Tweet A few months ago, I wrote a post about how to write headlines. I shared this post with an online group to get feedback and comments. Though I got a couple of positive comments, I did receive one comment that was a bit catty, in my opinion, and which riled me up a little. …

Tweet Public relations and media relations emphasize the art of the message. Good messaging means bringing out the best of an organization, a product, a service. It also includes minimizing bad press, bad reviews, and just plain bad vibes. A couple of weeks ago, in an interview with Parade magazine, Brad Pitt commented on his …

Tweet The Emmys aired last night with roughly the same viewership as last year’s (13.5 million viewers).Though the opening sequence was pretty cheesy, with host, Jane Lynch of Glee fame walking through TV Land and singing about the foibles of TV shows,  the one surprising appearance of the evening (for me, at least, and I …

Tweet No doubt, blogging has become a daily requirement for all businesses. It’s no longer a question of “to blog or not to blog”, but more of “why aren’t you blogging?” Bloggers come in all forms, practices and walks, and blogging is the channel to vent, muse, inform, and converse. As social media continues to …

Tweet There’s good publicity – and then there’s bad publicity. The oft-said quote, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” forgets to mention that end of that phrase: “except your own obituary”. I think Jersey Shore’s The Situation might be coming upon his own mortality. Abercrombie & Fitch, known for their controversially sexy ads, recently …

Tweet Okay, so you’ve surreptitiously logged onto my website, wondering when I would officially go live. What’s this “re-design” I am referring to, you wonder. What is On High Heels about? Shoes? Glamour? Fashion? Is it an online store? What? What? If you’ve made it this far, thanks for staying the course with me! On …