Blog Detail
The "Betty" factor
http://www.thebettyfactor.com
The "Betty" Factor blog is designed to be a forum of discussion for all things marcom. The discussion is intended to highlight the best and worst of the industry as well as to discuss the various dynamics of strategic marketing in the Web 2.0 world.
Recent Posts
Betty Benton Mann, the “Betty” Behind the Betty Factor, Died Friday Morning
Betty Mann (of "The Betty Factor" fame) Betty Benton Mann, my 83-year-old mother-in-law and the inspiration behind The Betty Factor, died in her sleep early Friday morning, December 4, 2009 of health matters incident to old age and having h...
More Than 50 PR Tips and Counting
I mentioned two weeks back that we’re crafting a free list of Politis PR Tips on the Politis Communications web site. Well . . . we’re still at it and we’re now at 50 tips (and counting). They cover a whole raft of topics, ranging...
Becoming Socially Ambidextrous
Why Using Two or More Social Networks is Becoming the Norm Today’s blog post by Brian Solis (”The Competition for Your Social Graph“) got me thinking: Do I use more than one social network? And if so, why? And if you don’t, ...
35 PR Tips and Counting
Call it a sales/marketing ploy; call it an altruistic effort to give back and/or pay it forward; either way, it doesn’t matter to me what you call it. But I started a little effort a few months ago on the Politis Communications Website called P...
PR Hoax Hurts Integrity of National Press Club
Whether you work in the field of Public Relations or just happen to be a news junkie, chances are you already know about the PR hoax perpetrated this Monday to call into question the stance taken by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on climate change. In ...
Marketing Lessons Learned by Running
Fifty-one beats per minute (51bpm). As of this week, that’s my resting heart rate low, and in fact, it’s my lowest heart rate since I was in college more years ago than I want to admit. Although I’ve always been a pretty active guy ...

