Are You a Candidate for “Geek of the Week” in the Seattle PI?

Every Monday, the Seattle Post Intelligencer offers a profile of a Puget Sound executive they refer to as “Geek of the Week.”  Geek of the Week is a regular feature spotlighting local personalities in the tech world.  If you would like to...

Interesting Times in the Media Call for New Ways to Build the Buzz

I’ve been working pretty hard to enlist the interest of the Puget Sound media in a big interview with someone with a national reputation and a timely message.  Two major daily papers have declined because they just don’t have the staff to make it...

Seattle Chocolates Earns “Ink” for Doing Business and Doing Good

Did you see this fabulous blog post by Whitney Keyes, who writes the Biz Bite for the Seattle PI as a reader blogger?   It tells the story of how Seattle Chocolate Company CEO Jean Thompson launched cause related initiatives to make life better for women...

Tacoma News Tribune Profiles Olympic Hot Tub Company

Check out this link to a story in today’s Tacoma News Tribune about Alice Cunningham and Olympic Hot Tub Company. This story resulted from a story pitch to CR Roberts that made mention of how Cunningham continues to reinvent how she connects with customers and...

Tales from the Media Trenches – and a Provocative Question to Ponder

My clients have great stories to tell, and the local media here in the Puget Sound region have been receptive to telling them. But over the last several weeks, I’ve heard some feedback that gives me pause. Two reporters told me that they thought my story pitches...