7 Ways to Make An Entrance
If you’ve ever painted your apartment you know it is 90% preparation and only 10% holding a brush to transform a room. Making a successful entrance – and by extension making a good impression – is much the same. The work you put in before you arrive makes all the difference and pays dividends. Every […]
2nd Annual Abel Intermedia Gift Guide
Wondering what to give the performer, guest expert or job seeker in your life? Help is here with the 2nd Annual Abel Intermedia Gift Guide. How About Give The Gift Of… A paid subscription to Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime so they don’t have to keep using your login information. The media landscape is now […]
How to Nail Every Audition & Interview
Please forgive the click bait title. I’m experimenting with following best practices marketing advice from successful bloggers. The subtitle is Everyone Needs a Haka. Because developing your personal Haka will allow you to nail every audition and interview. Most of them, anyway. Mental preparation is huge. We talk about getting in the zone. Do you have […]
All Hail 50 Over 50
I had the pleasure of prepping a client over the weekend for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit today. It’s a side bonus to be inspired by the people you work with. I am grateful – and impressed. Not the least because I really didn’t have it together in my 20s. I love to joke […]
Ya Gotta Believe
Any sports fans out there? Ya Gotta Believe is the rallying cry of the New York Mets. They are currently leading the National League’s eastern conference. If they continue to believe they are poised to make the playoffs this year. They haven’t always believed. The team has had many legendary, late-season meltdowns. Jason Day believes […]
Talking Wintour In Summer
I am an unabashed Anna Wintour fan. At an age when most people are slowing down for retirement (she’ll be 66 in November) Anna is firing on all cylinders: Editor of Vogue, creative director of Conde Nast, career maker, cultural influencer, economic driver. Of course I find her hugely intimidating. As a talent executive on […]
What Would Benedict Cumberbatch Do?
In case you missed it, last week Cara Delevigne had a verbal dust up with the hosts of Good Morning Sacramento during her satellite media tour promoting the movie, Paper Towns. As the clip of the “awkwark exchange” went viral, the ladies at The View naturally weighed in. Whoopi thought Cara should “suck it up” […]
Barbara Corcoran Breaks It Down
Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings – Barbara Corcoran Raise your hand if you love Shark Tank. It’s one of the few programs my whole family watches together. Naturally, j’adore Barbara Corcoran. If you don’t know (where have you been??), Barbara is the ever stylish Shark who famously took a $1000 loan from […]
HOW TO BE: John Waters’ RISD Commencement Speech
I hope no one notices that I’ve re-posted-as-blog-post two weeks in a row. But seriously, John Waters’ RISD Commencement Address is a Must Read, Must Flag, Must Share. He reminds us How To Be. I had the pleasure of meeting John Waters when he was a guest on the original VH1 RuPaul Show in, gasp!, […]
Pay Your Dues
I don’t always have time to write but I always make time to read and I am a subscriber/regular reader of The Lefsetz Letter, a music-industry centric daily blast, er, rant, from critic and analyst, Bob Lefsetz. (Here’s an amusing “Who The Hell is Bob Lefsetz?” article from Wired.) I often disagree with Mr. Lefsetz […]