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Ethics as Part of the PR Decision-Making Process

June 2nd, 2014 by

It is critical that PR professionals talk more about ethics in order to be effective in trying to implement its values and make it a more integral part of communications.

Carrying the Conversation

June 2nd, 2014 by

Exclusive study by Simply Measured finds that engagement levels for one of the top PR groups on LinkedIn have cooled down, but the volume of content has stayed relatively steady.

4 Meaningless Social Media Metrics to Avoid

May 30th, 2014 by

Proper PR measurement starts with an examination of overall goals, and the metrics used to measure success against those goals need to be carefully vetted. Only the ones that show real performance should be selected for use.

Business Conversations That Make Me Lose Sleep

May 30th, 2014 by

Which workplace exchanges do you find to be most difficult? For most people, they’re centered on two things: Personnel and performance. Both of these things straddle the worlds of internal communications and HR, and both are also general managerial challenges. I recently read an interesting column in Business Insider about the toughest conversations you can […]

Business Conversations That Make Me Lose Sleep

May 30th, 2014 by

Which workplace exchanges do you find to be most difficult? For most people, they’re centered on two things: Personnel and performance. Both of these things straddle the worlds of internal communications and HR, and both… Continued

#RedskinsPride Proves to Be Son of #myNYPD

May 30th, 2014 by

The Washington Redskins might have thought twice before launching its #RedskinsPride campaign yesterday if it had paid close attention to the New York Police Department’s #myNYPD campaign.

PR Insider: Hey Marketing, Let’s Catch Up

May 29th, 2014 by

The majority of marketers have not caught up with how women live today. A recent study by DeVries Global offers some insight into the facts.

@Arbys Turns Brisket into PR Gold with 13-Hour Commercial

May 29th, 2014 by

On Saturday, the restaurant chain aired a 13-hour commercial consisting of a single take of a brisket being smoked at one of its smokehouses in Texas. Call it Yule Log for brisket lovers.

How Not to Er, ‘Pitch,’ Like 50 Cent

May 28th, 2014 by

Don’t lose the day job, 50 Cent. The rapper, also known as Curtis Jackson, tossed out the first pitch at Citi Field Tuesday night. If you can call it that. But it was all in good fun, a circuitous reminder for communicators and PR pros on the right way to, er, “pitch.”

5 Ways for PR Pros to Think Like Journalists

May 27th, 2014 by

It’s a perennial in the PR field: If you want to stoke any interest in your media pitches, you have to think more like a journalist. But the theory doesn’t always translate into practice.