It is important for any student, in any field, to have access, as much as possible, to information regarding the real conditions and challenges that await them on the job after college. A public relations firm at The University of Alabama educates students and faculty at two national conferences this
After an incident involving a man armed with a hammer and kitchen knife who took a hostage and used their computer to post Facebook messages, the Pittsburgh police is getting social media training in order to know how to react in future similar situations.
Mobile technology seems to be the next big thing, not only in articles from companies that offer such devices, but also in studies of different industries. Media CEOs see an important impact on this industry in the future from mobile-based technology, as a new study shows.
We make no bones about telling our readers about products we find well worth the trouble, or even ones to stay away from, for the matter. For a few weeks I have been testing Vocus’ iContact services for an in depth review, and for a number of reasons. Today an
The second edition of Social Media Week Chicago offers a wide range of events for both novices and experts, 90 of which are completely free. The events are scheduled from September 24th to 28th, and will take place across 40 venues throughout the city, exploring the social, cultural and economic
Morrisons will launch its first online wine offering, Morrisonscellar.com, which will be promoted by Focus PR. The agency won a three-way pitch and will have quite a challenge with this launch. Its mission is to create awareness for the website, scheduled to be launched later this year, and for the
A new social network has been launched, this time one that has several similarities with Facebook, but is dedicated to people seeking the truth about Catholicism. This social network addresses the critical mass of Catholic people and it is called Aleteia.org, a name inspired by the Greek word for truth.
The Council of Public Relations Firms of Hong Kong (CPRFHK) launched today the ‘Double Happiness’ Awards, a new annual award recognizing in-house public relations professionals in Hong Kong. All in-house PR professionals in Hong Kong can enter the competition, and the nomination for the awards can be submitted either directly
The new Ipsos MediaCT’s 2012 Mendelsohn Affluent Survey, subtitled “The State of the Affluent Consumer,” looked at households with an annual income of USD100,000 or more and their habits and provided some interesting conclusions. Roughly put, the main finding is that these people, the affluents as they are called and
Salesforce announced today the launch of Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the first suite that unifies social listening, content, engagement, advertising, workflow, automation and measurement. This suite offers CMO’s the possibility to leverage social media insights and to manage all social marketing activities in one place.
