It’s dunzo for Crumbs. The cupcake company on Monday said that it was shuttering all its stores and filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation. Could a different PR strategy have saved the bakery company?
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Tips for Assessing the Value of Facebook’s Promoted Posts
July 7th, 2014 by Mark RenfreeGiven that unpaid reach on Facebook is now down to 1% or less, you’re very unlikely to overwhelm your fans with your brand’s content.
3 Questions PR Pros Should Ask Before They Hit ‘Send’
July 7th, 2014 by Matthew SchwartzPR pros can boost the odds of getting their press releases and other written materials across the plate by asking themselves some straightforward questions beforehand.
What Really Gets People to Take Action? A New Metric to Help Find the Answer
July 7th, 2014 byParticipant Media, an activist entertainment company, is working on a tool that looks to measure what motivates people to take action based on something they have watched, according to The New York Times.
3 Wise Ways to Tie Your PR to Sales
July 7th, 2014 by Diane SchwartzIt’s the definitive question in C-suites, boardrooms and industry conferences: is there a correlation between PR and sales? It’s safe to say that, as a whole, communicators have not done a stellar job at demonstrating the link between PR and the top or bottom line. While PR can sometimes directly be tied to sales, I […]
3 Wise Ways to Tie Your PR to Sales
July 7th, 2014 by Diane SchwartzIt’s the definitive question in C-suites, boardrooms and industry conferences: is there a correlation between PR and sales? It’s safe to say that, as a whole, communicators have not done a stellar job at demonstrating… Continued
8 Tips for Navigating the Networking Waters
July 3rd, 2014 byAs we all become more comfortable communicating over the Internet, our face-to-face networking skills get rusty. For PR prps, practicing those in-person communications skills is crucial.
How to Enhance Audience Engagement on Social Media
July 2nd, 2014 by Mark RenfreeAudience engagement is tricky. Here are a few guidelines to successfully integrate your message across platforms and engage you audience along the way.
Vine Introduces ‘Loops’ Count to Track Video Views
July 2nd, 2014 byVine’s loop count may attract more marketers to the platform. The metric is easily understood, bearing similarities to other view metrics that organizations already put money against, and it could give organizations who want to try the service out a better idea of their potential reach.
4 Tips for Integrating Journalists Into Your PR Team
July 1st, 2014 byA stable of in-house journalists can increase the rate and quality of content production, but integrating journalists into PR agencies and corporate communications teams can create complexities.