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A 6-Point Checklist for Effective PR Measurement

October 4th, 2013 by

How to measure the best metrics for a PR campaign is one of the most difficult challenges facing communicators. Use this checklist to make things a little easier.

Social Media: An Occupation on the Rise (Infographic)

October 3rd, 2013 by

It wasn’t too long ago when a social media strategy was essentially setting up a few accounts and bringing in an intern in to manage them. Times have changed and companies are taking the keys away from the interns.

3 Tactics for Bringing Humor into Branding

October 3rd, 2013 by

Making people laugh is a surefire way to make your content memorable. However, inserting humor into your branding efforts is serious business.

PR Insider: The Executive Apology, Avoid Making It Worse Once You’ve Already Screwed Up

October 3rd, 2013 by

All corporate executives have one thing in common; at some point, they or their company will screw up.

On Melissa Joan Hart’s Bad Girl Media Blitz

October 2nd, 2013 by

Since Melissa Joan Hart’s (aka “Clarissa,” from Clarissa Explains It All) interview in Life & Style promoting her new book “Melissa Explains It All,” numerous articles have mushroomed online about the squeaky clean actress’ drug use.

Yucky Comments Can Sometimes Be a Beautiful Thing

October 1st, 2013 by

PR execs are not supposed to parrot the boss. At least on paper. Despite the tremendous changes throughout the PR field, one thing remains a constant: The ability of PR managers to take an alternative (if not contrarian) view of the party line and say to the top brass, “That may not be the best […]

Yucky Comments Can Sometimes Be a Beautiful Thing

October 1st, 2013 by

PR execs are not supposed to parrot the boss. At least on paper. Despite the tremendous changes throughout the PR field, one thing remains a constant: The ability of PR managers to take an alternative… Continued

Some Government Communicators Will Be Silenced During Shutdown

October 1st, 2013 by

Today’s government shutdown is on most people’s minds. And a question that several people are asking is: What’s at stake?

PR Insider: How Should Google Communicate an SEO ‘No-No’ for Press Release Distribution?

October 1st, 2013 by

In late July, news broke about Google’s “Link Schemes” updates in Webmaster Tools to devalue links in the anchor text of press releases distributed via paid services. Most PR or SEO practitioners who have distributed online press releases in the last 10 years should be familiar with the function.

Breaking ‘Bad PR’: 10 Tips for Better Communications

September 30th, 2013 by

I am among the unlucky who didn’t watch ‘Breaking Bad’ over the years and missed out on the binge-watching and chatter over Sunday’s finale. We must all make choices in our TV viewing and apparently I made a bad choice and there’s no going back to viewing all the seasons since I now know (spoiler […]