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The Wax Blog
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Marketing and PR advice plus opinionated postings on everything from politics to Britney's new album.
Recent Posts
7 steps to bigger marketing muscle in 2010
I tell my clients that marketing is a lot like working out – you have to be consistent or you won’t see results. No one expects to see muscles popping out all over after one visit to the gym. For the same reaons you can’t expect ...
Tiger or Glambert – choosing your voice in a crisis
We’ve had some juicy celebrity crisis’ lately that make writing this post lots of fun. When your company, product or personal brand encounters a crisis it’s important to decide what ‘voice’ you’re going to use. C...
Gut Wrenching Fear – the tagline for owning a small business
I’m straying way off course and off schedule in honor of the 7th anniversary of Wax Marketing – today! My biggest lesson? Dealing with the big GWF – the gut wrenching fear that comes with owning a small business. I don’t think...
Crisis communications in the 2.0 world
Hopefully you haven’t had a crisis that made you pull your hair out but chances are, if you stay in business it will come sooner or later. Communicating during crisis is a big topic – but content is scarce on this one so I’m going t...
Is bad press really like bad breath?
We’ve got a gossip columnist here in Minneapolis who trashed me (in print AND on air no less) after which one of my clients called me and quoted George Plimpton – bad press is like bad breath, it’s better than no breath at all. Bu...
How to know if you should fire your PR rep
Flacks get a lot of, well, FLACK. Some of it deserved and some of it not. If you’re a new product, new author, small business or otherwise lower profile brand it can take a long time to establish a media footprint, digital or otherwise. Getting...

