Rules for Communicating Your Personal Brand

Image by daveelf via Flickr I was at a spectacular Personal Branding panel recently at NYU‘s Kauffman Center, hosted by Step Up Women’s Network — which I’m a member of. The panel was moderated by Beth Schoenfeldt of Collective-E. The panelists were: Hope Hughes of Deloitte, Carla Harris of Morgan Stanley, Christine Beauchamp of Ann […]

Cable Show Wrap Up

It’s been just about 10 years since I went to my last NCTA/Cable Show. Apparently the last time I went to the show which was in Dallas, it was still in its hay day. Unfortunately, the Cable Show just didn’t feel the same to me this year, for a few reasons: The money just isn’t […]

Study: TV Is Still King

Image by mlinksva via Flickr Study: TV Is Still King. Nielsen and Ball State University‘s Center for Media Design and Sequent Partners for the Council for Research Excellence, just released a study, after spending $3.5 million, to tell us that TV is still King. It’s an interesting week to release this study, since the National […]

Building Revenue Through Connection and Collaboration

Image by luc legay via Flickr A few weeks ago, I wrote a post called Business Development in Today’s Economy about the 4 Cs. Connection, Collaboration, Clients and Criteria. For this article I’m revisiting Connection and Collaboration, because they are so closely intertwined. Connection, as discussed earlier, is about reaching out not only to clients, […]

Best Thing Since Sliced Bread

Image by Rico-san via Flickr I was recently introduced by a friend and former colleague to Ted Talks. I had always known about the conference, but not that they were hosting all of the talks via video on their site. I was amazed and so excited by it. So, I went and took a look. […]

Nielsen: Social Networking Overtakes E-mail in Popularity

Image via Wikipedia Yeah, I know, I’m behind in talking about this announcement that Nielsen made oh, like 24 hours ago. It’s like a lifetime in the digital stratosphere. This is about Social Networking overtaking email. I read that headline and I thought, “Wow”. And then my follow-up thought was “That’s no surprise!”. There are […]

Hearst Taps Yahoo Vet Khemlani as VP, Digital Media

I just have to add this — that right after I wrote my post on Why Big Brands Struggle with Social Media (see below), this announcement was made. Hearst Taps Yahoo Vet Khemlani as VP, Digital Media. I rest my case.