Managing Your Online Reputation
In today’s digital world where we’re constantly connecting to one another and sharing content through the Internet, social media, and mobile devices, it’s easy to forget that the content you share can be seen by unintentional viewers. Have you ever posted a Facebook picture from a night out in college or griped about a colleague […]
The Power of Infographics
Think back to the days when you were a child learning to read. At that age, most of us gravitated toward books that primarily consisted of vibrant illustrations or photos. As a young child, it was often pictures that truly helped us understand words and stories. Now, flash forward to your adult life and you’ll […]
Five SEO Tips for Websites
A company website can be a vital tool to educate and engage current and potential customers. Customers’ first brush with a business often comes through a search on the Internet. According to data from analyst firm iProspect, “62 percent of search engine users click on results within the first page of search results and 36 […]
Link Baiting: Effective or Not?
In the past two weeks several of our clients have asked us about link baiting, the practice of creating valuable content for one’s website that encourages people to link to it from other websites. This practice is popular with some companies and individuals because the quantity and quality of inbound links are two of the […]
Bing to Feature Twitter Updates
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine which officially launched on June 3, is making headlines yet again as the company “dips its toes into a hot new area of real-time search.” The company revealed on July 1 it will include the latest Twitter updates from popular users such as actor Ashton Kutcher, technology journalist Kara Swisher, […]
New Search Tool Better Than Google?
As PR professionals, we are always interested in learning about new search tools that will impact the ever-changing digital media landscape. Virtually everyone utilizes search engines for research including journalists and PR professionals. WolframAlpha, which made its debut on May 15, could change how we find information through search engines. WolframAlpha is a powerful search […]
Digital Strategies are Not Cutting It for CMOs
Heidrick & Struggles, an Atlanta-based recruiting firm, recently conducted a survey to evaluate the success of digital strategies in marketing activities, such as social media, search engine optimization (SEO) and business intelligence. They surveyed 111 senior marketing executives at firms with $1 billion or more in annual revenues and found that while many marketing executives […]
Creating a Corporate Blog
Corporate blogs can be an excellent way to establish thought leadership, build communities and drive additional traffic to an organization’s Web site. For example, since Communiqué PR started its blog in January 2008, we have seen a 200 percent increase in Web traffic and the blog has been a terrific way to give our clients […]
Search Engine Optimization and Your Press Release
You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the importance of search engine optimization (SEO), the practice of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a particular Web site. You are likely aware that you need to make certain your company’s press releases and other media materials receive high rankings on search engines, such as […]
Communiqué PR Shares Industry Perspective with PRWeek and Workinpr.com!
Communiqué PR’s founders Jennifer Gehrt and Colleen Moffitt recently caught up with two PR-oriented publications, PRWeek and Workinpr.com. Editors spoke to Jennifer and Colleen about their perspective on current industry trends, best practices and how PR has changed over the past 15 -20 years. Check out the PRWeek article to learn about leveraging search engine […]