Though the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival doesn’t officially open until September 10, that hasn’t stopped the Twitterverse from chattering up a storm in anticipation. Using its patented Enterprise software, MediaMiser has monitored which way the Twitter TIFF...
On August 17, 2015, #bloggerblackmail began trending on Twitter after an unfortunate miscommunication between London bakery Anges de Sucre and a blogger at wrapyourlipsaroundthis.com. A few months ago, Mehreen—a Food & Lifestyle blogger at...
Interest in ad blockers is on the rise and widespread adoption could present major challenges for the digital publishing ecosystem and advertising industry. But how do consumers actually feel about the software and have they used it? According to a new survey of more...
With the Internet and social media providing the opportunity for complete strangers to become best of friends, the importance placed on relationship-building through digital channels—especially in media relations—is at an all-time high. Social media and online news...
Once the storm has passed, it’s tempting to want to put a PR crisis behind you. But while operations have returned to normal, the truth is your company now exists in a new normal. How do you navigate this territory? Here are three key questions to ask yourself as your...
One of the great things about Amazing Race Canada is that it takes viewers to places around the country that few of us have ever heard of and turns them into ‘must-sees’ locales. The show acts as a highlight reel of our country’s hidden gems as contestants traverse...
It’s no secret that the public relations industry receives a bad rep for how it demonstrates its value in terms of sales and consumer interest. I don’t necessary disagree with that statement. Who actually looks at online impressions anymore as a metric? Before I made...
Even people involved in emergency response who aren’t necessarily responsible for communicating with public audiences still need to be concerned with it. That’s because communication, including media relations, is central to any crisis. That’s the message from Thomas...
Big data implementations are deployed across the organizations of 55% of the 206 respondents to take the 2015 SANS survey on Security of Big Data Environments, while an additional 28% plan to develop such implementations in the next two years. They are using their big...
As more and more organizations look to reap meaningful results from social media—and tap its full word-of-mouth potential—understanding what drives people to share socially is vital to success. Social media is, well, social. And while it can be an amazing tool to...
When the going gets tough, many of us tend to either say too much, or nothing at all. Turns out, neither of those tactics work in business. When disaster strikes, staying quiet is a close second to the devastating effects of foot-in-mouth. In recent years we’ve seen...
In business, when success comes knocking, so do the reporters. Speaking to the media is an art, and even the most seasoned executives have turned simple interviews into corporate nightmares. The truth is there’s no such thing as a casual interview—but the best...