CAUTION: THE SPIN STARTS HERE WITH TOM MADDEN! To tell Tom Madden to stop spinning and inventing is like telling the Federal Government to stop spending. He is the quintessential “Spin Man,” the title of his engaging memoir recounting his rise from a harrowing career as a newspaper reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer to the pinnacle of the PR world. One of his latest inventions, The Knife and Forklift™, is making the media rounds and gobbling up air time almost as fast as his drag racer client Alexis Dejoria drives her Alcohol Funny Car. Contact: tmadden@transmediagroup.com 561-750-9800 x2210
Here comes ExceLina, a fiery dark-haired, well-endowed sexy-as-hell film actress from Colombia. From one extreme to the other, ExceLina is loaded with sexual appeal, attitude and appetite. What a body! What hair and eyes. But might she be a little too hot for me to handle? I met her in my TransMedia Group office … More ExceLina
It’s never a good idea not to respond to a charge, an unfounded criticism or a lie no matter how dumb, outrageous or untrue. But do it in a measured way so it doesn’t spread any further, which on the Internet today can be challenging, but possible. Whatever you do, don’t let puny … More When and When Not to Respond to Somebody who Slings Dirt at You on Social or Traditional Media?
How we Americans worship dieting, trimming down, becoming sleek and streamlined has become almost a fetish. An addiction. It’s now a passion pounding away at our stomachs whereas once upon a time it was sexy to be full figured. Didn’t artists in the renaissance see curvaceously abundant bodies as beautiful? Fatness was … More TIRED OF THOSE WEIGHT-LOSS COMMERCIALS? MARIE, HAVE WE GONE SVELTE OVERBOARD?
Mr. President, you’ve won. Instead of berating your favorite whipping boy “fake news” and rattling off “I told you so,” accept this win for the Gipper graciously. Look. You’re winning across the board. With the economy. With jobs. Internationally and now Mueller’s bullet misses you by a mile. So please consider this advice from … More TO MUELLER’S TOSSING IN THE TOWEL ON MORE INDICTMENTS, PLEASE PRESIDENT TRUMP, TRY TO WIN THIS ONE GRACIOUSLY . . . FOR THE GIPPER
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT FIRST IMPRESSIONS GOES QUADRUPLE FOR NEWS RELEASES Rule #1: Don’t write them like everyone else. Be startlingly different. Uniquely engaging. RIVETING would be nice for a change! Rule #2: Fewer words are stronger than many words, especially in a headline. If you’re over 25 words, you’ve had it. You’re DOA! … More DON’T ARRIVE DOA!
A young man asks his grandfather to please shut the news when he visits, especially FOX News, which he finds stressful. His grandfather explains that’s like asking him to stop breathing. GRANDPA I need the news. I breathe the news. It’s the oxygen I need in my life. Keeping abreast. Staying informed. Engaged. And you … More Grandpa, Turn Off the Stressful News. Put on Something We All Can Enjoy!
We did. Sadly we were on our way to bury my beloved wife Angela at St. John’s Cemetery in Queens, NY. This was the sticky scene Feb. 28 aboard Delta Flight 2289 from West Palm Beach to NYC-LaGuardia. My poor darling had died on Sunday, Feb. 24, after a long, torturous battle with breast cancer. … More Ever Fly on a Plane Held Together With Masking Tape?
My Beloved Departed Angela Back in Our PR Heyday in Manhattan Together Upon the death of my beloved wife Angela early Sunday morning, I wrote to a friend of ours in prison for a non-violent offence. Occasionally she’d pray on the phone with Bill who felt a kind of kinship with Angela as she … More Free At Last
This is the last of a three-part series on Energy Eye Openers—TEN THINGS I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ENERGY–thanks to the experts at EnergyProfessionals who opened my eyes. You know about LED lightbulbs and that they cut energy use. But do you know by how much? They’re the light-emitting diodes, a type of … More FINAL FOUR FACTS I’ll BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ENERGY!
This is the second of a three-part series of Energy Eye Openers—TEN THINGS I BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ENERGY–thanks to the experts at EnergyProfessionals who opened my eyes. Is the cost of energy rising or falling? If you said falling, you’re in the running for a brand new Tesla, that is if you … More HERE’S A FEW MORE FACTS I’ll BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT ENERGY!