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Consumer Relations: The Buck Stops There

February 20th, 2006 by

No matter how big the business or how deep its pockets, corporations still live or die at the hands of consumers. If the products and services are delivered with attention to individual consumption habits, chances… Continued

Flex Appeal: Bodybuilding.com Grows PR Muscle With Readers Creating E-Commerce Content

February 20th, 2006 by

Company: Bodybuilding.com Timeframe: 1999 to present Budget: None (online promotion from company Web site) When is an e-commerce site not an e-commerce site? In the case of Bodybuilding.com, the answer is simple: When it becomes… Continued

Non-Sell Blogging; PR for Invisible Indians

February 20th, 2006 by

QUESTION: How much of a corporate blog should belong to the corporate side and how much belongs to the blogger? ANSWER: There is no be-all/end-all answer to this still-evolving field. One person who is defining… Continued

Understanding and Selling the Value of Public Relations

February 20th, 2006 by

By Jeffrey Sandman A recent internal study conducted by Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer-products group, found a much higher return on investment from their public relations expenditures than their advertisements. As a result,… Continued

PR Pulse

February 20th, 2006 by

According to a report from Reuters, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri issued a global call for entries in a competition for cartoons that made fun of the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Following the news of… Continued

VNR Challenge: Measuring Audiences, Getting Quality Airtime

February 20th, 2006 by

When Doug Simon received the results of a survey co-sponsored by his company, DS Simon Productions, and PR News, there was one set of numbers that bothered him. When asked, “Have you ever received an… Continued

U.S. PR Pros Offer Solutions For Denmark Boycott Crisis

February 20th, 2006 by

Much of the recent news coverage of the Islamic world’s protests of cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten have focused on the Muslim perceptions of blasphemy in depicting the Prophet Muhammad in comic situations,… Continued

PR Movers

February 13th, 2006 by

Eric Nemeth has been named director of public relations for both the Wachovia Center and the Wachovia Spectrum, both in Philadelphia. He was marketing manager of the Rose Garden in Portland, OR. Cleveland-based Eaton Corporation… Continued

Phil & Courtney Talking PR: Big Mouth on the Mountain?

February 13th, 2006 by

(This week, PR News editors Phil Hall and Courtney Barnes throw snowballs at Olympic skier Bode Miller and his penchant for reckless sound bites.) PHIL: I don’t envy the damage control squad on the U.S.… Continued

And the Winner Is: The Tech Museum Awards!

February 13th, 2006 by

Company: Tech Museum of Innovation Agency: Ketchum Timeframe: 2003 to present Budget: N/A (pro bono account) The world of awards can roughly be divided into three very uneven parts. The first are the high-profile awards… Continued