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It’s not new globally but it is simple, easy to engage and not hard to understand. Will Red Nose Day, May 23, make it to success on this side of the pond as it has for 30 years in the UK? For those who have not seen the ads or watched the promotions especially across …
They are still loosely regulated by the FDA, claim to be safer than the traditional cigarettes, are environmentally friendly, have started to sign up celebrity endorsers and have the large budgets for marketing that could all be part of a new category on the rise, especially amongst a younger demo. So will vaping now find …
I am from Brooklyn and have never lost the love for the gritty side of my home city. However as we get older, some of us anyway, we try to see the bigger picture and the value of waste not, want not just a little more. I also have been softened a bit by the …
A few weeks ago at the CAA World Congress of Sport in Dana Point, California, a host of speakers were asked what they had their eye on for topics, and what will we be talking about a year from now. The answers for the most part were guarded and much of the same that is …
The simple things are usually the best activated, and National High Five Day is steadily falling into that category. There are many origin stories of the high five, but the two most documented candidates are Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke of the Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team on October 2, 1977, and Wiley Brown …
The value of coaches as great teachers has probably never been higher than it is in the distracted world we live in today. Colleague Dave Siroty penned this piece on Seton Hall’s longtime baseball skipper Mike Sheppard, who passed away this past week. “Shep” along with a handful of other coaches like the late Rutgers …
#FakeNews is the bane of everyone all year long. Except on April 1. If you’re a naturally mischievous person, April Fool’s is actually one of the best days of the year. Communications people are often at the center of their brand’s pranks. Spending their days writing so many straight news stories and press releases, it’s …
We are almost at April Fool’s Day, always a chance still for the most creative to casually try their luck at putting one over…in an era of #Fakenews, we will be on the look for some good ones, but here are some best practices in and around sports of years past. NASCAR driver Aric Almirola …
“In the future, everyone will have a podcast and an email newsletter for 15 minutes.” That little tweet from my longtime friend and colleague Jim Maiella really summed up the rush to storytell and create authoritative share of voice these days, albeit into a crowded marketplace and sometimes, without fully know who, why and where …
It is getting to be tax time in the U.S. As April 15 approaches, the whining and hand wrenching for those who may have paid enough, or not too much, or aren’t sure, gets to be more and more. Almost like the visit for root canal, tax time can bring on that feeling of dread. …