Author Archives: Alison Bailin
Getting the RIGHT Work Done – Part One
Alison Bailin | Sep 5, 2013
Ever feel like your work is never done? Or, perhaps, like you will never catch up? It’s because it isn’t – and you won’t. We are fighting a losing battle with our phones, email, managers, mentors, mentees, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and about a dozen other mediums that pile up with our workloads. But, as Stuart […]
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#MediaMonday – Mike Atkinson
Alison Bailin | Aug 26, 2013
In perhaps the most surprising conversation I have had in recent memory, in my last conversation with Mike Atkinson, president and CEO of Arizona Big Media, we ended up talking our backyard, and how much cooler his is then mine. I know, random. But, in addition to putting out Az Business Magazine, Scottsdale Living Magazine, […]
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#MediaMonday – Dan Bickley
Alison Bailin | Aug 5, 2013
It is not often that my husband, Brian, is jealous. But today’s #MediaMonday Man is going to make him downright green with envy. Don’t worry – it is not what you are thinking. Get your minds out of the gutter, blogosphere! Over the past few months, I’ve had the chance to work with the one-and-only […]
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Top 10 Reasons YOU Have a (NOT) PR Problem
Alison Bailin | July 24, 2013
All too often, we see celebrities who have built brands for themselves get into major crisis communications situations for one reason or another (or many). And, when in crisis mode, the media all all all too often refer to the situation as a PR Problem, sometimes joking the PR team behind said celebrity should be […]
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#MediaMonday – Mark Asher
Alison Bailin | July 8, 2013
I’ve never been accused of being a “girly girl.” In fact, I take great pride in the fact that I know more about NBA Playoff stats (where Lebron has proven in recent weeks that he will never match Mike – bwahahahaha) and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish’s on-going football team woes, than I do about […]
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#MediaMonday – Jeremy Stevens
Alison Bailin | June 17, 2013
Fun fact – HMA’s own Scott Hanson was once an ace television reporter. It’s true – and it was in the 1980s, so he did it with a PERM! (think Mr. Brady in the later years of the Brady Bunch). Much like our Mr. Hanson, we have another ace television star in our midst – […]
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The Whole Kitten Caboodle
Alison Bailin | Apr 12, 2013
Yesterday, my world was shattered when Abbie noticed I used the phrase “the whole kitten caboodle” in a blog post. At first, I thought she – a clear dog person – was just giving me, “a clear kitty person” a hard time, as so many of you dog lovers do. (Ahem!). But, apparently the phrase […]
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Get Wack(er)ed Out with Us!
Alison Bailin | Apr 11, 2013
As most of you know, the team at HMA has been working hard to help plan and promote the PRSA Western District Conference, which is coming to the Valley for the first time in decades next week. In fact, our own Abbie S. Fink is co-chair of the whole kitten caboodle with PR buddy, Michelle […]
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#MediaMonday – Marc Buckhout
Alison Bailin | Apr 8, 2013
The Valley really is the smallest “big city” of all time. Get this: For the past several years, I have not only been pitching the Foothills Focus, which is a popular weekly newspaper covering all things in Anthem, Black Canyon City, Carefree, Cave Creek, Desert Hills, New River, north Phoenix and north Scottsdale, on a […]
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#MediaMonday – The Tishin Update Edition
Alison Bailin | Mar 25, 2013
In September 2011, we profiled proud Arcadian media gal Tishin Donkersley about her life, work and everything in between as part of our regular #MediaMonday profile series. It was a match made in heaven for us and Tishin, as everyone at HMA became quick friends with the then-Green Living AZ editor. Today, we are pleased […]
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#MediaMonday – Terrance Thornton
Alison Bailin | Mar 18, 2013
The Valley is nothing if not segmented — and then segmented within its segments. Take Scottsdale, for example. There’s Old Town, Arcadia, North Scottsdale, etc. Or what about the Southeast Valley? There’s Chandler, but also San Tan, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, and so on. Don’t even get me started on the Phoenix/Ahwatukee/Central Corridor/Downtown/Desert Ridge/West Side segmentation. […]
READ MOREMedia Training Outliers
Alison Bailin | Jan 10, 2013
As most of you know, Abbie was recently featured on ESPN! Her insight was brilliant – focused on how those “boring” sound bites from athletes are really just them hitting their message points in sometimes-emotional moments. If you missed it, click here. Anyhow, I agree with her concepts wholeheartedly, especially today with morality and social […]
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