Communiqué PR — 2009 Highlights
With the economic downturn, layoffs, H1N1, massive changes in the media, and the growth of social networking impacting our world, 2009 proved to be a challenging year for many of us. At Communiqué PR, we looked at the uncertainty and adverse business climate as an opportunity to be even more focused in our efforts for […]
Social Media & Damage Control
Many of us have heard about the mistakes companies, such as Dominos and United Airlines, have made around crisis control. However, there seems to be a dearth of information about how companies can use social media in the right way for damage control during a crisis. In late January, I am moderating a panel on […]
Crisis Experts Share Perspective on Tiger Woods
The Wall Street Journal and Washington Times both published articles on Wed., Dec. 2 about Tiger Wood’s management of his personal crisis – the car accident and reported affairs. Both articles provide readers with an excellent reminder of the importance of communicating in a timely manner and being as transparent as possible during a crisis. […]
Facebook & Public Relations
I was reading the New York Times and came across an article entitled, “How to Market Your Business with Facebook.” As we work to help our clients reach the right audiences, we are increasingly thinking about Facebook with its audience of more than 300 million active users. As PR practitioners, we are not so interested […]
My Four Favorite Twitter Tools
The past couple of times I’ve given presentations on social media, I have received questions from members of the audience about the best Twitter tools. Given the high-level of interest in this topic, I decided to do additional research, test out some of the most highly-recommended tools and publish my findings on the Communiqué PR […]
Five Tips for Motivating Employees to Twitter on Behalf of Your Brand
Are you struggling with how to help employees leverage Twitter for the benefit of your company? We have all heard stories of how employees have damaged a company’s brand via social media. However, marketing and communications executives have a tremendous opportunity to harness the power of social media to significantly benefit their organizations by enlisting […]
Getting the Right Photo is Easier With OnSet
As many marketers and PR professionals know, the right images are often essential to build correct brand awareness with consumers or key business decision makers. However, the cost of custom photography can be prohibitive – especially when a brand manager has to travel to a location to manage the composition and direction of a photo […]
Pete Carroll, USC Head Coach’s Use of Social Media
As a University of Oregon alum it is not easy for me to acknowledge how impressed I am with USC’s head football coach Pete Carroll’s use of social media. The guy is doing a phenomenal job of galvanizing support for his players and team. Consider this, today Carroll has more than 53,000 followers, and when […]
Aveso Inc. – Recent PR Results
In August, we wrote about a new Communiqué PR client, Aveso, Inc., in a post entitled, “The future of One-Time Password (OTP) Technology.” Since then, we have made good progress helping Aveso educate people about the merits of its technology, building the category and raising the company’s profile as a thought leader. Specifically, in the […]
Twitterphoria: Adding Twitter Power to Your Marketing Mix, Today
It was such an honor and pleasure to speak to a sell-out crowd at the Puget Sound American Marketing Association (PSAMA) Luncheon last Wed., Sept. 9. My presentation entitled, “Twitterphoria: Adding Twitter Power to Your Marketing Mix, Today”, was well received with approximately 150 people in attendance. According to one of the PSAMA board members, […]