Thanking God 2020 will end soon, looking forward to a better New Year!
It would be easy to cry and sing the blues as loud as humanly possible, but to what outcome? As a result of the coronavirus, we all have suffered to some extent in 2020. We witnessed first-hand family, friends and associates suffer loss and despair previously unthought of pre-Covid! Business staples of our communities have […]
Content Chaos Is Coming
What is coming after this pandemic in regards to information overload is going to be something that this world has never seen previously. The manipulation of minds will be staggering. Who to believe, what to believe will be etched in the world psyche. Many will be numb to it. Some will believe just about anything […]
Pirates Season Wrap-Up: Silver Linings in a Season of Disappointment
The Pirates closed their season this past Sunday and ended up with a record of 82-79, finishing just above .500 after a season that many anticipated would be much worse.
September 2018 Newsletter
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Come One, Come All: Deutschtown Music Festival
I’ve adopted Pittsburgh’s North Side as my second home over the past year since EM-Media opened up its James Street office. One of the things I love most about our neighborhood is its eclectic style, and one of the biggest contributors to that style is the annual Deutschtown Music Festival, which will take place this […]
Time to Celebrate! Telly Awards 2018
We’re excited to share that we have won two Telly Awards for our work with personal injury firm Gold, Khourey & Turak and Mid-East Ohio Regional Council (MEORC). The Telly Awards were created in 1979 to showcase “excellence in local, regional and cable television commercials with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after,” according […]
The Pirates’ PR Nightmare and How They Can Fix It
More than a week has come and passed since my May 30 post about the poor decision making by the Pittsburgh Pirates ball club. At that time, I wrote that our team had won only 2 of its last 11 games. Since then, we have only won 5 of our last 20. That statement about […]
Pirates are helping no one, hurting everyone by poor decision making
Having been a season ticket holder for longer than many Pittsburgh Pirate fans have been alive, I’m invested in this team. I sometimes question whether or not the passion that I carry for the club is reciprocated by the organization.
We Are Family, So Let’s Act Like It.
Now that the dust has mostly settled from an uproarious offseason in Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, and our squad is down in Bradenton, Florida, for spring training, I wanted to share my take on what is going on within the organization. I want to explore these glaring issues from my three perspectives: as a business […]
Social Media 101 – Understanding the basics
One question we get asked the most by businesses in the Pittsburgh market is what social media platforms they should use to advertise their business. The truth is that it is not a one-size-fits-all answer. Every business is different. Goals are different. Audiences and clients are different. Your social media strategy should be uniquely positioned […]