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Reputation Redux: Russia Invades Georgia by Land and by Server

August 25th, 2008 by

By Katie Paine The news here is not that Georgia and Russia are fighting a war; it’s that they are fighting just as hard in the headlines and in cyberspace as they are on the… Continued

Launch Pad: Communicating Your Green Initiatives

August 25th, 2008 by

Green may be the color of the moment, but it’s more than a fleeting trend; on the contrary, it’s a movement that is being formalized by the more than 195 bills, resolutions and amendments that… Continued

Tip Sheet: Planning & Executing Effective Viral Campaigns

August 18th, 2008 by

By Jeff Mascott The emergence of user-generated content on social networking platforms like YouTube, as well as the ubiquity of forward-to-a-friend tools on Web sites, have made going viral the new buzz phrase for generating… Continued

Quick Study: Gamma Females Woo Marketers; E-mail Addicts Anonymous; Your Favorite Color’s Career Implications

August 18th, 2008 by

*”Gamma Females” Are Valuable Marketing Targets: A new report by the Meredith Corp. shatters the conventional wisdom that “alpha females” hold the bulk of buying/critiquing power, and as such warrant the most targeting. It is… Continued

How To…Use Guerrilla PR 2.0 in a Tough Economy

August 18th, 2008 by

The term “guerrilla PR” invokes the scrappy tactics of stealthy combatants and a rough-around-the-edges approach to generating buzz around a communications campaign. Made even more relevant by Web 2.0 technologies, many of the most successful… Continued

Did You Know?

August 18th, 2008 by

Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week’s Issue Of PR News 1. The best ideas are based on four principles: utility, juxtaposition, humor and image. 2. Your favorite color could be connected to your… Continued

Annual Reports Version 2.0: Taking IR’s Main Attraction to Cyberspace

August 18th, 2008 by

Never a function ripe with proverbial sex appeal, investor relations has experienced a makeover in recent years, having been bitten by the digital bug alongside many of its conservative corporate counterparts. Now, IR executives are… Continued

Recession Obsession: Repositioning Brands Around a Troubled Economy

August 18th, 2008 by

You know times are tough when "fuel" is a four-letter word and the word "staycation" has a good chance of being inducted into the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Every facet of business has felt the effects of… Continued

Gen Y Lives for Tech; Sales & Marketing’s Shared Interests; Branded Content Sites Score Big

August 18th, 2008 by

*Hip Gen Y-ers Lead the Tech Charge, Companies Try to Catch Up: Companies are still searching for ways to integrate their services into the life of Generation Y, the tech-savvy 18-to28-year-old demographic so vital to… Continued

Tip Sheet: Using Twitter to Join the Conversation

August 11th, 2008 by

By Heidi Sullivan & Jay Krall Millions of Internet users have flocked to Twitter, a messaging application that has become the rage among the technorati, attracting more than 12 million registered users to date. Top… Continued