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#MediaMonday – Bobby Rich

#MediaMonday – Bobby Rich

 |  Oct 28, 2013

Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Bobby Rich, one of the newest members of the Arizona Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. Bobby is a life-long radio broadcaster, programmer, manager and Tucson’s longest running morning radio personality.  You can hear “The Bobby Rich Morning Mix” on 94.9 MIXfm, Tucson weekdays from 5-9 a.m. He is also […]

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#MediaMonday – Rocky Mountain Emmy Winners Shout-Out Edition

#MediaMonday – Rocky Mountain Emmy Winners Shout-Out Edition

 |  Oct 21, 2013

A HUGE congratulations to the many amazing media friends of ours who took home coveted Emmy Awards during this past weekend’s Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards, honoring the best and brightest in television broadcasting in the region. As secretary of the local Emmy board, and member of the Emmy committee, some special mentions from the big […]

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“What is…” Wednesday – What is customer service?

“What is…” Wednesday – What is customer service?

 |  Oct 16, 2013

In the past, Rachel has written blogs on the power of customer service and social media. She has found success tweeting the companies that she has issues with, and not only getting responses, but getting resolutions. So, when I was having a customer service issue, Rachel suggested I take it to Twitter. And I did. […]

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#MediaMonday – Jack Miller

#MediaMonday – Jack Miller

 |  Oct 14, 2013

We’re getting technical with today’s Media Monday. Jack Miller, a longtime broadcasting veteran who spent his career making people sound good, will be inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame on Oct. 17.   Tickets are available from the ABA. That makes him a two-time hall-of-famer, as he was inducted into the Arizona Music […]

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HMA Wins First International Award!

HMA Wins First International Award!

 |  Oct 10, 2013

As some of you know, Scott was in Sydney, Australia for the last two weeks at a PRGN meeting! Well – for some of it anyways. He was also hanging out with some snakes… Once at the meeting, the awards for 2013 PRGN Best Practice Award were handed out. HMA was awarded its first international […]

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Relevance and Resonance — The Two Important R’s for Blogging

Relevance and Resonance — The Two Important R’s for Blogging

 |  Oct 9, 2013

Why is it that when communicating online we are immediately drawn to certain people’s posts/blogs and not to others? Hmmm…that’s a great question. Last week, I participated in Carrie Morgan’s #PRProChat on blogging, where one of the participants gave a simple answer to that question. According to Gerard Corbett, chair and CEO at Redphlag LLC, […]

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#MediaMonday – Emmy Edition

#MediaMonday – Emmy Edition

 |  Oct 7, 2013

Congratulations are in order to several of our broadcast colleagues this morning, as the nominees for the 2013 Rocky Mountain Emmys have been announced. With the actual honorees set to be awarded on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the University of Phoenix Stadium during the annual Emmy Gala, we wanted to take a moment to recognize […]

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What is it about Libras and communicators?

What is it about Libras and communicators?

 |  Oct 3, 2013

Thanks to Facebook, we get a daily reminder of our friends’ upcoming birthdays. When I glanced at the list late last week I realized I have quite a few friends in the communications industries whose birthdays fall under the Libra astrological sign (including three of us here at HMA). I wonder what it is about […]

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