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Sometimes controversy rears its ugly head in your business. Whether you wake up one morning to unexpectedly find an unflattering story in the newspaper, or the trouble has been brewing for awhile, there are ways to make sure that you mitigate any public relations damage and see your company through to the other side of the storm. Read More

When’s the last time you graded your PR firm? If it’s been a while, the time to reassess their performance is now. See, too many companies blindly trust their PR agency to always do the right thing for their business. They assume the PR people are the pros, so they give them all the room they need to do their jobs. Read More

Branding is something that a lot of companies seem to take the “set it and forget it” approach with. But times are always changing. Your business is changing, your customers are changing, and the way you communicate with one another is changing too. With that in mind, it only makes sense that your brand should change and evolve too. Read More

The lead is one of the most important pieces of your press release. If it isn’t strong, you’ll lose the interest of your readers, and they won’t waste any time reading the rest of your press release. As a result, your release won’t get picked up, so you won’t get any media coverage. Read More

Imagine your client is an opera singer who has been lauded for excelling at a challenging role. Right now she’s only famous inside her native country, but she has hired you to elevate her to worldwide fame. Or perhaps your company’s India branch has been accused of labor violations, and it’s your job to get to the bottom of the accusations and clean up the company’s reputation. An inexperienced PR pro would be tempted to pitch each story far and wide. But, in both cases, the first step in your publicity campaign is to choose a target audience. Read More

If you’re going on TV for an interview, you don’t want to follow in the footsteps of these angry guests. Check out these 7 videos of guests blowing up at reporters. Read More

Between Tiger Woods and Toyota, there’s been quite a bit of apologizing going on lately, and while ideally you never want to be in a position where you have to say you’re sorry, the good news is studies have shown that customers who receive a sincere apology are actually pretty likely to reconcile with the company. Read More

First off, let me say that I’m not here to proclaim the death of the business card. Traditional business cards are still very useful, and you should certainly have some on you at all times. However, it’s no secret that most business cards either end up buried in a filing cabinet or in the nearest trash can. Read More

It seems like a week doesn’t go by without a study being released or an article being written about how more and more businesses are focusing their promotional efforts on online marketing. Simply put, offline marketing is getting left in the dust, with many people viewing it as antiquated and ineffective.

And this is where I take issue. Read More

So you’re a PR pro, and the company you represent is trundling along, but hasn’t exactly been in the spotlight lately. Business is good, but the company is starting to slip out of the public eye. Unfortunately, there’s no new “news” in sight to interest the media or excite your customer base. What to do? Read More