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Birthing Center Reclaims Its Market Share Through ‘Softened’ Campaign

September 1st, 1997 by

To protect its 75-year-old turf as the preferred place to give birth, Columbia Wesley Medical Center embarked on a repositioning advertising/PR campaign that would restore its 60 percent market share and soften its high-tech, critical… Continued

Market Trends

September 1st, 1997 by

Calendar September 11-12: Delahaye Group, "2nd Annual MeasureNet Conference," Portsmouth, 603/431-0111. September 16-19: IABC & MediaNet, "Touring Seminar Addressing New Rules for Business Presentations," Orlando (Sept. 16), Atlanta (Sept. 17) & Cleveland (Sept. 19), 800/776-4222.… Continued

Editorial Contacts At Modern Maturity

September 1st, 1997 by

Main Number – 202/434-6880 Editor – J. Henry Fenwick – 202/434-6830 Executive Editor – Richard Atcheson Managing Editor – Carol Simons Planning Editor – Karen Westerberg Reves Articles Editor – John Wood Senior Editors -… Continued

Media Insight : Modern Maturity

September 1st, 1997 by

601 E. Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20049; Phone: 202/434-6880 Editor’s Note: You would think that when it comes to the American Association of Retired Persons’ 22-million-plus-circulation magazine, Modern Maturity, that it’s not hard to make… Continued

Employee Recognition: Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

September 1st, 1997 by

Should PR execs be paid extra for getting their company some ink in a newspaper or magazine article? Or for bringing in business to the company? While many in the PR industry agree that signing… Continued

Corporate-Run and Written Magazines Build Brand, Bypass The Media

September 1st, 1997 by

In communications, there is no easier way of sidestepping media gatekeepers than carrying your corporate image and brand directly to your customers with a corporate-controlled magazine. But for companies traveling down that route, there are… Continued

Case Study No. 2961: Nationwide Tour

August 25th, 1997 by

Company Finds The Right Chemistry In High School Road Tour It’s rare that a chemical manufacturer garners glowing media coverage — especially for a company that has been historically linked to unpopular causes and even… Continued

Media Insight: The Dallas Morning News

August 25th, 1997 by

P.O. Box 655237 Dallas, TX 75265-5237; Ph.: 214/977-8456 Editor’s Note: The paper’s circulation (531,039 daily and 801,880 on Sunday) is reason enough to want to get on these journalists’ good sides but there’s another reason:… Continued

From the PR NEWS Files

August 25th, 1997 by

In a promotion for Firstar by Laughlin/Constable, editors and reporters were given a free lunch when 150 $10 press kits stocked with cookies, gourmet chips, packaged soup and dried cherries were overnighted for $5-$10 several… Continued

News: Industry Wrap-Up

August 25th, 1997 by

Online Reputation Management Selz/Seabolt Launches Site Looking at Risks and Rewards Selz/Seabolt Communications, Chicago, has launched a site, http://www.reputation-mgmt.com, that’s devoted to the analysis of reputation management from a risks and rewards vantage point. Case… Continued