Tag Archives: Conversations

How to Create a Community of ‘Social Associates’ in Your Company

It's been widely recognized that employees are your key brand ambassadors. In a perfect world, they rush to social media to say good things about their employer and the products and services they’re surrounded by … | MORE »

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How to Create Shareable Content, Cute Cats Notwithstanding

Finding the right formula for creating shareable online content is always a challenge, oftentimes a daily one. In this new sharing economy it's essential you know the new rules of viral content.Jonathan Perelman, vice president … | MORE »

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Will a New CEO Help Johnson & Johnson Regain Its Mojo?

The news that Johnson & Johnson’s longtime CEO Bill Weldon is stepping down as of April 1 has the business world buzzing: Is the 63-year-old Weldon’s departure and the appointment of Alex Gorsky as the … | MORE »

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Keeping in Step With Chipotle, McDonald’s Says it Cares Too

Possibly taking a page out of Chipotle’s playbook, McDonalds has decided to ramp up its corporate responsibility efforts in regards to the humane treatment of animals within its supply chain. On Feb. 13, McDonald’s announced … | MORE »

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It’s Hard to Silence Conversations Online, Just Ask Putin

Vladimir Putin’s campaign Web site for the upcoming Russian presidential election, which takes place on Mar. 4, has provided a good reminder for PR pros on the dangers of trying to control the conversation around … | MORE »

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PR News Q&A With Krisleigh Hoermann: Build Community at the Speed of a Tweet

The speed of Twitter can be intimidating to even the most social media-savvy communicator. But Krisleigh Hoermann, community manager for the American Heart Association, believes the platform is the perfect place to host a conversation—albeit … | MORE »

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Case Study: We Hold This Truth… Innovation Effort Drives Fans in Person and Online to Declare on the Dotted Line

Leveraging the Fourth of July and the Constitution, the CEA created a declaration of its own. When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies had already been at war | MORE »

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