Axia Public Relations CEO Jason Mudd expects 2014 to be a big year for public relations (and public relations firms). He shared his 2014 public relations trends in a recent blog post on thepublicrelationsblog.com.
Ketchum, the leading global communications consultancy, was honored for the fourth consecutive year as one of the Top Places to Work in PR at PR News´annual Platinum PR Award luncheon. For the “Little Things Project” campaign, in partnership with DoubleTree, Ketchum received two honorable mentions in the categories of Branding and Wow!
American Business Awards PR Agency of the Year, 5W, has been named as PR Firm of record for All-Clad Metalcrafters LLC, the undisputed cookware choice of top restaurant chefs and serious home cooks.
With its new "Espresso" offering, Ogilvy Public Relations hopes to attract emerging brands and start-up companies to its client roster. If big PR companies are lowering their prices (affordable and flexible cost structure), are boutique agencies threatened?
While we as PR professionals spin the media constantly, sometimes indeed journalists have it much harder. This week, at least four journalists were killed in Egypt. The prestigious Washington, DC based National Press Club issued a strong statement on the issue "The killings and attacks on journalists in Egypt earlier this week were an egregious violation of international norms that uphold the media's right to conduct its work unmolested and without fear of violent reprisals," NPC Club President Angela Greiling Keane said.
People can spend years trying to learn all the negotiation tips, especially the owners of small companies, who are definitely the most sensible negotiators. They can either use their negotiation skills to help their business or destroy it. If you happen to be in this case, the best way of obtaining a good deal is by using everything you’ve got in order to succeed.
5W will be hosting one of the world’s most prominent criminal defense attorneys at an upcoming speaker series networking event in MY. Famed Attorney Barry I. Slotnick, Partner at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney – the defense attorney who represented Joseph Colombo, Mario Biaggi, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Anthony Quinn, and the Subway Vigilante Bernhard Goetz, is to speak on many issues on Wednesday, August 7 at 8:00 AM at 5W’s offices in New York City.
Lately I've been re-introduced to ideas and synergies which, when carefully examined, herald a long lost web world fantasyland known as Web 3.0. That long ago concept popularized by Tim O'Reilly and O'Reilly Media back in 2004, Web 2.0 hearkened the world to concepts and ideas my generation only fantasized about after a episode of the 60's TV series Star Trek. Technology impacting everyday life on Earth as it does now, was for decades the stuff of Hollywood. Then, the natural progression of thought led us to wonder if (or when) Google or Facebook, or O'Reilly himself, might lead us into a version 3.0 promised land.
News of and IDA Ireland seeking proposals from US based PR firms speaks well for the country's forward momentum, and tells volumes about real business expectations of communications companies. IDA's call for proposals makes no bones about media outreach as a component value.
Released today, and Edelman report dealing with ethical aspects of so-called sponsored content attempts to mitigate proper disclosure intersecting quality and even the future of online news journalism. Prepared by noted professional blogger and EVP/Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman, Steve Rubel, the report goes a long way toward beginning a discussion on what's "next" for news, if not concrete solutions to the media's revenue problems to come.