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Throw Down in the Lou: Emerson vs. AB, or Always Be Prepared
By: Julie Steininger
04/16/2009 - Today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch chronicles a rift between two of St. Louis' top corporations - Emerson and Anheuser-Busch InBev. The ruffled feathers stem from a change in InBev's payment terms with Emerson from 30 to 120 days. Also today, David Farr, Emerson chairman, CEO and…
Unthinkable News for Newspapers
By: Loren Wassell
04/16/2009 - To all that has been written on the Internet's impact on traditional newspapers, a leading expert on the ‘net's effects managed to add significant new thinking a few weeks ago with an essay called "Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable." Newspapers saw the threat from the…
Virginia is for Social Media Lovers
By: Mistie Thompson
04/15/2009 - Our resident social media expert is out and about again! If you’re in the Central Virginia area on Wed., April 29 and are ready for intermediate digital media training, head over to CitySpace in the Downtown Mall for “Social Networking 201: Building Your Online Presence…
Are Macs Losing 'Cool Points' to PCs?
By: Justin Lopinot
04/14/2009 - OK folks, let me get this out of the way off the bat: I'm a pro-PC, anti-Mac guy. I have pretty extensive experience with both, and I just feel like the Apple logo is more about status than it is about quality. "Look at me,…
“The Best Damn Job in the Whole Damn World”
By: Loren Wassell
04/08/2009 - The Chicago Sun-Times recently joined the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Reader in bankruptcy. I’m grateful to the Reader’s “News Bytes” blogger, Michael Miner, for highlighting a post by the Sun-Times’ prize-winning movie critic, Roger Ebert. In “The Best Damn Job in the Whole Damn…
Trader Joe's Unauthorized Commercial
By: Tammy Stankey
03/31/2009 - Although these days I mostly find myself humming something off of U2's No Line on the Horizon CD, today I've found myself humming a little diddy from the Trader Joe's Unauthorized Commercial as posted by Philanthropy.com and being shared around the nonprofit world. I give them…
Being Mindful of “True” Social Media
By: Amber Morris
03/27/2009 - In light of the unfortunate struggle many traditional media outlets are facing, who can deny much of the future of communications and public relations lies in social media? That's why I finally began exploring social media. Guided by Marijean's social media primer, I dipped my toe…
Join in Social Media Research
By: Melissa Lackey
03/27/2009 - For all of you who are research and measurement fans (like me), I wanted to offer a quick heads up. The Society for New Communications Research will be partnering with Beeline Labs and Deloitte on the second annual Tribalization of Business Study. The study focuses…
Social Media, In Real Life and Bacon
By: Chrissy Hugyez
03/27/2009 - Earlier this month, my colleague Marijean, wrote a blog post about the importance of In Real Life interaction. One of my favorite comedians, Jim Gaffigan, must be reading our blog, or he is just really smart. Because I enjoy his style comedy, which is clean…
Teetering on both sides of the Twitter spectrum
By: Justin Lopinot
03/26/2009 - Here at Standing, people fall into two camps when it comes to Twitter: Those who love it and can't stop talking about it. And those who think it's just silly. There's not much in between. As of today, I fall into the latter category. I…
