Archive: January 2010

Sandra Saias, EVP of Ogilvy PR’s global strategy and planning group, reveals the agency’s rebranding philosophy, beginning with the thought that all brands must have a point of view—a belief system that drives everything a brand does and helps it to attract widespread support:

Company: Underwriters Laboratories Agency: MS&L Worldwide Timeframe: November 2008- December 2009 “UL” is a mark people have seen hundreds of times around the house, especially if it’s loaded with electronic products. But what UL really… Continued

â–¶ Midsize Business Up: A survey of midsize, independent PR agencies by Worldcom Group finds that new business opportunities at the end of 2009 increased, and the agencies are cautiously optimistic for a positive year.… Continued

Whether its YouTube, mad consumers or negative tweets, you never can tell where or how a crisis will erupt. Here are some key tactics to help you get through a PR crisis.

Having planned and executed a number of their own events and attended their fair share of industry events, Melissa Connolly of Hofstra University and Chris Rosica of Rosica Public Relations share some advice for event success.

Digital tools very often are critical to the success of PR events. Though they may be overshadowed in sexiness by digital and social media campaigns, PR-generated events—whether media events such as press conferences and product launches, or public and employee events like speaking engagements and town halls—are still going strong and are a key component of a PR professional’s mix

PR is transforming so fast that tried-and-true techniques and metrics no longer apply. Do PR pros have to reinvent the wheel before the hammer of accountability comes down from above?

Social media is all the rage and rapidly evolving in both technology and techniques. Interestingly, what it demands—whether communicating a product, service or political cause—is listening and offering constructive ideas valuable to a particular network’s participants.

Heavy use of social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and MySpace does not result in bad grades, says study.

Study: Two-thirds of companies have experimented with social media but have yet to launch significant campaigns around it.