Social Media & SEO

Social media, in many ways, has expedited the relationship building process. Still, there are no sure things when it comes to getting your message out there.

On Wednesday, Instagram rolled out a Windows Phone app, meaning that it is available on the top three mobile OS platforms.

PR pros can be forgiven if they’re having a tough time convincing C-level managers about the value of social channels. Business decision-makers are still grappling with how to wrap some hard numbers around social platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Establishing built-in metrics to measure the performance of a content strategy is key to its success.

Less than a week after it went public Nov. 7 Twitter rolled out a new tool called custom timelines. The feature enables its users to drag and drop tweets to form custom lists of Twitter messages on whatever topic interests them. For PR pros patched into Twitter there’s probably a lot more where that came from

There were very few investors who waited to jump on Twitter’s IPO when the social networking platform went public on November 7. In a similar vein more than half (53%) of consumers that reach out to brands on Twitter expect a (very) quick follow up, according to a new study.

PR News will honor the stars of PR at its PR People Awards luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 10.

This is what it takes to create the story that goes viral on social media.

As I write this I’m watching a report on MSNBC criticizing the apology issued by 60 Minutes for a report last month about the attack on the embassy in Benghazi. The apology, by correspondent Lara… Continued

More than three-quarters of moms (80%) nationwide are making the major household purchasing decisions for their families, per a recent Child’s Play Communications study. Dads may still have a long way to go before they catch up, but the tide is slowly changing.