Archive: February 2011

New research shows that newspapers continue to attract readers, especially those who have advanced degrees and buying power.

Just because its longtime target audience was kids didn’t mean Sesame Workshop wouldn’t reach out to other, older groups in creating awareness around Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary year.

Crisis simulations are a key component to any communications plan, ensuring that bases are covered for most eventualities. Here are some tips from Weber Shandwick’s Peter Duda on conducting effective drills.

If the BP communications debacle taught us anything, it’s that operations and PR must be in lockstep with each other during a crisis. That integration can be honed through carefully planned crisis simulations.

Test your metrics know-how with this quick quiz on PR measurement from Cision and PR News.

â–¶ Newspapers Very Much Alive: According to the National Advertisers Association (NAA),newspaper Web site visitors generated an average of 4.1 billion page views each month, averaging nearly early 3.4 billion minutes browsing the sites in… Continued

Reporting your organization’s CSR efforts has become an essential part of its "story." Here are six strategic and tactical pitfalls to look out for when planning and executing a CSR report.

Without the advantages of a broad consumer base, B2B companies must look to their own employees to help get core messages out. Four communications execs from top B2Bs tell how they align internal comms with brand messaging.

Porter Novelli’s Israel Mirsky talks about what PR pros often miss in online measurement, and offers up a sneak pre-conference best practice.

With sound outreach strategies and tactics, organizations can leverage blogs to support outreach to the press.