It’s Valentine’s weekend, and whether you’re in a romantic relationship or not, love is in the air. It’s possible that one of your most important relationships is being neglected – the one between your job and you!
Consider this: You spend at least 24% of your life at work. For most people it is likely more. That’s a full quarter of your time that is accounted for in the office. Dedicating such a large chunk of time to something you don’t ...
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Posted by John Pilmer on Apr 14, 2014 in Blog, Business | 12 comments
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usiness can be one of the most fulfilling experiences in your life. It can also be stressful, frustrating, and at times feel like a terrible decision.
Luckily, you can learn from those who have gone before ...
We are all familiar with the old adage, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” There have been many throughout time that started off as what would be considered a failure. For example, Thomas Edison, failed 1000’s of times while trying to create his light bulb.
When asked about it by a reporter, he said, “I have ...
Social Media, blogs, and Internet self-publishing have unleashed the public as editor-in-chief of their own comment section for online media. Much changed from the newspaper one-way push publication of the past, the new media forces editorial-based traditional media to create new policies for dealing with those blankety-blank comments authored by unfiltered sources.
Whole new PR practices like Online Reputation Management spring from this social phenomenon. Rude behavior is on the rise for some reason as discussed in major media ...
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This week, Prolacta Bioscience announced a new clinical study just published by the Journal of Pediatrics clearly demonstrating that 100% exclusive human milk based diet for pre-term infants reduces chances of surgery associated with the life threatening disease necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). This reinforces a study in 2009 and points to a new standard of care for ...
There was standing room only at today’s Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) awards event held at Zion’s Bank Canyon Room in downtown Provo. “Boostrapping” start-up Boostability took top honors with a raft of awesome companies nipping at their heels. Of special note this year, the same entrepreneur group posting 2 winners ...
In recent years, the Internet, social media, and PR tech advances have turned the Public Relations (PR) industry on its head. What once was known as traditional press releases, phone pitching, and persuasive speech are now tweets, instagram, and hashtags harnessing the power of smartphones, iPads, and other tablet PC’s. This rapid evolution might even leave Ivy Lee (“father of PR”) speechless if he could see his industry today. Here are five useful, if not mandatory, PR innovations.
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Continue Reading → ShareThanks to Todd Pedersen, Vivint, City of Provo, & the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) for a cool Shark Tank -like event! DAILY HERALD story & VIDEO.
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After the smoke cleared the room, the young entrepreneurial sharpshooters of LunchBox held the coveted UVEF Top Gun trophy in-hand. Such was the “OK Corral” shootout atmosphere of the first annual “Todd’s Top Ten” crowd pitch event presented by UVEF.
In a room full of investors, entrepreneurs, and over ...
Continue Reading → SharePinterest is definitely targeted at the female demographic, although that may change over time. If ever a social media aligned perfectly with a holiday, Pinterest was made for Mother’s Day. You will see a bunch of related graphics celebrating this special day in the next week or so. Here’s one from our client Prolacta, remembering that preemies in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) have mommies too. These moms are under a great deal of stress and could use a ...
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Social Responsibility (CSR) Alert: Do you hear the growing buzz about bees in the news? Why should you care? Well, I volunteer to represent this lowly insect for a few minutes. Experts have dramatically cranked up the news volume reporting drastically reduced honeybee populations. This is a growing problem. Following a slow decades long decline in honeybee ...