Five Virtual Places to Find Inspiration

In a slump? Not able to find any inspiration for whatever project you might be working on? The tough part of working in a creative industry is that creativity and inspiration cannot always be conjured up whenever you would like—sometimes you need a little help. PRDaily recent compiled a list of 12 online resources that […]

Thinking About Investing in PR? Five Questions to Ask Your Potential Agency

Is your company considering hiring on a public relations agency? In all likelihood, this means you will be doing an agency search. This can entail requesting proposals and quotes from a range of agencies found through word of mouth, previous use, or online research. However, once you find a few agencies you think might work […]

The 2012 PR Yearbook

Congrats! We made it another year navigating the ever-changing and fast-evolving PR and news landscape. But, before we dive head first into 2013 with PR-related resolutions such as increasing your social media following, finding new ways to measure results, or building deeper relationships with reporters, it would be  good to look back at 2012 to […]

Top Story Trends for 2013

“I don’t set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.” — Dick Clark Predicting the news is like predicting the weather. It you don’t like what you see, wait a moment and it will change. That said, a large part of public relations strategy is researching what editors and reporters will […]

The Importance of Word Choice

If you are passionate about writing, you understand the importance of word choice to convey the right meaning or evoke emotion. Recently, a friend introduced me to Visual Thesaurus, a wonderful subscription tool developed by Thinkmap, Inc., which I now find indispensable. The Visual Thesaurus is an online dictionary and thesaurus that displays the word […]

PR Predictions for 2013

It is a new year and a time to look at what the future holds. Public Relations is constantly changing and evolving and this upcoming year is no different. At Communiqué PR we are constantly monitoring and keeping on top of the latest trends and predictions. While looking at PR predictions for 2013, I came […]

Pitching Notes: A New Tool for PR pros

We’ve all been there. You think you have the perfect story and the perfect pitch to send to a reporter who is the perfect fit and then…you’re ignored, hung up on, or denied. As a PR professional, rejection is sometimes part of the job. But what if there was a way to help make pitching […]

LinkedIn Introduces Comprehensive Company Pages

LinkedIn has become well known as a tool to market your company, network with colleagues, build relationships with potential clients or employees and highlight your expertise. Communique PR actively uses LinkedIn for a variety of purposes from networking to recruiting, and we recommend it to businesses and job seekers alike. As a heavily used recruiting […]

On the Road: Medio’s Press & Analyst Tour

As any communications professional can appreciate, relationships with media and analysts are extremely important and in-person meetings are an excellent way to build on existing relationships, or to create new ones. For this reason, we were excited to plan a press and analyst tour for our client, Medio, a leading provider of predictive analytics solutions. […]