Where does your content live?

Where does your content live?

I was listening to BuzzFeed Canada’s social media editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud give a talk at Social Media Week Toronto. He said about 75% of the content they produce isn’t published on Buzzfeed.com. That surprised me. Here you have a successful digital media outlet...
Five things I learned in 2015

Five things I learned in 2015

I’ve always been a major consumer of content. Like most PR pros, I’m a media junkie, that is, passionate about news. I used to start my days poring over five papers, listening to radio and watching TV. In recent years, that’s been turned into more of...

Past Speaking Appearances

Past Speaking Appearances 2023:   = Syracuse Newhouse School of Communications: Crossing the Generative AI Bridge: Four Trends Transforming Marketing and PR (guest lecture, December 18) = City of Brampton: Crossing the Generative AI Bridge: Four Trends...
Moving from media relations to a more Social PR

Moving from media relations to a more Social PR

I’ve always thought of PR as inherently social. When I started in the business as an entertainment publicist, I spent my days on the phone with one media person or the other, trying to encourage them to come to a screening or show and write about my client. It...