http://www.ahacreative.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:07:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Happy New Year. For all of us at AHA, the start of a new year is always filled with excitement, anticipation and potential. We’re looking forward to 2008 and the work we will get to do with our clients. 2008 marks the 5th anniversary of AHA Creative Strategies. While ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2008/01/02/happy-new-year/ Communication is a wonderful thing, and as a communication specialist, I am happier than most people (I think) for blackberries, wireless Internet connections in coffee shops and that my clients, my business partner, our strategic partners, our staff and the media can reach me when they need me. It’s a bit ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/10/01/there-is-no-such-thing-as-an-all-access-pass/ Sometimes it is the simplest actions that are ignored or forgotten. This week alone I have counted 22 emails that have come in to me from colleagues, clients and potential suppliers that have not had contact information on them. Not only does this create a challenge in getting back to ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/09/19/can-i-please-have-your-number/ I recently chatted with my friend and colleague Ken McQueen. Ken is the Bureau Chief for Vancouver for Maclean’s Magazine. He covers the West Coast of Canada and the U.S. for the magazine and is one of the best journalists around. I asked Ken to tell me what he wants ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/07/30/pitching-macleans-read-this-first/ I have a profile on MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube. I spend time on all these sites – sometimes for fun, often in looking at them through the eyes of my clients – thinking if this would this be a good place for them to be. There are several new ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/07/16/how-reliable-are-friends/ What's a blog for -- if not to talk to a great person that will come and join our team! Below is the ad we have put out for a PR coordinator! AHA Creative Strategies, a boutique PR firm with its head office in beautiful Gibsons, B.C. (on the Sunshine Coast) ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/06/25/were-looking-for-a-great-pr-coordinator/ By now, many people have heard about (or seen) the on-air fight that View hosts Rosie O’Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck had in front of millions of people. Naturally, like anything embarrassing, controversial or amusing, the video ended up on YouTube. This is a perfect example of how people can lose it ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/05/29/the-view%e2%80%99s-rosie-and-elisabeth-get-into-it-on-the-air/ What will a blog do for me? (That’s the question right?) I spent a couple of hours yesterday speaking with a roomful of lively and smart women at the Professional Women’s Network group in downtown Vancouver. Notice I say WITH not to … it was an interactive exchange of ideas, experience, ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/05/25/whats-in-it-for-me-blogging-i-mean/ I am often asked why an entrepreneur, small business, CEO or multinational company’s employees should blog…is it worth the time and effort, does it have a return-on-investment or a ROB (return-on-blog)? YES! According to a wide-range of surveys, it is estimated that there are more than 80 million blogs on the ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/05/04/what-is-the-point-of-blogging/ Public Relations has changed drastically over the past two years. Blogs and blogging are a part of day-to-day life, so are podcasts (audio files that can be downloaded to an MP3 player) and vodcasts (video files that can be viewed on your computer). And – like it or not – as ... http://www.ahacreative.com/blog/2007/04/24/the-emperor-has-no-clothes-online/