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Case Study: Scholastic Gets an ‘A’ for Building Awareness of Art & Writing Awards Program as It Approaches 90th Year

April 16th, 2012 by

Year in and year out Scholastic and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers refine and retool the PR campaign for an annual awards program that launched in 1923.

Charting the Industry: On the Endangered Species List—The AOR

April 16th, 2012 by

Client organizations’ use of a single outside PR agency of record has consistently decreased over the last 10 years.

Tip Sheet: Pat PR Definitions No Help in Getting a CEO’s Ear

April 16th, 2012 by

First step in earning and keeping your place among senior leaders: Speak the language of your executive peers, not of your PR colleagues.

Quick Study: Confidence in Earned Media Up While Paid Plummets; Online Advocacy Soars; Smartphones Propel Web Radio

April 16th, 2012 by

â–¶ Public Trust in Paid Media Declines, While Earned Media’s Cred Grows: Researchfirm Nielsen polled 28,000 Web users in 56 countries and found that 92% had high levels of confidence in “earned media” such as… Continued

Quick Study: Confidence in Earned Media Up While Paid Plummets; Online Advocacy Soars; Smartphones Propel Web Radio

April 16th, 2012 by

â–¶ Public Trust in Paid Media Declines, While Earned Media’s Cred Grows: Researchfirm Nielsen polled 28,000 Web users in 56 countries and found that 92% had high levels of confidence in “earned media” such as… Continued

Time to Adopt the Newsjacker’s Motto: Always Be Prepared

April 9th, 2012 by

Speed and flexibility are the PR requirements for taking breaking news and making it your own.

Quick Study: Trust in Government and Business in Downward Spiral; Data Deficiencies Hinder Real-Time Marcom Decisions

April 9th, 2012 by

â–¶ As Access to Information Increases, Trust Decreases: A study by Hill+Knowlton Strategies reveals a significant deterioration of trust in government and business since 2010, as less than one-third of those surveyed trust the government… Continued

Quick Study: Trust in Government and Business in Downward Spiral; Data Deficiencies Hinder Real-Time Marcom Decisions

April 9th, 2012 by

â–¶ As Access to Information Increases, Trust Decreases: A study by Hill+Knowlton Strategies reveals a significant deterioration of trust in government and business since 2010, as less than one-third of those surveyed trust the government… Continued

Tip Sheet: Branding in Troubled Times: Find Your ‘True North’

April 9th, 2012 by

Fractured brand positioning is perhaps the biggest reason why financial services organizations have faltered in a stormy environment, but the same principles used to repair a brand apply to other industries as well.

Seven Things You Will Learn in This Week’s Issue of PR News

April 9th, 2012 by

A prime example of “newsjacking” is the “crocodile insurance” offered to President Obama while on a trip to Australia.  Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are smaller industry players that use social media to connect with… Continued