In this Colleague To Colleague we talk to William Schneider, who heads the San Francisco office of Lippincott & Marguiles, a corporate and brand identity firm. He offers insight and suggestions on building your brand… Continued
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PATIENT POWER: MARKETING TO CONSUMERS RATHER THAN DOCTORS
February 20th, 1997 by PRNEWSWhen beauty-conscious women started demanding Retin-A from their dermatologists in droves in the early ’90s to remove their wrinkles, healthcare marketers realized they had stumbled upon a gold mine — direct-to-consumer (DTC) promotions. Today, DTC… Continued
IN-HOUSE PR AGENCIES OFFER MORE EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE TO OUTSOURCING
February 20th, 1997 by PRNEWSWith the current environment challenging healthcare organizations to keep an eye on cost without taking the other eye off quality, many companies are turning to in-house healthcare PR agencies rather than outsourcing their needs. For… Continued
DOCTORS ARE QUIETLY ASSISTING IN SUICIDES
February 20th, 1997 by PRNEWSYour doctors may be assisting in more suicides than you realize, according to a study in last week’s New England Journal of Medicine. A group led by clinical psychologist Lee Slome reports that in a… Continued
IMAGE PATROL: MATTEL AND NABISCO
February 17th, 1997 by PRNEWSOut Of the Mouths of Babes: Even Little Ones Have Impact In this issue, the Image Patrol points out just how important customers of all ages can be to a company’s corporate image. First a… Continued
BLACK MOVIE CHANNEL LAUNCHES BATON ROUGE, LA. STYLE
February 17th, 1997 by PRNEWSWhat makes or breaks an enterprise can often be summed up in three words: location, location, location. And that was the case with BET Holdings Inc., whose PR and marketing minds launched its new movie… Continued
MARK THESE DATES
February 17th, 1997 by PRNEWSFebruary 20: The Conference Board and Ketchum Public Relations Worldwide, "Proactive Employee Communications: Building an Atmosphere of Openness, Common Purpose, and Trust," San Francisco, 212/339-0345. February 20: New York Women in Communications, "The Civility Defense:… Continued
NEWS: INDUSTRY WRAP-UP
February 17th, 1997 by PRNEWSPRSA to Celebrate 50 Years by Launching Community Programs The Public Relations Society of America, New York, is celebrating its 50th anniversary by encouraging individual PRSA chapters to spearhead community-involvement programs that promote PR as… Continued
MEDIA INSIGHT: Wall Street Journal
February 17th, 1997 by PRNEWS200 Liberty Street New York, N.Y. 10281-1003 Phone: 212/416-2000 Editor’s Note: Here’s a daily dose of good news: Even though most PR practitioners might think it’s ivory-tower journalism when it comes to The Wall Street… Continued