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Googling For Gain: Search And Recover

February 16th, 2005 by

With the word “Google” now synonymous with research — not to mention becoming a verb in business vernacular: “to google” — conventional wisdom says any given Web site has to be among the first 30… Continued

It’s Reporters’ Compulsion For Conflict, Stupid

February 16th, 2005 by

Remember one of Gov. Bill Clinton’s messages when he ran against then President George H. W. Bush? With a laser-like focus on domestic issues, the campaign coined the phrase, “It’s the economy, stupid” in order… Continued

PR Pulse

February 16th, 2005 by

In the time it takes you to read this item, our guess is that another few dozen blogs or so have hit the Web. Blogs – or online diaries – aren’t going away, and their… Continued

The Three Essential Steps To Avoid Analyst Paralysis

February 16th, 2005 by

Call it a Ouija board for PR execs who are trying to determine their futures with the all-too-crucial analyst community. William Hopkins, founder of The Knowledge Capital Group (Austin, Texas), which has trained and certified… Continued

Stock Rises In Bridging IR And PR Functions

February 16th, 2005 by

In the age of Sarbanes-Oxley and Reg FD, senior PR execs have to know how to read a balance sheet, understand profits-and-loss statements, and own a solid grasp of financial lingo — areas that, in… Continued

Media Metrics

February 9th, 2005 by

Get out of the big city. See America. Save money. Grow your nest egg. While the high rollers may be on the right and left coasts of the country, the highest concentrations of personal savings… Continued

PR Plays Big Role In PhRMA’s Commitment To The Poor

February 9th, 2005 by

CLIENT: Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America PR AGENCY: Deveney Communications TIMEFRAME: March 2003 – April 2003 BUDGET: $71,000 With more than 1,400 potentially life-saving medications offered free or discounted by pharmaceutical companies through patient-assistance… Continued

Changing Tunes: The PR And Marketing Schism (Cont’d)

February 9th, 2005 by

PR execs often turn blue in the face trying to convince their marketing managers that PR contributes to the bottom line. Now they’ve got some much-needed ammo: a survey of America’s senior marketers by the… Continued

The Cobbler’s Children Have No Shoes And PR Has No PR

February 9th, 2005 by

The Ketchum-Armstrong Williams-Department of Education scandal points to the woeful lack of PR for PR, a chronic problem that now threatens irreparable damage to a field that John and Jane Q. Public know little to… Continued

Talking The Talk — But Not Walking The Walk — On Integrated Comms Spond

February 9th, 2005 by

Is “integrated communications” the new “synergy?” Remember “synergy?” In the mid- to late-1990s it was the buzzword among media circles, a catch-all phrase that was used to describe all the wonderful melding of media products… Continued