Text is out, out, out. Images are in, in, in. That’s one of the many takeaways I picked up at the Chicago Integrated Communications Forum today, presented by Business Development Institute and PR Newswire. Packed to capacity, this event featured three keynote presentations and a panel discussion. I participated on […]
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If it’s anything like last year, Social Media Week Chicago will have this town buzzing for months. Now a late September tradition, and an international event, Social Media Week 2012 is September 24-28. Social Media Week Chicago Events All events are free to attend and open to the public. The […]
What’s old is new again. Prehistoric cave dwellers used drawings to tell stories that combined information and data. Today, when images and information come together we call them infographics. Today’s guest author, Gauri Sharma, CEO of Lab42, gives us three insights into what goes into making data more visual: storytelling, […]
On August 18, the American Marketing Association [AMA] held a reception in Chicago to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Founded in 1937 at the University of Illinois, the AMA is global network of over 30,000 members. As a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign marketing grad, I was on the guest list. […]
“What you wear says who you are.” Barbara Glass For a few hours on August 24th, I got to experience what it takes to be fashionably successful. Sitting alongside fashion industry experts, I listened in as they shared career advice with students at The Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. […]
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did.” Mark Twain August is my company’s anniversary month. A little over twenty years ago, I decided to trade in my national sales manager corporate title to become a pioneering mompreneur. […]
via @DeluxeCorp: Congrats to Barbara Rozgonyi! CoryWest Media is the Deluxe small business of the week! Learn more at http://bit.ly/M450yT @wiredprworks Over a year ago, I attended an affiliate event here in Chicago. This image is from our outing to a Wrigley rooftop. One of the sponsors, Deluxe, asked me […]
It’s August already. Summer is slipping away. But don’t let this supposedly slow time of year fool you. It may seem like 80% of the world is out of the office, but the truth is that it’s business as usual for reporters, Facebook friends, twitter followers and LinkedIn connections. So […]
Do you have power? That’s the question that’s been buzzing around in my town. For three days, for us, the answer was no. A tumultuous storm passed through on Sunday, knocking out power, shutting down businesses and leaving tons of tree debris in its wake. Knowing that so many, many […]
While the total number of blogs is going up, a recent study says the number of businesses who blog is going down. Why is that? Back in June 2006, when I started blogging, there was no competition from other social media channels. Today, the world’s a different place. Competing for […]
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