February 4, 2025 | By Kevin Slimp Those of you who pay attention to such things – and I’m guessing that’s not too many of you – may have noticed I didn’t spend nearly as much time speaking at conventions in 2024. It wasn’t because I didn’t get invited. I just decided to see what would …
December 3, 2024 | By Kevin Slimp I always receive a lot of “fan mail” when I write a “ten tips” or “five best” column. In this digital age, I suppose we’ve all become accustomed to quick bites of information. With that in mind – and in honor of the final days of 2024 and …
July 5, 2024 | By Kevin Slimp My final stop after six straight weeks on the road – I drove 64 hours between conferences – was to visit with the members of the Arkansas Press Association as they met at Arkansas State University in late June. In addition to the travel, I spent most of …
June 15, 2024 | By Kevin Slimp It has already been a busy summer, and I’m not sure summer has officially begun yet (It’s June 1 as I write this). Upon returning from my latest trip – to Pennsylvania – yesterday, I was greeted by a stack of packages from publishers – most containing newspapers …
May 1, 2024 | Almost daily, I hear from longtime readers of my column who write to tell me they’ve recently benefited from something I wrote months or years ago. I suppose it’s why I keep writing these columns after all these years. Just this morning, I heard from a publisher who wrote that he …
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April 5, 2023 | Hardly a week goes by that I don’t meet with one or two publishers to review their newspapers and make recommendations to increase their readership and overall business. Obviously, some papers require more attention than others, but it’s rare I don’t have at least a few dozen recommendations concerning potential changes. …
March 4, 2024 | When checking my email a few days ago, I came upon a curious message from a publisher in Missouri: Kevin:Just checking in to see if you received my previous emails.Bill You guessed it. I hadn’t. Thankfully, Bill sent this latest message to an alternate email address, which appeared in my inbox. …