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What day of the week is best to send out a release? Should it be customized for each reporter? When is there the least amount of competition for a journalist’s attention? To get a quantitative understanding of press releases and how they work, pr.co compiled 50,000 press releases and put what they learned into this informative infographic.

Anthem has done relatively well with its crisis response after it suffered the largest healthcare data breach to date. But only time will tell if it will fully recover. We can learn some valuable PR lessons from Anthem’s crisis communications approach following the attack.

If you want your content to be seen by the widest possible audience, then you have to shape it effectively so that it ranks high on Google.

The departure of a beloved figure from a program or company he/she helped build can sometimes be messy. While Jon Stewart’s exit from The Daily Show is far from complete, the announcement was done seamlessly as far as a communications strategy goes.

Toxic leaders destroy productivity and bring organizational progress to a full stop. They lack compassion, and their attempts to exert power and control ultimately break the spirit of employees. How do you spot bad leadership and avoid becoming a toxic leader yourself?

Here’s a look at PR and marketing news as well as executive changes for the week of February 9, 2014.

To grow awareness and support for Fair Trade Certified products, the nonprofit leveraged the gift-giving tradition of Mother’s Day by asking consumers: What if the products you give to mom could also celebrate mothers around the world?

As a millennial, there will be times when your suggestions aren’t taken seriously and when references or jokes are lost on you. How do you conquer the task of getting through to employees who have been with the company longer than you’ve been alive?

We are in the midst of a transitional period for communicators, where traditional skills no longer are cutting it. We need some guidance to forge ahead in our careers. In response to a widely expressed call for competency-building support, we identified the skills that are most critical for communications professionals given where things seem to be trending.

Here are five tips for creating successful partnerships with nonprofit organizations, courtesy of Mike McDougall, president, McDougall Communications.