What PR Professionals Should Know About Satellite Radio
Every morning as I slog my way through Seattle traffic, I am thankful I have satellite radio. Like many other commuters, I enjoy listening to my own collection of music and podcasts. However, my least favorite morning ritual is the task of organizing playlists and picking songs on my hour-long drive to work. With the […]
Spaceflight Made History With Record-Breaking Launch
At the end of last year, our client Spaceflight, the leading mission management and launch service provider, launched the largest number of satellites ever from a U.S.-based launch vehicle – a historic achievement that was years in the making. The first-of-its-kind mission, named SSO-A for the orbit it was launching to, was dedicated to smallsats. […]
Media Q&A: Rob Smith, Seattle Business Magazine
The Communiqué PR staff recently had the opportunity to sit down with Seattle Business Magazine’s new Editor-in-Chief, Rob Smith, to discuss his vision for the magazine. Smith has overseen several prominent business publications in the Pacific Northwest. We look forward to what his dynamic leadership style, and his depth of regional business knowledge, will bring […]
The State of the Media According to Pew
For nearly 15 years, Pew Research Center has distributed an overview of the state of the media, analyzing different forms, target audiences and consumption. It also looks at how media organizations are performing as businesses, analyzing outlets’ ability to capture attention as well as revenue. Rather than issuing one report, Pew distributes eight separate fact […]
The Evolution of Facebook’s Messaging
The last few months Facebook has been the center of the media’s attention. In case you haven’t sifted through the articles, the gist of the story is this: Cambridge Analytica, a political data firm hired by President Trump’s 2016 election campaign, gained access to private information from millions of Facebook users. The backlash has been […]
Duck Eggs to Digital Media – Takeaways from My First International Business Trip
This past week I had the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong and attend the Public Relations Network’s first Digital Forum. PRN is a network of approximately 25 PR agencies from around the world. Communiqué PR is a U.S. agency with partner firms in India, South Africa, Asia and Europe to name a few. As […]
Guidelines for Pitching Discover Magazine
Discover magazine consistently has delivered refreshingly understandable reports on complex developments in science, medicine, technology, and the world around us for more than 30 years. It is highly regarded for compelling stories that are thought-provoking and raise important awareness to sometimes obscure topics. One of our clients is conducting some groundbreaking scientific research. Because of the […]
Data’s in the Driver’s Seat When It Comes to Powering Automotive Innovation
It seems you can’t open a newspaper or turn on the TV without someone talking about the inevitable future of self-driving (autonomous) cars. Forget stressing over parallel parking – take your hands off the steering wheel and your car will do that for you in the future, if it’s not already! Just like computers, cell […]
Going Social in 2018: 4 Emerging Trends to Give a Second Thought in the New Year
It’s no breaking news that social media plays an integral role in today’s business and personal interactions. In 2017, social media took on a new role in reporting, both in the political and corporate arenas, forever changing the “social norms” associated with social media. As companies plan marketing campaigns for 2018, strategically intertwining marketing efforts […]
Twitter Doubles Its Character Limit
In case you missed it, on Nov. 7 2017, Twitter granted most of its users the ability to double the length of their tweets to 280 characters. Users had previously been limited to posts of 140 characters, challenging them to be concise in a way that wasn’t required on other social media platforms. For instance, […]