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
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Annual Reports Version 2.0: Taking IR’s Main Attraction to Cyberspace
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianNever 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 PRNEWS*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
Study Shows Many Americans Suffer from E-mail Addiction
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAccording to AOL Mail’s fourth annual E-mail Addiction Survey, 46% of e-mail users report being hooked on the medium. In case you needed any confirmation, the survey reveals that people really do check their e-mail… Continued
Think Green, Act Green, Create Green
August 18th, 2008 by Iris DorbianToday, 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 Iris DorbianNo 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 Iris DorbianOne 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 Iris DorbianThe 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
How to Forge Stronger Media Relations with Media Tours
August 12th, 2008 by Iris DorbianYou’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
Social Media Marketing Best Practices
August 12th, 2008 by Iris DorbianYes, 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