Digital & Technology

Millions 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

Like 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

Can 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

To 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

Company: 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

As a member of a minority group of PR pros who are on “both sides of the fence,” I get pitched often for my blog and send out pitches on behalf of my clients. It’s… Continued

Even in this inscrutable economy, PR agency directors and owners are still earning a nice living, clients are remaining and talent is plentiful. Why fret about profitability? Well, I’m here to tell you that attention… Continued

Search 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

Keeping SEO in mind, here are a few free tools for conducting keyword research: • Google AdWords: www.adwords.google.com • Google Trends: www.google.com/trends • Microsoft adCenter Labs keyword forecast: http://adlab.msn.com/Keyword-Forecast/ • Trellian’s free search term suggestion tool:… Continued

In today’s 24/7 information universe, where adversity can affect–or, worse yet, pummel–the reputation of a company regardless of its office hours, mastering the art of online crisis communications is an industry imperative. Nowhere was this… Continued