Tag Archives: pitch

Has your pitch evolved along with your practice?

In my discussions with financial advisors, I get the feeling that many of us are naturally good salesmen (that’s how we got here in the first place). The problem is that because we’ve been naturally good at convincing clients to entrust us with their investment portfolios we haven’t given enough thought/training/practice to the actual pitch [...]

PR 2.0 Taboo Words

What words do you think of when you see a blog post titled, “PR 2.0 Taboo Words?” Are there really any taboo words? Well, there are a few words that immediately pop into my mind because I think they apply more to traditional communications. I’m not sure if they have a home in the new PR landscape, at least not the same way that they did before social media.

The Influencer’s Dilemma: The Battle For Mindshare Amid Media Turmoil

Expert Series: Louis GraySourceSuccessful businesses are always making choices and sacrifices, strategically looking as to how they are going to prioritize their resources, including human capital, budgets, and, of course, time. As the world around them adapts, so too do they need to make changes internally to respond, or to predict where trends are going [...]

Twitter Flutters into Mainstream Culture: The New Competition for Attention Starts with You

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Following the solo media vs. traditional media race that led Twitter into both relevance and irrelevance, the result is that the carefully guarded community and its unique culture are now permanently altered – for better or for worse.
According to estimates sourced by Engadget Editor-in-Chief Ryan Block, Twitter grew by 1.2 million users simply as a [...]