Forget the elevator pitch. Forget the press release. Forget the PowerPoint deck. How do you condense your message to escalator-pitch length to reach customers, potential investors and press. Profy co-founder Svetlana Gladkova (Profy is a… Continued
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How to Raise Your Company’s Profile
September 2nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianDo you read stories in newspapers and trade magazines about your competitors? Perhaps you know your company is as successful as they are with just as many positive stories to tell, but none of the… Continued
Ten Commandments of a Press Release
September 2nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianIn baseball, it’s said that you know an umpire is top-notch when you never notice his presence. If he’s doing his job, he won’t call attention to himself in any way. It’s much the same… Continued
Experiential Education: A 5 Step approach to building better CSR
September 2nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianWhat’s the most effective and efficient way to optimize your CSR efforts? While opinions could go on forever, there is something new to consider: It’s called Experiential Education, and it’s being embraced across both the… Continued
How One Agency Started from the Ground Floor to Make CSR Part of Culture
September 2nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianSeveral years ago, Hauska & Partner, PR consultancy, which operates in Central and Southern Europe, adopted a new strategic direction: They wanted to do different things in a different way. The new strategic direction was,… Continued
Prepping the CEO for a Charitable-Minded B-to-B PR Initiative
August 26th, 2008 by Iris DorbianMore and more business-to-business organizations are launching new products and services with a dual mission: to be profitable while serving a greater humanitarian purpose. It’s no surprise. Just as business-to-business marketers have adapted use of… Continued
Maximizing Revenue with Twitter
August 25th, 2008 by Iris DorbianA series of recent moves by Twitter suggests the micro-blogging service is running into trouble with its business model. As columnist Ben Kunz writes in BusinessWeek, when Twitter launched in Japan in April, users saw… Continued
The Semantic Web
August 25th, 2008 by Iris DorbianThe phenomenon of personalized search is an important step forward toward the semantic web. In its own way, personalized search creates a mini semantic web that is based on the preferences and behavior over time… Continued
Search Still Segregated
August 25th, 2008 by Iris DorbianA recently released report from iProspect, conducted by JupiterResearch, reveals that 45% of search engine marketers do not integrate their search marketing efforts with offline channels, in turn uncovering a disconnect between search engine marketer… Continued
How to Prevent Foot-in-Mouth Disease when Dealing with the Media—the Dos & Donts
August 25th, 2008 by Iris DorbianDo you feel ill or uncomfortable when dealing with the media? Do you have the habit of sticking your foot in your mouth"during media interviews? Do you wish to hide or be excused whenever the… Continued