Up until recently, U.S. ex pat, Jonathan Roberts (40) lived the life of a successful PR professional as a partner at C4 Digital Group, a growing firm with several offices, including one in New York. Acting as a contractor, Roberts worked with a variety of companies including London’s high-end Royal
When you pioneer not just a new brand but an entirely new type of industry, it really pays to get your consumer public relations right. After all, the “old established” businesses hate successful upstarts, so your only allies are your happy customers. This is a lesson Airbnb learned the hard
Edelman, the world’s largest Public Relations firm billed The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill a total of $1,695,656 for crisis PR work done in 2014 for work surrounding a major academic scandal. The scandal involved lawsuits, and a continuing NCAA investigation as a result of fake classes, and
The October list of New York tax delinquents is out – and it’s a continued effort to shame citizens into paying their debts. Clearly no one wants to be seen as behind in their payments to the government. It’s a strong, aggressive public relations strategy. Some of the more notable names
In today’s world of social media and instant news flashes traveling around the world in seconds, what is your company’s plan for when something negative happens? Events flying in the face of your company’s security and reputation? Are you prepared? Do you know how to handle and counteract such a
Two Houston attorneys, Michael Pohl, individually and d/b/a the Law Office of Michael Pohl, and Jimmy Williamson, d/b/a Jimmy Williamson P.C. partnered together to solicit businesses and individuals to become their clients to file claims against BP PLC over the 2010 oil spill. To that end, they retained the services
It has been almost two years since Justine Sacco famously sent a terrible, hateful tweet as she was jumping on a plane for the second leg of her journey to enjoy the holidays with family in South Africa. What Sacco said, was taken literally and by the time her plane landed
MDC Partners has had its problems. Its shares dropped dramatically this past April after news that the SEC was launching an investigation into the CEO of MDC Partners Miles Nadal. Then shares plummeted after receiving a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC requested documents “relating to CEO expenses,
If you don’t know this story, here’s the basics. Samy and Amy Bouzagio appeared on Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmare (aired May 10, 2013). They were the owners of Amy’s Bakery in Scottsdale, Arizona. This episode was notable because it was the first time in the series’ history Ramsay was unable
Amy’s Baking Company in Scottsdale, Arizona recently announced they’re closing their doors. Amy and Samy Bouzaglo, owners of the restaurant, have had a number of very controversial PR moments in the past couple of years, of course as a result of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares. The couple denies negative PR
