When we signed on to Twitter on Monday we noticed that “Qwikster” is a trending hashtag. So we searched Qwikster online and noted the news that Netflix is breaking the company up into separate DVD-by-mail and streaming units.
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Lessons Learned from 9/11
Conference Call Coping
Words we don’t usually hear: “Oh, boy, I’ve got a conference call coming up.”
OK, so perhaps it’s a good news call because you landed a new client with a knock-your-socks-off proposal. Read more
5 Ways to Listen Better
The TED (Technology, Entertainment & Design) Conference is a series of well known meetings where leaders share ideas, concepts and discoveries.
If you haven’t been invited to the California sessions or the offshoots around the globe, the next best thing are the TED videos. Read more
CEO Achilles Heels: The Dare Devil
A Good Radio Interview Requires More Than A Strong Voice
I learned a long time ago while working in radio news that there was a lot more to being a good interview or interviewer on-air than having a deep voice. You had to SOUND good to the AUDIENCE, and sounding good on radio involves much more than being a baritone. Read more
Gaining customers and reputation: #Overthe405?
Kudos to JetBlue for seizing a marketing victory from the jaws of a potential crisis. Just before Los Angeles transportation authorities shut down Interstate 405 (The 405), for 53 hours of repairs, Jet Blue soared onto the scene offering $4 flights from Burbank to Long Beach to bypass the traffic snarl up.
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Rupert Murdoch juggernaut hits speed bumps
The decision by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation to abandon its bid for full control of British Sky Broadcasting comes in the wake of the scandal that caused the shuttering of The News of the World. Read more
A New World Pattern: Hacking Followed by Regulating
The scandal and shutdown of one of News Corp’s biggest media tabloid properties – News of the World – provides a bumper crop of crisis response lessons and warnings. Read more