A couple days ago I tweeted a story from Inc. Magazine’s Tech Blog about the growing class of independent contractors/entrepreneurs. Ever since, I can’t seem to get it out of my head. Seems everywhere I go, I meet new people who are venturing out on their own. Either by choice, or by necessity. But it [...]
Because it’s always worth taking time out to give a shout out to your Dad on his birthday. No matter where you are on life’s adventure.
We love you!
Let me first say that Hyatt is not now nor has it ever been a client. But I have to take some time out on this blog to give them some mad props.
Specifically, I need to give Hyatt Place mad props.
It is a masterful hotel strategy. I don’t know if they intended [...]
This has been my longest stretch without posting. Nearly a week. What’s even stranger, is that this week I’ve encountered not one, but TWO “once in a lifetime” moments. You’d think that would inspire some mad blogging.
But those were mere punctuation marks in a week otherwise fraught with frustration.
It all began with a stomach [...]
Even the folk art on display at JohnstonWells demonstrates the importance that the company places on tenacity. At least the “Intrepid” row boat getting eaten by the Great White gives a whimsical nod to pressing on in the face of adversity. The old-seed-factory-turned-PR-shop filled with similarly impressive folk art also happens to be the first [...]
In the worst of times, advertising and PR people are rivals fighting for coveted marketing dollars. In the best of times, we collaborate on integrated campaigns that deliver real results.
Most times, we’re somewhere in between.
When I sat down at the hipster cafe/bar Shuga’s with Judith Moak, an ad sales executive with Comcast in [...]
After an hour of scouring our friends’ house for the car keys we realized the reason we couldn’t find them was because they were locked in the car.
Most people would call AAA.
But Adventure Jeep rules dictated that we first try to do it ourselves. So after digging through various YouTube “how to” videos we [...]
They say success comes to those who follow their passion.
Do what you love, and you’ll love what you do.
Or something to that effect.
Jim Guttau is proof positive that that statement actually works.
He may not have realized it at the time, but he was destined for a career in PR at the [...]
For all my non-PR pro readers, I realized the PR Week Op-Ed I wrote is a subscription-based article. So I’ve pasted it below.
For the PR pros out there…if you don’t already have a subscription, get one. These cats are on top of the buzz in our industry.
Finding Graceland
Heidi Happonen
August 12, 2009
Inspired by this flagging [...]
Literally and figuratively, I have an expansive view of this journey to-date from my perch at the Mueller State Park campground.
First a note on the altitude. For anyone who has spent any time in this thin air, you may recognize it does a number on you. We’re all beat by about 9pm. Attempting to [...]
