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The Internet is a twitter this month about a job posting for a social media manager for Britney Spears. While it’s certainly a newsworthy announcement for us social media types, it shouldn’t come as a… Continued

By Dan Simon According to the most recent research by Eurekahedge, the hedge fund industry shrank by as much as a fifth (or $350 billion) in 2008, with 90% of that decrease coming in the… Continued

Company: Mattel Agency: Weber Shandwick Timeframe: August-October 2007 For any other toy manufacturer, what happened to Mattel during those infamous three months in 2007 would have been a death knell. But for a brand that… Continued

*Maximizing Digital Influence: A research study conducted by MS&L identified key behaviors of online influencers and outlined the following program for maximizing the digital influence they have over audiences: 1. Understand influencers’ motivations: High level… Continued

“High performance and high integrity are good for the bottom line.” Two scholars in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR)–Robert L. Heath, Ph.D., and Lan Ni, Ph.D., both of the University of Houston–reached that… Continued

Senior business executives’ continued haphazard approach to digital communications lends significant credence to the old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” After all, the present time will surely be remembered… Continued

Risks abound in today’s global business climate. Shattered investor confidence, slashed consumer spending and spiraling employee morale have all forced executives to take pause and reassess their organizations’ business models and recipes for success. With… Continued

*New Year Brings Wary Ad Forecast: According to a new report by FitchRatings, the projected contraction in output among the major advanced economies will represent the steepest decline since WWII, with GDP in the U.S.… Continued

Most organizations are engaged in corporate social responsibility at some level, but there’s a short list of companies that are moving the needle in the CSR space, in particular by communicating their CSR successes. And… Continued

It may have started as a curious ritual among teens, aided and abetted by their growing dependency on mobile phones and text messages, but the concept of communicating via micro-messages that pack a punch has… Continued