Is Your News Really Newsworthy?

A variety of elements determine the newsworthiness of an announcement. As many newspapers and magazines continue to see a decline in readership, they are increasingly looking to achieve relevance with their audience and are striving to publish articles that have a high news value and can capture the interest of their readers. In order to […]

Writing the Winning Press Release

As a best practice, we like to ask our clients a set of questions before we begin writing a press release on their behalf. We consider this a Communiqué PR best practice with three significant benefits. Shared Expectations First, the process of asking these questions ensures that we are on the same page with regard […]

TechFlash and Whrrl Launch Parties

Last night Colleen Moffitt, Melissa Liton, Paulette Zimmerman and I had the opportunity to attend TechFlash’s launch party at the Palace Ballroom. What a fun night! It was terrific to catch up with the movers and shakers in Seattle’s tech community. Highlights of the TechFlash event included mingling with Jeremy Lewis of Big Fish Games; […]

Writing a White Paper

Colleen and I are putting the final touches on our book Strategic Public Relations: 10 Principles to Harness the Power of PR. As we prepare to deliver the final manuscript to the publisher, we solicited feedback from an experienced CEO friend asking him to read the entire book to determine if the content was valuable […]

The Future of the AP

According to a recent article in PRWeek, The Associated Press could be on the decline with newspapers. The piece, entitled “Economy, Internet affect AP’s news role,” asserts the AP’s role is shrinking with newspapers as a result of “of plummeting advertising revenue and the public increasingly turning to the Internet for non-local news.” Founded in […]

Leveraging the Blogosphere; Insights from CPR

Many companies struggle with how to respond to bloggers – let alone engage and interact with them. With more than 75 million blogs on just about every topic imaginable, it is overwhelming to think about monitoring and engaging bloggers. The key, like so many things in life, is focus. You need to figure out who […]

YouTube Videos; Effective Marketing Platform or Not?

Tom Trinneer, a friend and former client of Communiqué PR, suggested I blog about YouTube and how corporations are using videos to promote their images and achieve their business objectives. He also suggested I check out Microsoftís video to promote Microsoft Surface, below. Right away I was intrigued. Clearly, video can be a very effective […]

Social Networking Sites and Ad Revenue

This morning there is an article in the Wall Street Journal about social networking sites (Social Sites Don’t Deliver Big Ad Gains) and how the ad revenue from these sites has been disappointing. According to the WSJ, Facebook, Google and other players have been struggling to generate significant revenue from advertising. I found the article […]