Digital & Technology

College students prefer to have private discussions with their friends on social networking sites—eschewing conversations with corporate marketers, says a new study.

Sales of tablet computers are expected to double over the next five years, resulting in increased competition, says a new study.

There are plenty of search engine optimization resources to help make you a search master. Sterling Communications’ Devin Davis and Weber Shandwick’s Karianne Stinson provide a list of SEO blogs and experts to either get you started or keep your SEO efforts on track.

Search engine optimization may sound complex to the uninitiated, but by following some basic essentials, PR pros can easily raise the visibility of their content online, including news releases.

Nothing is more crucial in creating awareness and attracting eyeballs to your products or services than great content. Here are three elements needed to successfully create, customize and market content.

Communicators are getting really good at monitoring what their customers are saying—it’s taking action on behalf of customers that’s lagging. But organizations large and small are starting to pick up the customer service pace.

Whether you choose to join the social media conversation or not, it is happening. The question, asks Sustainable Business Network co-founder John Friedman, is do you prefer it to go on with or without you?

Americans with higher household incomes tend to use the Internet more often, and have more of a variety of tech gear to access the Web than those in lower income brackets.

CRM and customer service teams are lagging in the adoption of social media strategies, says a study. Just a quarter of customer service teams could ID where customers were "talking" about them.

Despite all the talk of Facebook and Twitter taking over the digital communications space, corporate execs say that e-mail and Web sites command the best ROI online. Still, PR practitioners are working to realize better returns from social media.