When it comes to communication of all kinds, it's paramount to know and use the names of the persons you are addressing. In person, over email, on the phone, using their name is a rule that PR professionals, customer care reps and everyone in the business world that gets into conversations with parters, customers and audiences in general live by.
New research into the values considered important and passed on to children by mothers in five Asian cities reveals interesting data for communicators and marketers targeting this region. Tokyo moms focus on human ties and raise their children to value friends and not impose on other people, Shanghai mothers put effort into making them successful, while Seoul moms think leadership is the quality they should stress.
As a cool fact, Generation Y is largely considered the last generation wholly born in the 20th century. 71% of Generation Y participates in monthly social networking, while almost 29% of that participates in daily. There is little to speak of as far as memories of the Cold War not directly related to a video game or movie.
The developing romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton has rekindled the interest in the institution of monarchy and the life of the royal family for Canadians, yet the majority still believe the future UK monarch should play no role in Canada’s actual ruling, favoring their Governor General as head of state.
Line2, featuring Steven Slater, launched contest that runs November 16 through December 3, rewarding the “craziest” (i.e. most outrageous) flight stories: the Mile High Text Club.
Stats Squared wins Indianapolis Startup Weekend and now goes after the Global Startup Weekend Battle! A Twitter analytics tool that makes understand CTR, link maturation and Twitter metrics easy for its users!
Debra Silimeo received the 2010 Washington PR Woman of the Year for her leadership in public relations, and fore her contributions to helping people live healthier, safer and smarter lives.
Roberta Mancino is the talk of the Internet today, for all the good reasons. There are no scandals to mention, just a career worthy of accolades.
Elizabeth Robinson founded Grow Room (Communications) where she tenders to companies in the field of medical marijuana. But Sheepy learned from reliable sources that this is not all...