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PR Sherpa: GO Signals for Radio PSAs

October 20th, 2004 by

What’s The Frequency? In 1996, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) dropped the licensing requirement that each radio station run PSAs as a requirement for license renewal. Without government diktat, one might think that would cut… Continued

As We Fish (for Measurement) Are We Missing the Boat?

October 20th, 2004 by

Managing ever-present competitive and cost pressures, corporations are tasking their PR teams to find new and improved means to measure and validate the impact of their initiatives. In most cases, our reaction has been to… Continued

PR Pulse

October 20th, 2004 by

A New Survey Of Radio PSA Directors In The Top 50 Markets says that 100% of stations have a public service announcements rotation. Of course, it’s difficult to get a 100% of anything so let’s… Continued

Q/A: Kistle Wants To Take IABC ‘Above and Beyond’

October 20th, 2004 by

David Kistle is catching a flight to Birmingham, Alabama to huddle with a few IABC chapters. Or is it back to Minneapolis? to work on his accounts as senior VP at Padilla Speer Beardsley, where… Continued

PR Measurement Now Moving At A Not-So-Glacial Pace

October 20th, 2004 by

In the last year or so the struggle over measurement has moved from understanding output (your media hits) to capitalizing on the outcomes (how they connect to the company’s overall business goals). Not exactly like… Continued

Media Metrics

October 11th, 2004 by

With the football season in full swing we thought it would be useful to provide some media stats related to the gridiron, which seems to have fully eclipsed Major League Baseball as the national pastime.… Continued

Going Ape

October 11th, 2004 by

By David Shoffner/Pavone The cardinal rule of guerrilla promotions – smaller is better – is reinforced throughout the Gazebo Room effort. A tight budget, limited geographic focus, and a client significantly smaller than its deep-pocketed… Continued

Campaign to Change Perception About Salad Dressing is Drenched in Humor

October 11th, 2004 by

CAMPAIGN TYPE: Marketing Communications TIMEFRAME: December 2003 – January 2004 BUDGET: $30,000 Talk about chicken hawks. Gazebo Room Salad Dressing and Marinade (Mechanicsburg, Penn.), a 50-year-old regional brand that’s sold in 13 states around the… Continued

A View from the Top: Scaling Measurement

October 11th, 2004 by

A flurry of new measurement stats at the Measurement Summit earlier this month, sponsored by measurement gurus KDPaine & Partners. The centerpiece of the summit was the first-ever global survey on measurement, conducted with the… Continued

Improving Image of PR Profession Starts at Home

October 11th, 2004 by

In HBO’s wildly successful “Sex and the City,” actress Kim Cattrall played Samantha Jones, a “successful PR exec who knows what she wants,” at least as described by HBO’s Web site. But for many real-world… Continued