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Research-Driven ROI

March 30th, 2009 by

When working on a multitiered media relations campaign, such as the “Femme, Femme, Femme” exhibit at the New Orleans Museum of Art, it’s important to cover all bases, says John Deveney, founder of Deveney Communication… Continued

Tip Sheet: Financial Communications: Who’s Doing It Right, and What Lessons Do They Teach Us?

March 23rd, 2009 by

The list of PR blunders, missteps and mixed messages in the financial industry is growing by the day. In the last month alone, we’ve seen a bank take receipt of another private jet, a prominent… Continued

Quick Study: Marketing Mandates for 2009; Hiring Managers Missing Red Flags; Enhancing Risk Management

March 23rd, 2009 by

Marketing Budgets Stable, Efficiency Not: Customer anxiety and cutbacks are the biggest factors influencing marketing budget allocation in 2009, according to the CMO Council’s annual Marketing Outlook study. The Council’s audit of more than 650… Continued

Charting The Industry: Past, Present & Future of Investor Relations

March 23rd, 2009 by

A short history of investor relations (IR) tells a lot about where it is today. Alexander Laskin, PhD, also takes a shot at what it could be tomorrow as he examines the IR research base… Continued

Critical Care: Media Relations Tactics For Weathering Crises Big & Small

March 23rd, 2009 by

One would be hard-pressed to locate a business executive who could honestly remember a time when the media environment was as complex as it is today. Not only is there an ever-growing number of new… Continued

Selling Up: Proving PR’s Worth To Senior Management

March 23rd, 2009 by

These days, it’s all about selling–selling a product or service to a customer, selling an idea to a client, selling yourself to a potential employer. For communications professionals, though, selling is old hat. PR’s rise… Continued

Quick Study: Financial Firms’ Failure to Communicate; Networkers Balk at Ads; Downturn Damages Internal PR Depts

March 16th, 2009 by

*Journalists Not Digging Financial Firms’ Communications: According to a survey of journalists conducted by BackBay Communications and Marketwire, financial services companies are not perceived as communicating effectively with their stakeholders during the current recession. According… Continued

How To…Choose the Best Media Mix & Resource Allocation for Your Organization

March 16th, 2009 by

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to determining the best media mix for your organization, or to know precisely how to allocate resources for the best ROI. "If you tried to measure everything, you wouldn’t have… Continued

Rock the Vote: Media Tactics to Pump Up Public Affairs Communications

March 16th, 2009 by

Public affairs and media coverage go hand-in-hand, which inevitably leads to challenges for the communications executives behind the messages; after all, these campaigns are often chock-full of information that is highly regulated, contested, controversial and/or… Continued

When 1+1≠2: Upgrading Media Analysis to See Beyond Face Value

March 16th, 2009 by

Measuring the complete footprint of a company’s reputation in an exceedingly fragmented media environment is no easy task. However, thanks to emerging technologies and innovations within organizations across all industries, new media analysis techniques are… Continued