News & Blog

You knew once the FDA got involved in regulating tobacco products some interesting things were going to happen. I read a lot about what’s going on in the tobacco category since I work on a tobacco account, but the recent announcement about the new FDA warning labels...

When I was little and my mom would ask me what I wanted to be when I grow up, I wavered between three answers: 1) Rock star 2) Teacher 3) Pediatrician-Astronaut on the International Space Station In my defense, I did give the first two vocations a whirl. In high...

Not only can smoking give you lung cancer – but now it may get you a date! An innovative company named Blu, has recently tried to take advantage of the social networking wave. They developed an electronic cigarette that releases a nicotine laden vapor into your body...

You know that moment when people talk about how our treatment towards kids is so different than it was “when we were kids?” You might hear someone over the age of 30 say something like, “I used to wear flip flops to ride my bicycle without a helmet, and would stay...

I know that this is kind of a strange question since we should all know ourselves pretty darned well. However, recently I read about a research project from the University of Michigan that focused on how consumers use self-assessments as a guide for what products to...

So you say you have this social media app that you want to launch and are looking to make a really big splash? Hey, that’s easy. Just find yourself an immensely popular, 7-foot-1 basketball player to announce his retirement with it. That’s what “Tout” did yesterday....

Everyone knows the old joke about the camel being the result of a committee effort to design a horse. But when you stop to think about it, a camel is actually a very efficient animal, perfectly suited to its environment and its function. Maybe committees take longer...

I have a new moonlighting gig this spring. I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to teach as an adjunct faculty member in the School of Communications at Elon University near Burlington, NC. I teach a senior-level class in strategic PR campaigns, and it’s a...

I don’t like to write blogs. I usually have a hard time coming up with something interesting to talk about that incorporates my work place and my position - production manager. However, after listening to a story on NPR (Yes! I listen to NPR) a few weeks ago, I was...