Is this self-imposed monotony we’ve become so unaccustomed to at home about to return to more blissful boredom in our former boardrooms, offices or cubicles?  Oh, how this persistently perilous pandemic has slammed and dunked us, scrambled our brains, baked our spirits until we’re well done, overcooked, and overlooked.   So, are we about to … More WHO WANTS A HOME-BOUND MONOPOLY ON MONOTONY? LET’S GET BACK TO BLISSFUL BOREDOM IN THE BOARDROOM!

When I first laid eyes on Rita de Cassia Pierotti it was far from Philly and a lot warmer. Sitting there so voluptuously across from me one glorious afternoon in magical Deerfield Beach, she instantly turned my neighborhood Duffy’s bar into a swanky Parisian nightclub. I don’t know if she was wearing silk stockings that … More I LOVE ALL OF YOU

There’s a place on our websites, often under the heading “team” or some other title where we present or march in our backgrounds, resumes, experience, hopefully in an impressive way that tells why we’re worth the fees we charge.  So, do we just list or give a litany of our past positions, titles worn, achievements … More WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES ON OUR WEBSITES?

As a subscriber to CISION ProfNet, my PR firm TransMedia Group, often receives queries from reporters and writers seeking information for stories they’re working on.  Recently we heard from a writer doing research on armpits. She was seeking dermatologists who could answer such questions as: What should armpits typically smell like? What would foul smelling … More HOW CONSCIOUS ARE YOU HOW YOU SMELL?

Ted Turner, the colorful founder of CNN, and myself, the colorful PR guy and author, will soon be in the digital dark. Ted and I were among the earliest subscribers to CNN+, but suddenly now the digital doors to the new streaming service are being shut in our faces.  How dare they.  Now we want … More NOW STAY TUNED FOR . . . SORRY WE’RE CLOSING!

Beginning to wind its way around Hollywood production circles is a TV Series called Xtra Terresla™ whose main character is modelled after Tesla titan, Elon Musk.   The creator of the series, Tom Madden, made Musk the hero, but lately, he’s wondering maybe he should change him to an arch villain, based on how rough … More While Musk Seems Hell Bent on Giving Billionaires a Bad Name, Should Main Character in TV Series Modeled on Him Be Hero or Villain?

What are your plans 🤷‍♀️? my daughter asks me in one of her succinct early morning emails.  Sleepily I respond: Easter?  Plans?  What are those?  Are they like maps?  Do plans come with directions?  Do you plan for a moment of promise, renewal in that time of Easter standing, sitting, or lying down?  Are there … More Subject Easter

Yes, our world sure has become more digital. We do everything online these days. We work online, play online, watch online, talk online, exercise online and learn online more than ever before. Is that trend is going to stop? Hardly, as the NFT genie’s out of the bottle. With advancements in 5G, virtual reality and … More As Our world Becomes More Digital, NFTs Are 0ur Digital Property Rights

BOCA RATON, FL. –Author, blogger Tom Madden makes a living polishing words at his PR firm TransMedia Group where he mostly rewrites articles, news releases, media pitches and even books, like his latest Wordshine Man about how to make words sparkle.  https://www.amazon.com/Wordshine-Man-Polishing-Words-Sparkle/dp/1637550537/ref=sr_1_1?crid=34WB3EBP2RGGZ&keywords=9781637550533&qid=1649440661&sprefix=9781637550533%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1 “Dad, can you polish this release one of our interns wrote?” texts his … More IF YOUR WORDS DON’T SHINE, BUT LAY SUPINE, THEN CONSULT THE ‘WORDSHINE MAN,’ TOM MADDEN’S NEW BOOK OF TIPS TO INVIGORATE WRITING, MAKING IT INVITING!

Was Will Smith’s resigning from the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences same his saying, ‘You can’t fire me, I quit?’ Or like a kid stomping off the playing field after a fly ball smacks him in the face?  The actor said he had “betrayed” the Academy’s trust with “shocking, painful, and inexcusable” … More YOU CAN’T FIRE ME, COACH. I QUIT!