Insights from Nebo

In the days and weeks (and, for some of us, years) leading up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the entire world shifted its attention to Brazil in anticipation of the opening match.

The World Cup is the most globally televised sports event in the world, with millions tuning in to catch each game. The final match even draws more global viewers than the Super Bowl – easily considered by Americans to be the biggest television event of the year.

Fútbol’s popularity around the world can’t be denied, as it dwarfs iconic American sports like baseball and football.

The only question is why.

As a Project Manager, starting a brand new project from scratch is full of challenges, but at least being on board from the beginning allows you to give life to a well-organized being.

When taking over an existing project, on the other hand, it’s hard to know what to expect. Sometimes, these projects have been guided by a great PM. Other times, they’ve been bungled by a terrible PM, or even multiple PMs that have each inserted a little bit of their own style along the way.

These PM-schizophrenic projects are often the most difficult ones, full of mass confusion. But they can be salvaged.

The long awaited Moz Analytics came out of beta late last year to initially mixed reviews. While most users agree that it looks great, the question is does it really provide substantive data and insights? This Moz Analytics review will answer just that.

The platform syncs with Google Analytics and pulls data on your site’s inbound channels to provide different insights than what we’re accustomed to from Google Analytics. Moz touts the tool as providing, “beautiful data visualizations over time with custom reporting, competitive insights to help with research, and actionable recommendations to improve your performance.”

Obviously Moz Analytics isn’t a replacement analytical tool, as it relies heavily on Google Analytics, but where it can fit into your existing analytics arsenal?

I was recently on Ragan’s PR Daily reading an article about disruption in PR. I agreed with a lot of what the author had to say, a CEO of a start-up PR firm in Atlanta, and I felt compelled to tell somebody about it. So, where was the first place I went? Twitter, of course. Not only did I think the piece represented my beliefs about the industry, but I also wanted to put it out there for others to read in the hopes it might inspire them, too.

Sometimes, writers will send us two-column A/V scripts as writing samples. If you’ve never seen one of these… they are hideous. They’re impossibly clunky and, honestly, they’re a chore to read.

Somehow, your eyes are forced to scan vertically and horizontally at the same time while skipping over thick, black lines that separate sound effects from visual cues. And, somehow, you’re supposed to digest the story during all of this and become emotionally engaged.

No doubt, an A/V script is an important tool for production. But it’s not a good medium for telling a story.