Mike Connell is the director of client services at Arment Dietrich, an integrated marketing communications firm. He is also a contributor to the award-winning PR blog, Spin Sucks, the leading source for modern PR training, trends, and insights. Find more of Mike’s musings on his blog, Communative. Join the Spin Sucks community!
Social Media | January 4, 2019
This is the second of our two-part series outlining the best of The Spin Sucks Question in 2018, covering July through the rest of the year… and more!
Social Media | December 28, 2018
Which were the best of the #SpinSucksQuestion in 2018? That’s a pretty subjective question, but we’ll lay it all out for you over the next two weeks.
Social Media | December 21, 2018
What are the best gifts for people in our profession? Mike Connell polls the Spin Sucks peeps for their Best Gifts for Communicators ideas…
Social Media | December 14, 2018
This week’s Spin Sucks Question looks to the future: What are the top trends, innovations, or opportunities that you’re looking forward to in the new year?
Social Media | December 7, 2018
What are you doubling down on next year? What’s been working, what hasn’t? Whether it’s personal, or professional, what are you changing in 2019?
Social Media | November 30, 2018
When it comes to strategy, Quora seems to live in the “nice to have” zone, rather than the go-to spot. Mike Connell asks: do you have a Quora strategy?
Social Media | November 21, 2018
Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang joins #PRStudChat to discuss social media and change. Change is hard, but it can lead to amazing things if we navigate it properly.
Social Media | November 16, 2018
What’s the best social media platform? You may love (or loathe) Twitter, but when it comes to strategy and tactics, which platform do you rely on the most?
Social Media | November 9, 2018
According to a recent article by The Atlantic, Twitter’s retweet function “derails healthy conversation and preys on users’ worst instincts.” So, the retweet: Yes or No?
Artificial Intelligence | November 8, 2018
Marketers have a lot of questions about chatbots, so we invited Larry Kim to host the next Spin Sucks Community AMA to answer #allthethings #chatbots
Social Media | November 2, 2018
What makes one email marketing solution better than another? This week’s #SpinSucksQuestion asks: what is your preferred email marketing platform, and why?
Artificial Intelligence | November 1, 2018
Last week, we welcomed Martin Waxman to the #PRStudChat hot seat to discuss artificial intelligence and its relationship to digital media.
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