Robert Payne

I was recently in Charleston, SC talking with a friend about the effectiveness of negative vs positive messaging. A local politician lost his son in a drunk driving accident, and his loss compelled him to try and educate teens on the hazards of getting behind the wheel after a few too many. One component of [...]

My mother, Charleston artist Kat Hastie, is having an art reception at Bin 152 on Wednesday night at 7pm. For those not familiar with the space, Bin 152 is a new establishment on King Street owned by Patrick and Fanny Panella. The Post & Courier recently published an article on their creative mix of wine, [...]

I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s blog going on for what I believe has been 5 years? Regardless, I rarely, if ever, regurgitate pieces of media that I pick up from there. However, this post is an exception. The following video hits home for so many people in the marketing and advertising industry right now. It [...]

First off, I think most of us will concur that Sunday’s game was pretty fantastic. Always great to see two teams evenly matched. Early on, I was impressed by Peyton Manning’s ability to drive the ball down the field in an efficient manner, and I was ultimately surprised to see the Saints come back so [...]

Technology: Event Marketing & Management

“Say NO to Will Call”
by Robert Payne
Have you ever found yourself standing in a Will Call line that stretched around the block, while enviously observing carefree patrons stroll up to the Box Office, and thought to yourself, “this is what I get for buying my ticket ahead of time?” When [...]

Any avid surfer would agree there is no such thing as having too many surfboards. Different lengths, widths, rails, tails, fin configurations, and composites are all factors that affect the way we ride and can be adjusted depending on the particular wave conditions. It doesn’t matter how big of a shredder you are, there are [...]

Carmichael Lynch put together a very bold and clever advertising campaign for Subaru, and it features a photograph that I took of my very own Subaru Outback after I ran it headlong into a boulder going 60 mph. I walked away relatively unscathed, but the car wasn’t so lucky.
This Subaru was 1 of 5 [...]

Ah, it’s Monday. While enjoying my first cup of coffee, I thought I’d choose a Wordpress plugin to play with and see what I could do with it. I stumbled across this Wordpress Survey Tool and figured I’d use it to judge Facebook usage.
A note about Wordpress survey tools: some are better than others, [...]

TUESDAY, JUNE 23RD, DOORS AT 7PM, SCREENING AT 8PM
Downtown Reno: Nevadan Hotel, 3rd Floor Club Cal Neva (West side of Virginia Street)
Proceeds benefit Reno Bike Project and The Holland Project
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On the heels of National Bike Month, the Tour De Nez and the Reno Film Festival, Reno’s cycling culture gets a special pre-release screening [...]

Or so says the Reynolds School of Journalism. And we wholeheartedly agree. Coming on the heels of the Salt Lake City Wordcamp, we were pleased to be a part of another informative and inspiring gathering of the best and brightest Wordpress designers and developers. If you missed it, well, there will most likely be another [...]