What’s that blanket doing under the kitchen sink?

I actually found one not too long ago and wasn’t sure why it was there. (There was a good reason, though I’m not going to get into it.) But it made me think that no matter how hard we try to be organized, humans are drawn to clutter.  Or perhaps clutter is...

PR and sales – cut from the same cloth?

I think we are. And I say that with complete sincerity. (Pause for the sound of people throwing things.)I actually think our profession has a lot more in common with sales than with marketing.For the record, I grew up in sales. My dad owned a couple of fabric and...

Do you complify instead of simplify?

At Palette we have a promise (to our clients and ourselves) that our relationships and work will be based on three pillars: simplicity, energy and integrity. It’s at the heart of everything we do. But lately I’ve noticed that for some people and...

Fixing what’s broken between journalism and PR

On Inside PR #173, my ‘-30-‘ comment, the short POV remarks we’re using to end the show, dealt with a few of the things we need to do to start fixing the pretty much broken relationship between journalism and PR. This is something that must be done....

How much is too much (social media, that is)?

That’s a question I was asked recently in my social media class. And it’s one that comes up a lot. With the proliferation of social networking tools, how much time should we/can we spend on various sites? I’d like to borrow my answer from a...