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BEST PRACTICES FOR USING VIDEO IN EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS

April 13th, 2009 by

1. Find the hook. Employees will decide in the first few seconds whether they will watch a video or not. Draw them in with an interesting hook. 2. Entertain. People love entertainment. A fast-paced and… Continued

Communicating in the YouTube Era: Using Video to Reach Employees

April 13th, 2009 by

One of the main instigators behind the increased use and acceptance of online video to reach employees is the third most-trafficked site on the Web: YouTube. The impact of YouTube has its pros and cons,… Continued

COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORMS TO USE DURING M&A

April 13th, 2009 by

Charles Carr, director of corporate affairs at Celerant Consulting, cites a password-protected extranet as an essential platform for providing all stakeholders with up-to-date M&A information, but that’s not the only vehicle in communicators’ arsenals. Consider… Continued

Rock the Boat: Leveraging a Downturn to Engage in M&A

April 13th, 2009 by

Question: What do Diageo, IBM, Bank of America and Johnson & Johnson have in common? Answer: Each company entered into or completed a successful acquisition that served its stakeholders and bottom lines well in the… Continued

Marriage of Metrics: Social Media ROI = Engagement + Relationships

April 6th, 2009 by

Engagement. Relationships. When you consider the vernacular surrounding social media measurement, an outsider could easily mistake the conversation for one about the ROI of marriage. Granted, the ROI of both marriage and social media are,… Continued

Managing & Avoiding Activist Shareholders’ Wrath

April 6th, 2009 by

They are still coming and they have greater resolve than before: activist shareholders armed with a better idea of how to run your company, or at least of how to extract more cash from it.… Continued

BOOSTING MARKET SHARE AMONG MULTIPLE AUDIENCES

April 6th, 2009 by

To cut through the clutter and boost your brand’s market share, it’s imperative to use multi-platform tactics, particularly if your program’s aim is to reach multiple audiences, says Stephanie Anderson, head of PR for OSRAM… Continued

Quick Study: E-Mail Marketers Miss ROI; Boomers Outdo Gen Y-ers; Marketers Lag Online; Social Media Spending Jumps

April 6th, 2009 by

â–¶ E-mail Marketers Missing Measurement Opportunities: According to the ERoi study of the trends and use of e-mail analytics, marketers “are taking an extremely careless approach to e-mail marketing” based on the finding that 18%… Continued

HOW MEDIA THINK PR EXECUTIVES SHOULD WRITE

April 6th, 2009 by

Following is a small selection of verbatim comments from editors and reporters polled in the recent national survey of 12,500 editors and reporters by Don Bates with the assistance of Cision and George Washington University.… Continued

Improve PR Writing in Media Pitches

April 6th, 2009 by

According to a recent survey of U.S. media conducted in conjunction with George Washington University and Cision, PR executives are valuable to media, but they have a lot to learn when it comes to writing for them. As noted in the 33-page report, 94% of journalists use submissions from PR professionals and large majorities also depend on other PR tools such as press kits and special events.