t work in PR”. It’s a good article and very worth a read. Nearly half of the reasons they list are spot on, and almost read like a Jeff Foxworthy routine: If you don’t...
Everything surrounding the purchase of Current TV by Al Jazeera leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Let me make this clear, the actual purchase of Current TV doesn’t bother me. It’s the reaction over the sale that infuriates and embarrasses me. Allow me to explain. Last...
By Sarah Sandbek (Sarah is the owner and operator of Sommelier on Wheels, which specializes in hosting guests to visit privately with ownership at wineries not typically open to the public.) With Christmas behind us, one doesn’t traditionally associate the Napa/Sonoma...
What happens when a much-loved phone app undergoes a major metamorphosis overnight and the knee-jerk reaction is not what the company expects? I had a conversation with GateGuru Co-Founder and CEO Dan Gellert to look at what happened with his company last week, and...
Last night ended what felt like the world’s longest, drawn out political campaign. Regardless of where you stood on the candidates, one thing I think all of America can agree on is that we’re ready for a well-deserved break from political ads, political punditry, yard...
This morning, the Wall Street Journal ran a great article about CEOs and their continued reluctance to be on Twitter. For those of us in the Bay Area, this is shocking, especially considering we’ve gone beyond that to the point where venture capitalists are...
Whoever coined the proverb, “The cobbler’s children go barefoot,” was probably thinking about public relations firms’ inabilities to promote themselves when he or she wrote it. So, in the proud tradition of many PR cobblers out there, I’m pleased to introduce to you...
