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Give a gift to Sales: Thinking outside the Holiday PR Box

A lot of companies tend to see only two options for PR around the holidays: holiday story lines and New Year trends. While these may be the perfect recipe for a good holiday PR campaign, it’s time companies think outside the box. As noted in my blog post last year “Tips for Successful Holiday Campaigns”, [...]

Keeping it Real: Marketing Success Tips for 2011 and Beyond

I recently dusted off my copy of “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” by Stephen R. Covey and was refreshed again by the book’s tried and true principles. In the new world of social networking with 24/7 Internet and mobile feeds screaming “look at me”, “hear me”, “pay attention to me” − scattered with [...]

Is it Time to Get Real with Your Marketing?

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Like many of my fellow marketers, I am by nature a rose-colored glasses kind of person. I can put a positive spin on just about anything. And if an overly complex product gets labeled “feature rich”, I’m okay with it.

It is like real estate listings where a small house is dubbed [...]

Traditional PR is Not Dead

The fat lady has yet to sing.

In the PR industry we’ve been hearing rumblings of the great shift from the reign of mainstream media to the rule of citizen journalists and social media channels. While we happen to believe that social media has forever changed the landscape of media relations (BTW, a great read [...]