K9 Magazine In Publishing Magazine

Category: Business

For some former print titles, the switch to digital edition is a step into the unknown, is not always done for the right reasons, and is done with little imagination. For K9 Magazine, a print title from an overwhelmingly digital stable, it was like coming home. Ryan O’Meara explains why they ditched their flagship print [...]

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Business Books That Inspire Me Part II

Category: Personal

These are not technically business books. However, they are two of the most important books I’ve ever read and form the basis for so, so much of the principles for growth and prosperity.
They are, to my mind, in the must read category and should be compulsory reading for young people as soon as they’re ready [...]

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BBC Three Counties and 4FM (Ireland)

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Today’s media has been two dog items for BBC Three Counties (always a pleasure) and 4FM, an Irish-based station which described itself to me as a ‘the offspring of what would happen if Jeremy Vine and Chris Evans had a baby’.
The Three Counties piece was an item on the importance and value of socialisation for [...]

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Who is The Biggest Publisher in The World?

Category: Business

News International? Time Warner?
Nope. Neither.
It’s…………
……JP Morgan Chase!
Knock me down with a feather. I would have never have got that question right in a pub quiz. But it’s true. Just heard it on Bloomberg.
What next? Am I going to find out that the largest manufacturer of running shoes is not Nike or Addidas but Barclays Bank?
Probably [...]

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How to Do Something as Big as Michael Jackson’s Thriller

Category: Personal

I still remember when the Thriller video got its TV premier.
It was such a big deal. Like, really a big deal.
It didn’t fall short either. The hype was worthy.
But how, in these days of media saturation, overnight celebrity and more brand launches in a week than you used to get in a year, could someone [...]

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How to Launch a Youth Orientated Product

Category: Business

1) Give it a deliberately provocative name – check.
2) Position it with hot women showing much flesh – check.
3) Make it much bigger/stronger/faster than predeccors – check.
4) Wait for Mr Outraged from Hemel Hempstead to do the rest of your job for you – checkmate.
AN energy drink called Simply Cocaine was blasted by anti-drug campaigners [...]

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Business Books That Inspire Me Part I

Category: Business

The first business book I would like to mention as being truly inspirational is called “Ready, Fire, Aim” and is written by Michael Masterson.

The reason I particularly liked this book is because its key, central message is something I could relate to in myself and is something I can see – all too often – [...]

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Bruce – Death Row Dog

Category: Personal

The link below is to an interview I did last week regarding death row dog, Bruce. A pet who was taken from his owner in Northern Ireland having never done a single thing wrong and who is openly described by those who seized him as perfectly friendly.
Bruce, deathrow dog in Northern Ireland – BBC interview

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