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The Role of Storytelling in a Digital Age

March 3rd, 2014 by

Companies spend an inordinate amount of time and money on creating exhaustive and fancy messaging matrices that often times sit on a shelf. But messaging is just the starting point.

How To Write Press Releases That Get Read

March 3rd, 2014 by

To ensure that you stay out of basements—and enhance what is arguably the most important PR skill—here are a few tips on how to write great news releases and get them read.

‘Experiential’ Marketing Creeping to the Core of PR, While Consumers Looking to Brands for an Emotional Rescue

February 24th, 2014 by

“Experiential” marketing, which combines a variety of media channels and techniques to get the proverbial fannies in the seats, is fast moving to the core of marketing communications.

How Under Armour Did (and Duke Energy Didn’t) Respond Well to Crisis

February 24th, 2014 by

When U.S speedskaters, who were widely favored to grab the gold, failed to even come close, the search for a “culprit” was on.

Never Try to Stack the Deck When You Conduct Corporate Research

February 24th, 2014 by

Amid the plethora of PR tools available to communicators, underwriting academic research to help get the message out presents both great opportunity and an equal measure of risk.

PR and Communications Amidst Rapid Growth

February 24th, 2014 by

The communications team at Acorda was challenged with maintaining the collaborative spirit and sense of community that defined the company from its inception, while also encouraging new employees to enrich the company culture through their own professional experiences.

Case Study: To Promote Its New Burger Patties, Ball Park Spreads the Media Field

February 24th, 2014 by

Ball Park, which is owned by The Hillshire Brands Co., called on its longtime PR agency MWW to create a PR campaign that would leverage the brand’s equity and carve a new niche among both sports fans and food shoppers.

How To Attach LinkedIn to Your PR Strategy

February 17th, 2014 by

LinkedIn is still being underused by PR pros at both the agency and corporate levels.

Case Study: Following the Tragedy at Sandy Hook, NAB Works to Sharpen the Focus on Teens With Mental Health Issues

February 17th, 2014 by

In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) CEO Gordon Smith leveraged his organization’s broad influence to start a discussion about teens with mental health issues.

In the Heat of a Crisis, Will Your PR Plan Work?

February 17th, 2014 by

Brands and organizations put so much faith in their written plan that they have difficulty adapting quickly to the inevitable unforeseen events and developments that occur.