The Fade out of Video Stores

A few of my friends and I recently had a conversation about how the video store industry has got to be on the verge of collapse. In all honestly, how many of you still make the trip to the go to video store? My guess is, is that most people do not. There are so [...]

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Two Young Eugene Filmmakers are “In Focus” With Making Great Videos

Two of my close friends, Tyler Macklin and Michael Miller, recently finished creating a music video. Tyler directed, filmed and edited the piece, while Michael helped with creative input and lent his skills in visual effects. The video is far beyond amateur quality and deserves to be seen, so I figured I would take the [...]

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My First, Official Public Relations Media Coverage

Although it has been anything but a quick or small task, my first media coverage, based on my public relations work, has finally arrived!
I have been working on a freelance public relations project with Sharon M. Brandsma, author of “Glory Rose and the Gloaming” for over a month now. In that time I have put [...]

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The Importance of Learning how to Write Strong PR Proposals

Right now, I am taking J453: PR Planning and Problems, with John Mitchell. In that class we focus almost entirely on writing “winning” PR proposals. Professor Mitchell has us work in groups of three to four, which change every case study, so we learn how to collaboratively work with a diverse range or personalities.
So far, [...]

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One Dollar can buy A lot More Than you Think

Although many of us were happily distracted by the election results last week, I think we’re all slowly but surely coming back to the reality of America’s economic situation. We may be in better hands with Obama as our commander in chief, but he (and we) certainly have one tough job ahead of us.
This brings [...]

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Obama’s Success With Social Media

Last night Americans witnessed a historical and landmark election come to a close with Barack Obama as the clear winner of who America trusts to be our next leader of change. I am very pleased and relieved with our decision.

After watching a segment on CNN talking about Obama’s campaign as being the best political campaign [...]

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Pitching PR Story Ideas to Reporters

Last week I began to pitch the news release I wrote for book I’m promoting, “Glory Rose and the Gloaming.” Let me tell you, in one week, I learned a lot about what one should do when trying to pitch your story idea to a reporter for media coverage.
1. First of all, remember that [...]

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