On November 12, the non-profit Babywearing International launched International Babywearing Week, a week when “nonprofit babywearing groups all over the world are celebrating babywearing, and thousands of volunteers are working to publicize the benefits of… Continued
Digital & Technology
Fight Fire With Fire: Using Corporate Blogs to Upend Crises Online
November 17th, 2008 by PRNEWSReputational crises that begin in the blogosphere are very common; reputational crises that end in the blogosphere, on the other hand, are less so. Dell is perhaps the most well-known example of an organization whose… Continued
How To…Respond to Media’s Facts and Opinions
November 3rd, 2008 by PRNEWSA recent exchange between CNBC Mad Money host/stock market revivalist preacher Jim Cramer and Edward Libby, CEO of AIG, illustrates one of several ways that individuals and organizations can fight back when they perceive a… Continued
How To Respond to Media’s Facts and Opinions
November 3rd, 2008 by Iris DorbianA recent exchange between CNBC Mad Money host/stock market revivalist preacher Jim Cramer and Edward Libby, CEO of AIG, illustrates one of several ways that individuals and organizations can fight back when they perceive a… Continued
Measuring Social Media Efforts: How & Why You Need to Do It
October 30th, 2008 by Iris DorbianLike PR, social media is all about relationship building and user engagement. More and more often, message boards and blogs take the place of focus groups and in-person meetings. Consequently, measuring and quantifying your company’s… Continued
Using Twitter to Join the Conversation
October 30th, 2008 by Iris DorbianMillions of Internet users have flocked to Twitter, a messaging application that has become the rage among the technorati, attracting more than 12 million registered users to date. Top tech industry analysts, PR and marketing… Continued
Case Study: Protecting Your Online Brand Rep: How One Company Tackled a Crisis While Another Stumbled
October 27th, 2008 by PRNEWSCompany: Dell; Creative Labs Timeframe: May 2008 (for Dell); March 2008 (for Creative Labs) “Google never forgets…” -Slashdot, an online magazine How does your reputation look in Google? Half the people using the Internet today… Continued
How To…Think Before You Send E-Mails
October 27th, 2008 by PRNEWSCan e-mail be helpful? What about annoying? Wasteful? Productive? Or costly? The answer is yes, to all of the above. Although e-mail can be enormously helpful in getting useful information to editors or clients at… Continued
Measuring ROI in the Blogosphere: Harnessing an Unregulated Space
October 27th, 2008 by PRNEWSTo say the blogosphere has been growing at a locomotive rate the past few years is to make an excessive understatement. Consider these statistics culled from a March 2008 study conducted by Universal McCann: 77%… Continued
Keyed Up: SEO Success Requires Decoding the Keyword Puzzle
October 20th, 2008 by PRNEWSSearch engine optimization. By now, every communications professional has heard of it, though many (admittedly or not) still think of it as that thing that makes a press release appear high up in a Google… Continued