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One significant challenge for MetLife’s communications team when it was working on the company’s "People Like Us"/open enrollment campaign, was securing media coverage, which traditionally has been very limited and competitive when it comes to… Continued

No company would ever think of reporting its financial performance without including some measurement of costs or expenses along the way. Yet that is exactly what most organizations do when preparing their non-financial reports. Here,… Continued

The term “guerrilla PR” invokes the scrappy tactics of stealthy combatants and a rough-around-the-edges approach to generating buzz around a communications campaign. Made even more relevant by Web 2.0 technologies, many of the most successful… Continued

Yes, everybody is doing it—incorporating social media into marketing campaigns—but that doesn’t mean everyone is doing it right. Connecting a brand and its messages with target audiences in an authentic way is essential to ongoing… Continued

There are ways you can align your company brand with green causes—just follow these nine tips: •    Identify the areas that matter to your stakeholders. •    Identify the areas for which your company is positioned… Continued

Most of us have found ourselves in awkward situations where we, or others, said something that ground communications to a halt. Or, we’ve left a meeting wishing we’d said more to advance our position but… Continued

When the first wave of environmentalism washed ashore in the 1980s and early ’90s, it was easy to cite the increase in regulation as the main driver. Businesses implemented green practices out of necessity and… Continued

You’re the PR pro at a technology company. The engineering team has had initial success with a new product and timing is right to launch. You have recommended a media tour. Next thing you know,… Continued

According to a  Alloy Media + Marketing’s 8th annual College Explorer study, not only will a record-level of 13.6 million incoming college students (age 18-30) account for a record $237 billion in spending this year … Continued

Yes, even cash-strapped nonprofits can increase their media profile without dipping into limited company coffers. Here are 10 ways to do so: 1. Make a Flash file that goes along with an e-mail pitch. This… Continued