By Shelly Cone Do you remember those days when you were just a kid coming home from school full of stories to tell and your mom would offer you a freshly-made cookie, sit down and ask about your day? Yeah, I don’t know what I’m talking about, I didn’t have that mom either. But I…
Category Archives: Getting media publicity
Your press release is too spammy and other submission pitfalls
By Shelly Cone I get lots of inquiries on a daily basis from potential clients looking for press release services. Of those I close a few deals but some decide to go elsewhere for various reasons. Sometimes it’s because of price, other times it’s because they aren’t sure what they want. But the reason that…
Reaching a life/work balance
I remember seeing an ad somewhere. It featured a father pushing a swing. In the swing, instead of a child was a laptop and his child was actually standing behind him hands on hips, wondering what was up. The message asked “Are you spending too much time with your computer?” Is that like a total…
Living without fear
I know this is the time when everyone talks about resolutions. Blech, I know, excuse me while I make a sound similar to a cat coughing up a hairball. Not that resolutions are a bad thing. I just think we should be making resolutions all year long, not just because the calendar changed and magically…
I heart the Elan Form Etch for iPhone
Recently Griffin Technology sent me an iPhone hard-shell case to review. I don’t often do reviews, but I had just bought the Griffin Woogie for iPhone, and I absolutely loved it. Griffin has some other interesting products so before I ordered anything else I thought this would be a great way to test out a…