In a city where 37% of the adult population cannot read well enough to fill out a job application, Chicago-based Open Books executives had their work cut out for them.
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Best Practices for Writing Media Center Content
December 22nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianFollowing are a few guidelines that will help you write and shape content for your company’s newsroom or media center: • Utilize a robust content management system; consider using blog publishing platforms as a content-management… Continued
How To…Tap Cause Advocates to Boost Earnings
December 22nd, 2008 by PRNEWSWe are in the midst of a holiday season fraught with contradictory needs. The economy needs a boost from consumer spending, but shoppers are wary of parting with their dwindling dollars. Nonprofits have more people… Continued
Short and Sweet: Writing & Optimizing Web Content = An Exercise in Discretion
December 22nd, 2008 by PRNEWSWriting content for dissemination via Web channels has little to do with prose, try as the long-form writers among us might to prove otherwise. Verbosity holds little appeal for audiences who consume information online. For… Continued
How to Develop a Media-Friendly Web Site
December 22nd, 2008 by Iris DorbianLooking for ways to improve your relationship with the media? How about starting with your Web site. Following are a few tips offered by Open Books marketing/PR director Becca Keaty on how you can whip… Continued
Consumers More Brand Loyal to Companies that Do Good
December 17th, 2008 by Iris DorbianAccording to the second annual Edelman goodpurpose study, a majority of consumers are willing, even during an economic downturn, to change their brand loyalties to companies that do good as opposed to others. Also, the… Continued
Relationship Training: Building a Media Network One Reporter at a Time
December 17th, 2008 by PRNEWSBuilding relationships with journalists is not much different than with anybody else in business: It takes time and effort and you get out of it what you put in. But the dividends from that effort… Continued
Evolution of an Eco Experience
December 16th, 2008 by PRNEWSMany of today’s environmental problems are ones that are most influenced by the behavior of everyday people. Our individual actions—mowing the lawn, cleaning the house, driving the car—produce small amounts of pollution that when added… Continued
Measurement Redux: PR’s Holy Grail Still Tests Business Intangibles
December 15th, 2008 by PRNEWSCalling measurement the Holy Grail of PR is as cliché as revisiting the struggle to get a seat at the table, yet somehow the term’s continued relevance (despite drastic changes to the communications landscape) justifies… Continued
Case Study: Transition of Power: Communicating to Maintain Brand Strength & Consumer Confidence During an Acquisition
December 15th, 2008 by PRNEWSCompany: SurfControl Agency: Citigate Cunningham Timeframe: 2007 Periods of transition around mergers and acquisitions present innumerable challenges for organizations, especially when a primary goal is to retain a brand’s relevance and prominence in the marketplace.… Continued