Use The Force

By watching the Star Wars movies and playing the games, the Jedi Knights have a variety of powers. This video addressed one question, "What if Obi-Wan had used Force Speed?"

Egypt - Internet Once More

(I stand corrected. I did not realize that the internet had been turned by on in Egypt a few days ago. I will not remove this post because this view did come after the announcement of the resignation of the Egyptian president.)




Egypt has been without the internet for sometime because their now former president, Hosni Mubarak, had ordered a discontinuation of it for the country.  After 3 weeks of protest, Mubarak resigned according to the will of the Egyptian people.  The internet did not take long to be activated either.  Not long after Mubarak's resignation I found this on my site, my first view of the day.





(The time on the image is Mountain Standard Time)

This is the article this individual looked up: The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman & Bane

Planned Parenthood Assisting Prostitution

Yes, this video involves Public Relations, BIG TIME! Have you heard about Planned Parenthood and what this manager was doing in assisting pimps? Alarming... Watch.

Brilliant PR or Death of Heath Ledger? You Decide.

Last week, I turned in a PR case study to my professor and we began to discuss this in class. He did not accept my study and shot it down quickly before a real discussion could occur which leads to this question, "What made The Dark Knight so successful?" Was it a brilliant PR campaign, the death of Heath Ledger, or both?

I will present my case with two viral videos for you to watch and you decide.

[D]uring the years 2007 to 2008, before the release of The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan launched a worldwide marketing campaign for the film. This campaign started off with a black screen website of nothing but when you took the pointer and highlighted the screen, you can see 'HA ha hA hA' covering the whole page.

The website then progressed to games and clues, engaging a nation wide man hunt to solve the riddles of the Joker. Different results occurred revealing scenes of The Dark Knight film while showing graffiti left by the Joker. This marketing campaign also recruited people to dress like the crazy clown.

Along side of the Joker campaign, an 'I Believe In Harvey Dent' van took to the streets of America. Websites followed, promoting Harvey Dent and identical sites arose with the Joker defacing them. Sites for the Gotham City Police Department showed up with numbers to contact and police defacing the Dark Knight.

I took part in some activities while living in LA and this campaign created quite the PR stir. There were over 10 million participants from 75 countries throughout the world. As a result, The Dark Knight broke box office records with the most pre-advanced tickets sold, 'opening night, morning, midnight, 3am and 6am showings sold out.'

My Public Relations professor shot this down quickly and gave the success of the film to the death of Heath Ledger who played The Joker.  Another student tried to give credit to the PR campaign but he was shot down quickly with a repeated phrase, "it was the death of Ledger."





So what made The Dark Knight so successful? Was it the brilliant PR campaign, the death of Heath Ledger, or both?

The Suit Wears Facebook

Today, I am sick.  I am so sick I had been stuck on the computer all day exploring the world of Facebook into a further depth then you can ever imagine.

These new discoveries lead me to this announcement:

I am please to announce that "The Suit" is fully implemented with Facebook.  As long as you have a Facebook account you can "Like" the page to share with your friends and all Facebook members may comment and discuss freely on each of my blogs.

I also started a Facebook page titled "The Suit."  Goto the page and like it.  By doing this you will stay up to date with my blogs on my current social experiment.

Myers 2.0 Project

The social media is dominating the world of business and playing a huge asset in building profit.  I have seen incredible things coming from this but I have one question, is it for every kind of business?

Recently, Myers asked me to rejoin their efforts in making their business grow.  They specialize in funeral services, own four mortuaries, and one cemetery.  The role I am had taken on is the General Service Manager for their cemetery, Evergreen Memorial Park.  My main role is to rebuild a sales team for their cemetery on both at-need and pre-need planning.

Yes, sales is a pain but it pays well if you know how to do it right.

Since this is my second round with the company, I was doing some research to see what I can do different and what Myers is missing.  I wanted to make sales possible without knocking on doors saying, “HEY!  I’m selling cemetery plots, want to buy one?”

I am not mocking the need of selling cemetery plans before someone dies, in fact, I believe you need a solid plan in place so that if something were to happen to you, your family does not have to run around like chickens with their heads cut off.  They can actually do something valuable and that is to spend time with each other while mourning the loss of their loved ones.

My plan is to make Myers viral in Web 2.0.  They only have one competitor in the area who has a facebook page but no valuable information except location and website with 189 followers.

I created a facebook page with location information, news articles, and soon I will have obituaries added to the page.

*Why obituaries?*

The fact is this, the local newspaper industry is undergoing a major change.  They will either close their doors or turn viral.  Less people are reading the newspaper and are turning to the world wide web for almost all their resources.  With facebook’s dominance and revolution I figured it is the perfect location for my Myers 2.0 project.

When any comments, posts, pictures, or videos are added to a fan/business based facebook page, anyone who had “Liked” the page will receive automatic updates from that page.  So I thought, “Why not post obituaries?”  I believe that if you involve the local community on facebook, they can add their comments to the obituary and additional memories.

Also, I am taking advantage of the “Events” tab so I can post local events.  Myers hold annual events at the cemetery but only so many people hear about it.  Since Myers has a strong hold on the community we can increase it by informing them right in their living rooms about these events with hopeful results in increase attendance.

This is only the beginning but we will see how my project turns out.  If all works out well, this will revolutionize the funeral industry.

The Social Media Revolution

If any of you are wondering why I am into this experiment and why blogger, the following video will explain it best.  The social media has been integrated into the PR studies and during this recession, it's the one thing not suffering but continually growing.  This is opportunity.

The Net's Caught Your Pocket

Was this a slap in the face for you or am I out of the loop?  I am not surprised by this move.  Ever since the Democrats had their face slapped several times over this past election they have been pushing unpopular regulations on this country and they will continue to do so until they are out of power.

The new FCC regulation of the internet, called “Net Neutrality,” is no different.  This is an illegal act that the FCC will be enforcing and they do not have the rights or the power to do so.  How was this given to them?  Please, give me the answer because nothing is making sense to me as how or why they are doing this.



(For Your Information - Congress never gave them the rights to do this but many Democrats in the House and Senate are giving the FCC the green light without having a proper vote or any kind of vote.)

The internet was the last democratic source the world had and now, it will be heavily regulated.

I know that they have been telling you that this new regulation is to control the broadband service providers, to create equal data rights for all people, and for them to cease blocking certain sites.  This is supposed to make the internet more open then it is already.


Fact, this is the first forced regulation upon the internet without the voice of the people.  Yes, I believe we can say goodbye to this freedom.  I am still getting facts about this but from what I have heard, this surprise regulation will do what the government has been doing best, destroying the small business and silencing the little guy.


How will this happen?  You know your cable or satellite providers and how they charge you for the “premium” channels like movie channels?  “Net Neutrality” will allow these internet providers to charge “premium” rates for certain sites, if you want to use them.


Do you want to use Facebook and connect to your family or friends?  Well, too many people use that so there’s a fee for that.  Do you want to watch videos on YouTube and listen to what others have to say?  Too many people watch that and use too much data -- yes, there is a fee for that one too.  What about your favorite blogging site or what you write about?  Wait, too many people have the freedom to write their own thoughts -- yes, there is a fee for that one too.


The internet service providers do not have to impose a fee but they will pass the costs on to you, the consumer, for what the FCC will be charging them.


Get the point?


This will destroy the freedom of speech more so then every before.  Any small business on the web, forget about it, you will fail.  Your site will be a “premium” site and only those who pay the price will get to shop - yes, you will see far less viewers.


Enjoy the internet while it lasts because you may be paying for every “free” word you want to say or for every page you want to visit.

Who’s up for the stone age?