Casual Twitter scrollers yesterday may have noticed a tweet from the deceased former CEO and 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain. The tweet linked to a new Trump campaign ad, discrediting Joe Biden, the Democrat presidential candidate. Just in case you thought Biden’s candidacy was going to be anything other than completely nuts, team Trump has […]
If a picture is worth a thousand words, one could argue that video and other multimedia content are worth millions. This is certainly the case in the crowded waters of brand journalism—brands making and breaking their own news coverage. The Coca-Cola Company was an early adopter of online multimedia storytelling as a competitive advantage. In […]
Facebook’s media relations team is not having an easy year. From an ongoing Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigation into the company’s privacy practices, to overall user trust issues following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company has suffered a reputation dive among consumers who no longer buy the company’s stated mission to “give people the power […]
Yelp may not always come up in conversation as a social network the likes of Facebook or Instagram, but for small businesses and their customers, Yelp is a godsend. The platform is crucial for connecting consumers to businesses across the spectrum, from boutiques to celebrity chef restaurants to dentists’ offices. Since its founding in 2004, […]
Agencies of the future are not just service agencies. They don’t merely represent and provide counsel for brands. Instead, agencies of the future must also have distribution platforms. Distribution platforms provide data and qualified links, increase creativity, improve testing capacity and short-cut outreach efforts. This improves the overall caliber of agency services. A variety of […]
Did you know that 2017 was the first year that baby boomers, Gen X, millennials and Gen Z were all working together in harmony in the PR industry? That’s right, the first Gen Z-ers (born between 1995 and 2012) graduated from college and entered the workforce. There’s a famous great divide between these generations, bringing different values, […]
The 2018 Golden Globe Awards told a very powerful tale while celebrating diversity and equality, and delivering some critical messages for our time. However, as I sat in my living room applauding, cheering and crying at times, I could not help but think of a phrase—digital disruption—as I watched the broadcast. The Globes were digital disruption […]
On Sept. 11, 2017, many organizations took to social media to make some sort of post commemorating the terrorist attacks of 2001. Most of them were some variation on the post below: Today we remember, reflect and honor all those affected by the events of 9/11. #NeverForget pic.twitter.com/3wtJmtWTNr — NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) September 11, […]
Doing good for people in times of need can be tricky for brands. If you draw attention to a tragedy too much or in the wrong way, the public might accuse you of trying to score PR points. (And some brands might be doing just that.) Sometimes it helps the cause to draw more attention to […]
With Google and Facebook placing increasing value on the mobile experience, the era of focusing on “internet trends” may be over, while mobile trends have taken center stage—the internet is mobile now and vice versa. So how are smartphone users interacting with their devices and engaging with apps and websites? Understanding this is the object of comScore’s 2017 U.S. Mobile App Report, which […]
