Twittering tips for dummies

By on January 23rd, 2009 In Best Practices

The other day someone sent me a link to a blog by New York Times tech columnist David Pogue about how to use Twitter from a beginners perspective. I admit I’ve been slow to jump on the Twitter bandwagon, mostly because I didn’t see much value beyond tweeting about your blog posts to drive traffic. [...]

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Have any clients going Cardinals crazy?

By on January 23rd, 2009 In ValleySource

Republic reporter Chad Graham is looking for companies that are doing interesting, fun or otherwise above-and-beyond promotions around the Arizona Cardinals historic Super Bowl appearance. If you have a client that fits the bill or know of a company that’s doing something cool, drop Chad a note at chad.graham@arizonarepublic.com or call him at 602-444-8577.

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First BizAZ, now Arizona Woman bites the dust

By on January 22nd, 2009 In Media

The Arizona Republic quietly announced today that Arizona Woman magazine will become a regular feature within AZ magazine, thus ending the stand-along status of the venerable glossy. This is really a shame because Arizona Woman was a solid publication and an important vehicle to showcase interesting and successful Valley women. The article claims the change [...]

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Meghan McCain’s new writing gig

By on January 20th, 2009 In People

So ‘change has come’ to Meghan McCain, too. The blogger at McCainBlogette.com (and as most of our readers know, daughter of John McCain), says she is turning the page. She has taken up a new writing gig with The Daily Beast. Her first post features mom Cindy, with some revelations about what it meant to [...]

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D-Backs seek communications interns

By on January 20th, 2009 In Jobs

The Arizona Diamondbacks have let us know they are looking for two interns to join the communications staff for the 2009 season. Great opportunity for students or recent graduates: The D-backs are seeking to hire two interns to assist the Communications Department in the areas of player and media relations, corporate communications and publications. We [...]

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Tucson Citizen gets closure deadline; Clear Channel Radio axes 1,500

By on January 19th, 2009 In Media

Add the Tucson Citizen to the list of newspapers that will meet its demise if a buyer is not found. Gannett reportedly has said that if the Citizen is not sold by March 21 it will cease publication of the afternoon daily. I was surprised by the circulation number in the story that reports the paper only [...]

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