Audiworld fans go to town
In case you haven’t been following the Audi saga, I made two posts about Audi and the Audi brand, and it pissed a few people off. 1 – Getting blasted on the Audi S8 2 – The problem with Audi I got...
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Toyota teaches a lesson in branding
Toyota could teach a thing or two to the auto industry about branding. Volkswagen Group, listen up. I made this case about the Volkswagen Phaeton, and I’ve made this case twice about the Audi S8....
View ArticleFinally, a decent response on Audi
If you’ve been following the Audi saga here at RussPage.net, you’ve noticed a lot of AudiWorld.com folks have little ability to make an intelligent comment that doesn’t end in some childish remark....
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Wikipedia a threat to Google? Rubel was dead wrong.
When I read Steve Rubel write that Wikipedia was a threat to Google I thought he was being outlandish and ridiculous. I wouldn’t normally point out something like this, and I hope Steve isn’t offended,...
View ArticleWeekend roundup: Edwards, Obama, Rockefeller and Rubel.
I wrote a number of posts over the weekend. Here they all are in one place. Wikipedia a threat to Google? Rubel was dead wrong. When I read Steve Rubel write that Wikipedia was a threat to Google I...
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The Honus Wagner baseball card and the price of character.
Even if you aren’t a fan of baseball, you’ve likely heard about the extremely rare Honus Wagner baseball cards. One recently sold for $2.35 million. – via SI.com. If I’ve learned anything from...
View ArticleGlobal warming: a poor choice of words?
There’s a bit of a problem with the whole idea of global warming. Global isn’t bad and neither is warming. Global, earth, world, planet . . . they’re all nice words. Warming? That reminds me of cocoa,...
View ArticleA sad, sad, twitterpated world
“When the news cycle is reduced to seconds, rumours become facts even when they’re not true.” – Seth Godin
View ArticleAre you happy in your job?
I’m pretty happy in my current employment, but I’ve always made a habit of seeing who’s hiring in the marketing and PR fields in the Utah market. Am I looking? No. But, I like to see what kind of work...
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Jaycee Carroll: 500 shots a day
“His afternoons are spent on the court taking some 500 shots a day as part of his workouts.” – SLTrib.com. “His,” or he, is USU basketball star Jaycee Carroll, and he’s hoping to get the call from...
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How to get a job in PR
Newspapergrl struck a chord with a post about getting fired. It got me thinking about how many jobs I’ve had since I was 13, so I decided to follow the trail of how I came to work in public relations,...
View ArticleNeed your help on Universal Healthcare
Here’s the deal. I’ve seen Michael Moore’s SiCKO movie that makes the case for the U.S. to move to a Universal Healthcare system, and I already had some feelings on the issue before I had ever seen it....
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Why Mitt Romney avoids the question
A post by Connor Boyack gave me the inspiration for the following. Let me be very clear before I write this; I find that I rarely disagree with Connor, and this is merely a different perspective on his...
View ArticleGiorgio Armani on pricing a product
“The products that are moving out of the stores the fastest are those that are most expensive.†Giorgio Armani
View ArticleSputnik documentary and the Cold War
My old pals over at Politis are helping to promote a new documentary about Sputnik. It’s amazing to see how the media perpetuates the absolutely insane idea that somehow the survival of the Western...
View ArticleOrem Owlz mess up
I haven’t talked much about Spinjas.com, but it’s now live and has been for a month or more. There’s an excellent post over there about how the Orem Owlz tried to stonewall the local press because they...
View ArticleFlight of the Conchords – A Texan Odyssey
Flight of the Conchords. 1) My new favorite television show… called . . . drum roll . . . Flight of the Conchords. 2) Formerly New Zealand’s fourth most popular folk parody duo (that’s their tagline)....
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Utah PR guy gets tracked by a Coyote. No, seriously.
My good friend and local Utah PR guy Clayton Blackham got tracked by a coyote while running one Saturday morning in Little Cottonwood Canyon. You’ve really gotta read this . . . As I got on one knee...
View ArticleBrain Age 2: the MOST effective commercials ever made
The new Brain Age 2 commercials put together by Golin Harris are the most effective television commercials I have ever seen (by far) period. Did I say period? When was the last time you saw a...
View ArticleMore on the supposed Lamborghini crash
Yesterday I wrote about how the story of Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs crashing his Lamborghini and leaving it was suspicious. Chicago Bears linebacker leaves his crashed Lamborghini. Why?...
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