Media in the New Millennium

Observations on social media — and the occasional rant — from Metzger Associates' New Media Practice Group

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Sound Business Optimism

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Posted by Lisa Metzger
I’m not a big fan of platitudes and cheesy advice. I find the self-help section of book stores creepy. And, at the risk of offending and alienating the entire Western world and certainly a good ¾ of the rest, I think the Cult of Oprah is pathetic. Blaspheme, I know. Going to [...]

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Tags: Communication Strategies · Mainstream Media · Retailing · Tech Business · Uncategorized

How To Spin, Whole Foods Style, And We Don’t Mean Salad

March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Boulder got snowed by Whole Foods in 2007. The last drifts melted on Friday, when the Austin grocery chain announced it reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over its purchase of Wild Oats Markets and would jettison two Boulder stores it once promised to treat with “reverence.”
In order to get the FTC to [...]

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Tags: Marketing and Communications · Retailing

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