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Twitter Watch: Obama’s Online Rep Suffers With Debt Ceiling Debate

August 15th, 2011 by

While there wasn’t much positive Twitter chatter around President Obama’s role in the debt ceiling debate, a majority of the tweets were in fact neutral.

Culture Cultivation: When a Poster On a Wall Just Doesn’t Cut It

August 8th, 2011 by

“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” – Peter Drucker When Peter Drucker speaks, business leaders listen. And it’s clear that Drucker thinks highly of organizational culture as a driving force. But not all organizations can have… Continued

Tip Sheet: Should We Do PR the ‘Right Way’ or ‘Right Now’?

August 8th, 2011 by

Communication Sciences International CEO Mike Herman suggests applying the backbone of PR—ethics, information and truth—to all social media actions.

Case Study: Olympian PR Effort Helps Those With Chronic Medical Malady Find Their Way to the Nearest Powder Room

August 8th, 2011 by

Astellas Pharma Canada’s Powder Room initiative leveraged a tie-in to the Olympic Winter Games to raise awareness of overactive bladder (OAB) and provide sufferers with valuable information.

Quick Study: Mobile Phone Users Dial Up Social Networking Sites; Customer Relaxation Techniques—New PR Tactic?

August 8th, 2011 by

â–¶ PR Pros Should Brush Up on Mobile: Almost three-quarters (73%) of mobile phone users (both smartphones and other types) in the U.S. use their phones daily to visit social networking sites; sometimes more than… Continued

Quick Study: Mobile Phone Users Dial Up Social Networking Sites; Customer Relaxation Techniques—New PR Tactic?

August 8th, 2011 by

â–¶ PR Pros Should Brush Up on Mobile: Almost three-quarters (73%) of mobile phone users (both smartphones and other types) in the U.S. use their phones daily to visit social networking sites; sometimes more than… Continued

Charting the Industry: When Social Networking Gets Personal

August 8th, 2011 by

While social media has changed the makeup of PR campaigns and the day-to-day tasks for PR pros, it also has presented a range of personal/professional use discrepancies.

Quick Study: Americans Skeptical of Brands’ Association With Causes—Cite Disconnect Between Cause and Offering

August 1st, 2011 by

â–¶ Consumers want Authenticity: Although the majority of Americans (96%) say they can identify two to three causes that are important to them personally, the 2011 MSLGroup Social Purpose Index finds that only 37% of… Continued

Top Retweet Driver: Person-ality

August 1st, 2011 by

Social media platform provider GaggleAmp tracked 1.9 million tweets and discovered that, among six types of tweets, a person-mentioned element is by far the greatest driver of retweets.

Ticker Shock: Five Strategies That Move the Stock Price Needle

August 1st, 2011 by

To a CEO, there’s nothing like having the stock price move upward, and PR can play a big role in that outcome.