The Intersection of Content Marketing and Mobile: Reaching Audiences in 2016

Content marketing is king among brands in today’s connected world. According to the Content Marketing Institute, 72 percent of all business-to-business marketers focus on creating engaging content for potential customers, citing it as the top priority for internal content creators over the next year. By 2019, the content marketing industry is projected to reach $300 […]

Live Stream Video—A New Tool for PR Pros to Master?

This year, the NFL announced it will live stream Thursday Night Football games on Twitter, Facebook launched its new video streaming capabilities through Facebook Live, and in 2014 Snapchat experienced a  growth of 57 percent. The idea of video streaming via social media is clearly an idea that is sticking with consumers and driving high […]

Vision Technology Innovator Apical Acquired by ARM

Congratulations to our recent client, Apical, a London-based company specializing in embedded imaging and vision technology, for its acquisition by ARM! ARM Holdings, one of Britain’s few large global tech companies, acquired Apical for $350 million to accelerate ARM’s long-term growth strategy into new markets, such as driverless cars, security systems, robotics and other connected […]

Soaring to New Heights

  Some companies take blogging to new heights. One of them is Alaska Airlines. It launched its blog (https://blog.alaskaair.com) in June 2014 and in two years the blog has published more than 230 stories that people are actually reading. Halley Knigge, who signed on with Alaska Airlines in January 2014, runs the blog. Knigge, a former […]

Soaring to New Heights

  Some companies take blogging to new heights. One of them is Alaska Airlines. It launched its blog (https://blog.alaskaair.com) in June 2014 and in two years the blog has published more than 230 stories that people are actually reading. Halley Knigge, who signed on with Alaska Airlines in January 2014, runs the blog. Knigge, a former […]

Radio Reincarnated: How PR Professionals Can Leverage the Rise of Podcasting

Video may have killed the radio star, but it has reincarnated as a podcast host. Podcasts are essentially radio that appeals to listeners’ niche interests and enthusiasms and is free from the constraints of a network programming clock. This type of oral storytelling has quickly gained popularity: The percentage of Americans who have listened to […]

Four Lessons That Apply to Both Golf and PR

In the time I have been at Communiqué PR, I have realized that I can apply many of the lessons I have learned from golf to public relations. Both golf and PR have landscapes that are constantly changing, however, are full of opportunities. Opportunities that through precise execution and careful planning (or practice), can achieve […]

Retaining Top Talent During Your Company’s M&A Deal

2015 was a record-breaking year for worldwide deal making, with $4.7 trillion in announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A), according to data from Thomson Reuters. This figure is up 42 percent from 2014, and beats the previous record of $4.4 trillion set in 2007. This explosion of activity and deal value is due in large part […]

Uncovering Content Management Systems: Step Two in Creative Content Marketing

After writing my last blog post, “Considerations to Stay Competitive in Creative Content Marketing,” I learned just how overwhelming analyzing and distinguishing which method of the vast number of available content marketing platforms to utilize can be. The decision of selecting the platform or platforms needs to be thoughtful and requires critical thinking around which […]