Archive for September 2010
PR Blunder or Just Desserts?
This is a guest post by Lisa Samuelson, founder of Samuelson Communications. Recently Steve Jobs was incredibly rude to a journalism student who was working on an assignment about iPads as a teaching tool. When the PR department at Apple didn’t respond to her many calls and emails, she found Steve Jobs’ email and reached…
Read MoreAre Seattleites Lacking in Hospitality?
I was talking to someone from the Midwest who stated that we Seattleites are not very hospitable when guests stop by our homes. This person claimed that in the Midwest, if someone came by the house the host would drop everything and offer the guest something nice to drink, like fresh squeezed lemonade, and a…
Read More7 Etiquette Best Practices for Your Next Networking Event
This is a guest post by Matt Heinz, founder and principal of Heinz Marketing, LLC. You’ve seen what not to do. You’ve likely experienced it more than once. The guy who talks only about himself. The contact who’s constantly scanning the room for someone else. The sales rep who paid good money to be there,…
Read MoreHow Not to Go Mad as a Host or Guest
I have been consumed by Mad Men madness. I think what’s so compelling about the show is witnessing a way of life that is so foreign from our lives today. A way of life that included a three martini lunch followed by a scotch on the rocks afternoon meeting; cigarettes being smoked everywhere including the…
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