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Tip Sheet: Managing Crises Through Social Media

February 7th, 2008 by

By Robbin Goodman Collectively, the social media — including blogs, social networks, RSS feeds, podcasts, wikis, reviews, bulletin boards and newsgroups — have the power to support or destroy a brand or reputation. Transparency is… Continued

The PR News Blog Launches Into Cyberspace

February 4th, 2008 by

It’s a blog-eat-blog world out there, and no one knows it better than the editors at PR News. That’s why we took months to pore over every business- and communications-related blog we could find to… Continued

Tip Sheet: PR and HR: Why These Functions Aren’t Kissing Cousins, and 5 Things You Can Do to Change That

February 4th, 2008 by

By Jason Anthoine Throughout my nearly 20 years in the communications business, I’ve heard this phrase more than any other: We need a seat at the table. Practitioners lament, and rightfully so, that if only… Continued

Case Study: Greasing the Skids: Shell Uses Employee Engagement and Outreach to Rebuild a Community

February 4th, 2008 by

Company: Shell Oil Company Agency: Dittus Communications and Beuerman Miller Fitzgerald Timeframe: October 2005-ongoing After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita decimated the U.S. oil and gas production operations in the Gulf of Mexico, exacting $250 to… Continued

Quick Study: Corporate Reputation Kings; A Chilly Reception Among Employees; Political Brands; Sustainability Disclosure

February 4th, 2008 by

*Kings of Corporate Media Reputation: With the release of Cision’s annual Corporate Media Reputation Index comes the news that Microsoft remained No. 1 for 2007, making it the fourth straight year that the software giant… Continued

Did You Know?

February 4th, 2008 by

Seven Things You Will Learn In This Week’s Issue Of PR News 1. 70% of survey respondents do not exclusively focus on earned media activities. 2. Microsoft came out on top in a Corporate Media… Continued

Weathering the Recession: When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Spend More Money

February 4th, 2008 by

Let’s face it: The economy is falling apart. Stock prices are tanking, the housing market is at rock bottom–and still going down–and Wall Street staffers look like they’re ready to jump at any moment. Businesses… Continued

Evolving Media Relations Strategists: Media Planning for the Future

February 4th, 2008 by

With all the tangential elements that have been adopted by the communications function, it’s easy to overlook one of its founding tenets: media relations. Couple that with the fact that media relations is no longer… Continued

Best of the Best

January 29th, 2008 by

On July 24, 2007, PRSourceCode announced the results of its second annual "Top Tech Communicators" study, which surveyed more than 300 IT journalists in order to identify the top five large, mid-sized and small PR… Continued

B2B Journalists on the Web

January 29th, 2008 by

A survey from Arketi Group examines how B2B journalists use Web 2.0 technology when reporting industry news. Here’s what they found out:  68% of journalists write primarily for a print publication, but also contribute to… Continued