Opportunity Knocking tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1811766 2010-02-01T14:50:00-05:00 It's everywhere when you know where to look. TypePad Earbuds and Record Players, Not Six Disc Changers: Music and Consumers in the Digital Age tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0128773c1762970c 2010-02-01T14:50:00-05:00 2010-02-01T14:50:01-05:00 CD's have declined in the digital age because they don't produce the same authenticity as records nor the convenience of mp3s. What's your preferred medium through which to consume music? David Chapman Just another Tiger Woods Blog... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0120a811ce3c970b 2010-01-26T10:57:58-05:00 2010-01-26T10:57:58-05:00 I know we all are probably suffering from Tiger Woods overload at this point. Although the media storm had died down and it had been six weeks since another mistress came out of the woodwork or vague statement had been posted on Tigers' Web site, I couldn’t resist. David Chapman He Tweets, She Tweets, Everybody Tweet Tweets: Tools to make sense of Twitter mania tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0120a7e7a6b3970b 2010-01-18T12:24:24-05:00 2010-01-18T12:23:56-05:00 Whether you like it or not, Twitter has taken the social media world by storm. Its user members are still dwarfed in comparison to Facebook's or Myspace's numbers but the site experienced more than a 2500% increase in users in May 2009. And though numbers suggest that the 2009 summer spike was followed by a brief flat-lined period, by January 11, 2010, Twitter had almost quadrupled its 2008 member numbers - going from roughly 6 million users to 22 million users. David Chapman Business Week Warns “Beware Social Media Snake Oil” tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0120a72dab45970b 2009-12-08T10:30:00-05:00 2009-12-08T10:30:00-05:00 I read a great article from BusinessWeek recently entitled “Beware Social Media Snake Oil.”The article discussed whether or not you can really measure the ROI of social media like you can with traditional PR measures and whether trying out new campaigns through social media is really the right move for... David Chapman It's called the telephone - use it tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0120a6a963b6970c 2009-11-04T16:07:39-05:00 2009-12-08T09:57:40-05:00 Everyone has a purpose during each and every workday. Calling on the services of others is typically a standard procedure no matter what your position. Working in the PR and Marketing world you must rely on others to call you back when you are asking a question, pitching a story... David Chapman Obama Pol-Cation Tour? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0120a54b7991970c 2009-08-14T11:15:00-04:00 2009-08-14T11:15:00-04:00 Like most of his predecessors - President Obama’s image has been up and down during his first year in office. Now, in an effort to keep his approval ratings up he has taken to the road. I’m talking about his healthcare policy and his work to gain support around it.... David Chapman Marketing Opportunities Await, Is “The Machine” Man Enough to Make them Work? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b011572031d2f970b 2009-07-15T10:00:00-04:00 2009-07-15T10:54:51-04:00 What do you think when you think of Albert Pujols? Triple Crown Threat? World Series Champ? Half-Man, Half-Machine? Regardless, whether you’re a Cards lover or hater it’s impossible to pinpoint a weakness in his game. Just look at his stats this year: .332 BA, 32 HR, 87 RBI, .456 OBP,... David Chapman Opportunity Knocking Wins Ad Agency Blog of the Month! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0115710e5fa1970c 2009-07-14T10:15:00-04:00 2009-07-14T10:15:00-04:00 During the heart of baseball season, the online world witnessed a different type of fierce competition as the 919 Marketing blog held strong in Michael Gass’ Fuel Lines blog’s Ad Agency Blog of the Month contest. In a tight race that went down to the wire, Opportunity Knocking outlasted the... David Chapman Hang Your Hat On These Business Moves tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b011570e79378970c 2009-07-08T15:05:00-04:00 2009-07-08T15:05:00-04:00 CNN Money recently published their mid-year edition of the “Dumbest Moments in Business 2009 - Midyear Edition.” The list is certainly interesting, or possibly upsetting, depending on whether you want to laugh or cry about decisions some of these multi-million dollar executives are making. When I first saw the headline... David Chapman One Blogs Favorite Blogs tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a010536eee547970b0115719addb1970b 2009-07-03T09:30:00-04:00 2009-07-03T09:30:00-04:00 Being a blogger myself (albeit an inconsistent one) and hoping that people value my “insight”, I like to reciprocate by reading other people’s blogs as well. Now I would like to give credit where credit is due. The following is a list of blogs that I have linked up to... David Chapman