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User Generated Content is Surpassing Publisher’s Content

August 19th, 2008 by

New content creation is a key factor in publishers meeting marketers’ brand objectives. According to BearingPoint global director of integrated marketing Paul Dunay, 120,000 new blogs are created every day—an indicator that user-generated content is… Continued

The Global Village: Building the Connection at Your Organization

August 19th, 2008 by

We have entered a new age. Never before has the world been more connected. From the sale and delivery of goods and services, to investor relations, customer loyalty, and employee satisfaction, this is a global… Continued

Think Green, Act Green, Create Green

August 18th, 2008 by

Today, most companies have some type of environmental policy or social responsibility initiative in place as part of their brand identity or corporate mission. These efforts may vary in breath and depth, but in most… Continued

Sustainability Reporting—Where’s the Context and What is Your Role?

August 18th, 2008 by

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

Using Research to Pique Media Interest

August 18th, 2008 by

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

Use Guerrilla PR 2.0 to Engage Media

August 18th, 2008 by

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

Annual Reports Version 2.0: Taking IR’s Main Attraction to Cyberspace

August 18th, 2008 by

Never a function ripe with proverbial sex appeal, investor relations has experienced a makeover in recent years, having been bitten by the digital bug alongside many of its conservative corporate counterparts. Now, IR executives are… Continued

Annual Reports Version 2.0: Taking IR’s Main Attraction to Cyberspace

August 18th, 2008 by

Never a function ripe with proverbial sex appeal, investor relations has experienced a makeover in recent years, having been bitten by the digital bug alongside many of its conservative corporate counterparts. Now, IR executives are… Continued

Gen Y Lives for Tech; Sales & Marketing’s Shared Interests; Branded Content Sites Score Big

August 18th, 2008 by

*Hip Gen Y-ers Lead the Tech Charge, Companies Try to Catch Up: Companies are still searching for ways to integrate their services into the life of Generation Y, the tech-savvy 18-to28-year-old demographic so vital to… Continued