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By Claude M. Gruener, PR Albany What’s the best way to get your news releases, speeches or your internet posts ignored, or worse yet, ridiculed? Beyond being irrelevant, wrong or dated, it’s very simple. All you need do is to include a few punctuation, grammatical or spelling errors. Our savvy PR professionals at PRCG know…
By Brenda Thompson Google just announced that it’s bringing its super-fast fiber optic cable and television service, Google Fiber, to Austin. We are only the second city in the nation to get this service, launching in mid-2014 (Kansas City was first). At the speed of 1 gigabit, Google Fiber is said to be 150 times…
By Brian Chandler, Commonwealth PR I remember this client’s crisis like it was yesterday. We were in the middle of a meeting at their office when the CEO was immediately ushered out of the room with no explanation. A few minutes later, I was also summoned out of the room, leaving everyone confused and unsure…
by Amy Kossoff Smith Write Ideas, Inc. @WriteIdeasPR This year’s PRConsultants Group Conference rallied 32 PR pros from around the country in Kansas City for professional development, networking, and some CSI (Communication Strategies and Innovation) fun. Conference Chairs Alex Greenwood, Barb Harris, and Sharon Kreher, along with a committee*, planned 2+ jam packed days of…
by Amy Kossoff Smith Write Ideas, Inc. @WriteIdeasPR Couldn’t resist a quick piece on the logistics and marketing angles of Super Bowl 2013. With brothers coaching opposing teams (wow!); the Ravens in the game (I’m D.C./Baltimore-based); Beyonce singing live after the Inauguration Star Spangled Banner question (btw – who really cares as long as it…
By Kay F. Floyd, APR, Kay F. Floyd & Associates I just tuned into American Idol since the auditions were held in my own San Antonio. Some of the singers were impressive while others, well, what can I say? Here’s a “Best of San Antonio & Long Beach” snapshot: From the days dating back to…
By Natalie Ghidotti, Ghidotti Communications Bloggers in Boots The bloggers at Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged show off their free Country Outfitter boots. Stephanie McCratic, blogger at Evolved Mommy and the brainchild of the Country Outfitter blogger boot giveaway, participates in #FoodieFriday with the author Natalie Ghidotti of Ghidotti Communications. It’s no secret that pitching bloggers…
by Brenda Jones Barwick, APR Jones Public Relations, Inc. We’ve all heard the cliché, All Politics is Local. Coined by former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill to encapsulate the principle that a politician’s success is directly tied to his ability to understand and influence the issues of his constituents. In many ways, political campaigns is…
Facebook Tips to By Kathy Day, APR, KD/PR Virtual I admit it, I’m a Facebook addict. My teenage son will no longer let me take pictures of him because he expects me to share them with my Friends on my Facebook page. My mother calls less these days because I’ve trained her to find out…
By Julie Dennehy, Dennehy Public Relations This fall, my professional career went backwards… in time, to the 16th century. I found myself in the position of royal publicist for King Richard’s Faire. Celebrating its 31st season in a magical “Carvershire” (Carver, Mass.), this eight-week Renaissance Festival has its two leather boot-clad feet firmly planted in…
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