When we have key decisions to make, we look outside for the answer. We turn to Google, we read books, we ask our friends, we consult experts. Rightly so, we use information to try and make well-informed and smart decisions, grounded in reality. When actually, we are...
Every business has room for improvement, which means they also have room to grow. If you're wondering what you can do to pump a little life into your business, here are some suggestions that might get the creative juices in your mind flowing. 1. Cash flow Nothing can...
As journalists look for better ways to report in the COVID age, new research from PR and financial communications and marketing firm Prosek Partners offers insights on how business reporters find and work with sources as the impact of the pandemic continues to limit...
I love talking to my clients. It’s why I do what I do: I get to work with great people, who are at interesting companies, doing genuinely innovative things, and have compelling stories that we get to help share with the world. When my phone rings or an email comes in...
As the COVID crisis escalates again, organizations across private industries have become more reliant on data and analytics as a way to better understand and react to the continuously changing global business landscape, according to new research from cloud data...
Millions of businesses have been forced to lock their office doors and transition to remote teams. And while this pandemic will eventually end, it’s possible that many of these businesses, including yours, will never return to the traditional office. Are you prepared...
Content has long been king, and times of crisis are when a king’s full power is put on display. Smart communicators are taking notice of the rising reliance on digital during the COVID pandemic, and are reaching their audiences by boosting their digital content output...
For years, the public has had a low opinion of the public relations business—maybe even lower than they have of used car salesmen. But some PR practitioners, like myself, who entered the PR business after being a journalist, also have found fault with an aspect of...
Working in PR can be a fast-paced job, but when you’re also the owner of your PR firm, there is a lot more pressure. Running a business in any industry comes with challenges, but taking care of other individuals and companies’ reputations for a living can be an...
With Election Day upon us, conversations about politics are at an all-time high and, according to new data from employee insights platform Perceptyx, the workplace watercooler (or it’s virtual equivalent) is naturally abuzz with election talk—often in unsettling and...
Reading the news this year, it seems as though another major story breaks and upends the status quo every day. Between the coronavirus outbreak, a struggling economy, calls for racial justice, environmental catastrophe and a highly contested presidential campaign,...
Public relations crises can happen anytime. Professional marketers should stay alert for them to learn key lessons and strategies adopted to manage such crises. With different brands responding to PR crises uniquely, their replies and approaches in the event of a PR...