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Academy Award Winners Inspire New Producers…

When watching movies at the local movie theatre or on one of your many big screen TV’s at home, most Americans take for granted important aspects of creating such a production.  Consider the writing, acting, cinematography, sound effects, visual effects, editing, music and hair and makeup. Admittedly, I can honestly say that at age 42 […]

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UBER’s Publicity Antics: A Great Case Study for Earned Public Relations

What started in 2009 as an App used to order Black Car services in a small handful of metropolitan cities has become a logistical golden child around the globe. Today the Uber App represents a flexible income opportunity for drivers, a fun, new, loaded with extras, option for riders, and a tool that claims to […]

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Time With the Boss – Chris Kuban

Originally Published in the St. Louis Small Business Monthly, March 1, 2015 Website: www.ChemistryMultimedia.com  Industry: Public Relations, Event Management and Video Production What is your mission? Chemistry Multimedia’s mission is to effectively formulate brands using multiple messages through multiple mediums. Specifically, we focus on assisting clients through media relations, event management, video production and effective communications strategies […]

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5 Video Marketing Ideas to WOW Your Audience…

Do you ever notice the ticker in the lower right corner of a YouTube video that records the number of views of each video? I’m astounded sometimes to see videos with over 12 million views! That’s untapped potential, smart marketing, and something else…for videos to be watched, shared, and watched again, they need that intangible […]

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Hiring Vendors: Don’t be Fooled by the Word “Professional Photographer/Videographer”

Like any trade, photography and videography are skills learned over time through lots of practice, patience and unplanned screw-ups. Don’t be fooled! Only through extensive client experience and acquisition of expensive equipment comes the ability for someone to call himself or herself a professional photographer/videographer. In order to call yourself a “Professional,” I personally believe […]

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Documenting My 100-Year-Old Grandmother…

100 Years of History Life is worth celebrating! When my grandmother turned 100 years old last week, we had several parties to express how happy we were that the matriarch of the Schuermann family reached the century milestone.   And, just 2 days prior to her actual birthday, my sister had a little baby boy. Witnessing […]

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Why I traveled to Afghanistan on September 11th…

One year ago today, I started my journey to Kandahar, Afghanistan. I couldn’t stop thinking about the reason why I was headed there… What happened on September 11th remains ingrained in our memories forever. Almost the entire civilized world knows exactly where they were when they heard about the attack on the Twin Towers in […]

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Case Study Statement: ALS Challenge…

Are you just now believing in the *POWER* of Social Media?  Just take a look at the success of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge… ASL, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, started as a challenge from one person, Pete Frates, a former Boston College baseball player who made the challenge popular. As of August 20th, 30,000 […]

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