Archive: July 2014

When it comes to social media, it is doesn’t matter if your client is ready. The media is ready, and they are waiting.

The best way to generate content that is useful and sharable is to practice brand journalism.

Frito-Lay CFO Hugh Johnston told the AP that the new flavors are more profitable for the company because they put “maybe an ounce or two less” chips in the special bags but charge the same price as a standard bag.

Two debut Hachette authors are enjoying the “Colbert bump,” a phenomenon already known in the publishing world whereby books written by authors who appear on “The Colbert Report” see an increase in sales.

We offer senior PR managers some food for thought when it comes to strengthening relationships with the rank-and-file.

Thanks in part to a $100,000 grant from Google, an organization called Lava Mae fitted a former public-transit bus with two full private bathrooms, offering hot showers and clean toilets.

A suspect meat scandal in China is getting worse. The growing scandal surrounding Husi Food should focus the mind of communicators when it comes dealing with global supply chains and crafting a contingency plan for when a crisis ensues.

Brands are scrambling to adopt the longtime model of traditional publishers—know your audiences, provide them with highly relevant content and build a platform that can deliver the content in unique and efficient ways.

Brands and organizations of all stripes are scrambling to boost their appeal to millennials, or people born in the early 1980s to the early 2000s. Now Target is getting into the act.

Doing more than your job description showcases that you are already working at the next level, helping you get promoted sooner rather than later.