09/17/09 02:57 PM Filed in:
GeneralClients
Run
to daylight!
Since Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke thinks the recession is “likely over,” the
rule that we PR guys love – perception trumps reality
– takes over. It’s time to start acting like
the recovery has begun.
In Indiana, recovery could not be
better timed for those with new ideas, new
initiatives and new products. Vacations are behind
us, budgets are being built, the General Assembly
session is four months away and, most important, what
you have to say has a chance to be
heard.
Imagine if you had tried to be
heard last year at this time. Political chatter
filled the ad spaces, the blogs, the talk shows and
the email boxes. In helping the Indianapolis Airport
Authority introduce its new terminal, we at
Executive
Media agreed
with the decision to open it a week after the
election, partially to make sure our voice could be
heard.
This November is almost
election-free. No state legislators. No members of
Congress. No municipal offices.
It’s an open field in front of
you.
Media needs ads. They should be
dealing. Media needs news. They should be listening.
If you ever wanted to hold a major event, now is the
time.
Talk to us at Executive
Media. We’re
in downtown Indianapolis and we’ll help get your
idea, your initiative, your product started on its
run to daylight. David
Dawson (317) 231-7000 ext.
203
Tags: Recession, recovery, Indiana,
media
09/01/09 10:23 AM Filed in:
General
Nobody would believe that!
Every
time someone sends me a story from the Internet that
sounds too entertaining or coincidental to be true, I
check it on one of several rumor-versus-fact
clearinghouses, such as
TruthorFiction.com.

That site will
tell you, for example, there was a rumor that the
makers of French’s mustard, in denying that their
mustard is made in France, said about that country,
“The only thing we have in common is that we are both
yellow.” Not true. Never said. Somebody made it up.
Then somebody
sent it to somebody on the Internet, who believed it
and sent it on.
It may be that
the somebody who believed it is one of the 6 percent
of Americans who, in a recent poll about the
citizenship of our president, said that Hawaii is not
part of the United States. (For proper doubters,
click
here for the
citation.)
When the
subject is as complicated as health care reform,
believing the worst about the government is easy and
explaining the truth is hard. You would think the
government’s massive communications machine should be
able to deal with rumors, but lack of clarity breeds
misunderstanding.
Imagine how
difficult it could be for a company not set up to
find and correct errors in the minds of the public to
set the record straight.
That’s where
we at
Executive
Media enter. We are
communications counselors in downtown Indianapolis.
We believe in simple messages, delivered with
straight talk, that get your message out loud and
clear. We believe in listening to what members of the
public say to make sure they understand our messages.
We help in
times of crisis. We help when it’s important that
what you say is understood. We help when somebody
believes what you can’t believe anybody would
believe.
We’re ready to
listen to you. Call me,
David Dawson, at (317)
231-7000 ext 203 or send an email.
Tags: Internet, truth, crisis