by foleymediagroup | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
PAY NOW OR PAY LATER? There is a lot of grousing in Madison about the new paywall proposed for Madison.com, the website for the Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital Times. I gently send the complaints to my pals who still work in the newsrooms. News operations are...
by foleymediagroup | Jun 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
RESUSCITATING HEALTH CARE IN MADISON We were waiting nervously for the Supreme Court’s ruling on health care this morning. Then the Supremes told us we have to wait until Thursday. Sigh. Poynter prepped the media with a tutorial that shook its finger at the...
by foleymediagroup | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Hope continues We have started the novena at Foley Media Group for consensus-focused politics in our beloved state of Wisconsin. Here’s my Foley At Large column: Recall a victory for brats, olive branches and hope...
by foleymediagroup | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
I am trying to learn more about SEO. One post told me that the key to SEO on wordpress is good content. Uh, not so much. Here is a good tutorial that has been rated Granny Friendly. I am not a granny but this was...
by foleymediagroup | Jun 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
Preferred Channel: Email or Social Media? At Madison’s Social Media Breakfast this week, Organic Valley showed that its fans are using email newsletters less and their Facebook more? It made me ask myself if I should reduce the time I use email to talk to clients...
by foleymediagroup | Jun 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
Contest a bust; Bye-bye to Deb Ziff The Foley-At-Large Contest on Channel3000.com for citizens to offer advice on sane political advertising failed. I’ll take my friend, Sharon, to lunch. She’s the only one who even commented. Wisconsin took a few days off to figure...
by foleymediagroup | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Win a dinner for two at a policitos’ eatery! Which side of the notebook am I on today? You get to choose! Go to the link below and enter the drawing with a good idea....
by foleymediagroup | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Media by any other name Several people have asked me why I didn’t put Social Media on my card or in my materials. I am one of the few people who remember that we called it New Media in the ’90s. I use social media every day. I’m using it right now....
by foleymediagroup | Apr 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s not the dark side I’ve been surprised during the past week that many of my colleagues still in the daily journalism world patted me on the back for my new entrepreneurial venture at Foley Media Group. It’s Journalism Week in Madison with the...
by foleymediagroup | Apr 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
Join me as I move from a long career as a journalist at very large companies to a start-up, called Foley Media Group. I’m going from one side of the notebook to the other. I am still writing a column for Channel3000.com and occasional pieces for the Wisconsin...
