Stories by Mark Renfree

Bezos’ Silence Haunts NYT Piece on Amazon’s Corporate Culture

August 17th, 2015 by

The voices of Amazon’s top executives—including Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and chief executive—were equivocally missing from the New York Times’ narrative.

How an Entire City Was Rebranded on a Shoestring Budget

August 14th, 2015 by

Nebo Agency and its partners set out to alter the perception of Atlanta to reflect the cultural, technological and financial powerhouse that it is.

Tinder’s Tweets Take It Beyond Core Audience

August 13th, 2015 by

Was Tinder’s tweet storm a planned PR stunt? Or was it an emotionally devoted, yet slightly unhinged employee?

YouTube Plans to Restrict How Brands Buy Ads

August 10th, 2015 by

This is the latest in Google’s attempts to streamline the ad-purchasing process by combining multiple types of ad buys into its own platforms.

8 Ways to Boost Your Brand’s Instagram Game

August 6th, 2015 by

Facebook’s photo-sharing app has a uniquely engaged audience who share, like and follow ravenously—as long as you put out content that moves them.

How to Rethink Social Media to Show Its True Business Value

August 6th, 2015 by

Regardless of how powerful social is for getting the word out, if this is all you’re doing with it then you haven’t even scratched the surface yet.

3 Measurement Tips to Help Prove PR’s Worth

August 5th, 2015 by

Measuring for PR pros doesn’t need to be complicated or bleak. In fact, solid measurement work can amplify the role PR plays in a company by being visual and engaging.

How Agencies Helped ExxonMobil Excite Young Audiences About Engineering

July 31st, 2015 by

In order to reach a notoriously finicky demographic, ExxonMobil and its partners created a campaign that leveraged multiple types of content.

5 Tips for When PR Firms Play With Fire

July 30th, 2015 by

Taking on an infamous client surrounded by such deafeningly negative sentiment as Walter Palmer needs to be a carefully calculated decision.

3 Real-Time Communications Tactics From an Iconic Branding Moment

June 26th, 2015 by

Ever since branded real-time social media posts started going viral, communicators have been on the lookout for the tweet that lays the golden egg.