It's been a good 4-5 years since social media blew up the digital world. In those last 4-5 years, many large companies...
Arik’s Social Media Blog
Arik’s social media blog has been in publication for more 12 years and recognized by industry outlets like PRWeb and PRWeek as one of today’s leading industry blogs. With 1,500+ posts, his content is frequently syndicated on popular sites like PR Daily, Social Media Today, Business Insider and Ragan.com.
#StribBizLive: New way to pitch news to the Minneapolis Star Tribune?
Today the Minneapolis Star Tribune unveiled a different way for the media outlet to report on--and break--news online:...
LinkedIn opens up accounts for high school students–will they participate?
Today, for the very first time, LinkedIn has opened its doors to high school students. More specifically, here in the...
Why I’m re-invigorated about this year’s #mnblogcon
On Oct. 12 we'll hold our fourth MN Blogger Conference. It's an event I started with friend, client and colleague, Missy...
PR Rock Stars: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan’s Dave Murray
Over the years, I've done a decent amount of work in the health care field. I've worked with Fairview, Allina Health, UCare...
How to use social media to find that first PR job
Since I speak to a lot of student groups I thought I'd discuss a topic that comes up pretty regularly today with that...
Why it still pays to subscribe the the daily local paper
A bit less than a year ago, we started subscribing to the daily newspaper once again. It had been a while for me,...
PR Rock Stars: WCG’s Chuck Hemann
I met Chuck Hemann about five years ago while he was working at a small firm in Cleveland named Dix & Eaton. I got to...
Laura Fitzpatrick’s Day With Google Glass
The following is a guest post from Laura Fitzpatrick, junior strategist at OLSON, about her experience wearing Google Glass...
Should daily newspapers be publishing satire?
Yesterday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune ran an essay from a guest columnist on the top of the front page of its Variety...