Movin’ On Up: Cool Rules Pronto has a New Address

This is the last Cool Rules Pronto post at this address. I’ve migrated the entire blog (past articles and all) to a hosted site: http://atomictango.com/blog.

The move was pure hell — you’d think WordPress would make migrating easier — and it’s not quite complete. You’ll probably find a few bugs (and I hope you’ll tell me about them). No, my opinions are not bugs. That said, most of the migration is done thanks to the amazing efforts of Bethany Siegler of UniqueThink.

All new posts will be posted at this new site. For those of you extremely cool people who subscribed to Cool Rules Pronto, first, THANK YOU! and, second, SORRY! You’ll need to re-subscribe on the new site.

And if you haven’t subscribed, well, now would be a completely awesome time to do so, no?

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE NEW HOME OF COOL RULES PRONTO

Out of the Office — and over at Drew’s Marketing Minute

Today I’m guest blogging over at Drew McLellan’s esteemed blog, Drew’s Marketing Minute. In my post, “Not Safe For Work”: Chief Reputation Officers & Other Executive Excess, I dissect the silliest statement about management since Sarah Palin claimed “executive experience.”

Expressing My Inner TURFgeek: How I Became a Professional Sportswriter for a Day

by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC

No, not me on the cover. Really.

Somebody my size with my athletic ability doesn’t play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Picture an over-caffeinated chicken on a greased trampoline. It’s just not in my genetic cards.

So I did the next best thing: I wrote a bad-ass essay about the team. Actually a few essays…

Happy New Year — Atomic Tango Style!

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Written by Freddy, illustrated by Barzak

“The Outbreak”: New Zombie Flick Brings Interactive Films Back From The Dead

by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC

Ever watch a horror film and yell at the characters, “What the hell are you doing?!” Well, smarty, now you can put yourself in the characters’ bloody shoes with the online zombie flick The Outbreak…

Cool Rules Pronto’s Greatest Hits (So Far)

Ever laugh at career retrospectives by people who are still getting started — or who never really got off the ground? I mean, really, how can the band The Goo Goo Dolls be upon their second volume of greatest hits already? I didn’t even know they ever had more than one hit.

Well, I’m about to do something that should have you ROFLYAO. I just launched this blog in December of ‘007, and now I’m going to perpetrate a greatest posts retrospective. Yes, call it premature exaltation. Or just a lark…

Beware the Brain-Eating Amoebas: Introducing “The Worldwide Scoop”

Behold: the premiere episode of The Worldwide Scoop, the original online series produced by my agency, Atomic Tango…

more about “The Worldwide Scoop » The Worldwide S…“, posted with vodpod

21st Century Identity Crisis: Naming Strategies for the New Marketspace

by Freddy J. Nager, Founder & Fusion Director, Atomic Tango LLC

Who ever imagined that naming a company would become a game of speed and chance?

Name Dropping Rules: A Blogging Tip

I love checking my blog stats, not just the raw numbers of views, but also such info as where my traffic is coming from. That’s how I discovered that my article on Wal-Mart had been cited by the Wall Street Journal. Woohoo — I’ve got Street cred!

I’m most intrigued by the search-engine terms that lead to Cool Rules Pronto. Who Googled “Freddy Nager blog”? And why is somebody researching “Spicoli origin”?

Here’s the key factoid I learned from looking at these search-engine terms: name dropping works….

Now THIS is What It’s All About: The Making of the Atomic Tango Trailer

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
- Steve Jobs

There’s nothing I love more than creative projects with talented people. I don’t even need a major role. In my first play in L.A., all my character did was glare at people and laugh. I didn’t get paid, nor did I have much stage time, but I had a complete blast…