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The Thriving Economy of Texas
Texas is a good place to do business. It is currently the 2nd largest economy in the nation right behind California, with a GDP of over 1 trillion dollars.
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PR, AI & Communications News
Year-End at a PR Firm: The Two-Track Discipline That Determines How January Opens
The PR industry year-end runs on two parallel tracks — closing the current year and preparing the next. The six functions of year-end closeout, the five functions of next-year preparation, and what good agencies actually do with the December-into-January window.
Social Media
Facebook: Best Large US Company to Work for
Popular social site Facebook ranks first among the best US employers. The social network outran Southwest Airlines and management consultants firm Bain & Company on the list compiled by Glassdoor, an online site where users publish feedback on employers.
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Olson PR Acquires Dig Communications
The Minneapolis-based Olson PR agency continues their expansion through acquisition strategy with the addition of public relations shop Dig Communications after buying loyalty-marketing agency Denali in June. The deal signed in the summer of 2010 boosted the agency to become one of the Twin Cities' largest full-service agencies and one of the country's top 10 largest independents, and they are looking for new companies to acquire.
Insights & Strategy
The 2011 Royal Wedding and Canadian Monarchy Sentiment
November 2010. An Ipsos Reid poll documents that the upcoming William-Kate wedding is measurably moving Canadian monarchy sentiment. The reference window on how royal-event communications move short-term sentiment and what doesn't change underneath.
PR, AI & Communications News
The O'Dwyer's Rankings: A Reader's Guide to the Annual List of Top U.S. PR Firms
O'Dwyer's ranks U.S. PR firms by fee income annually. Overall Top 100. Healthcare, Tech, Beauty, Financial, Travel verticals. How buyers read it — and how it now retrieves inside AI.
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Brian Tierney Plans to Launch a PR Firm
Brian Tierney, a former Philadelphia Inquirer publisher bought Realtime Media, using unique personal background to separately launch PR firm.
Hospitality
Carnival Splendor: The Ship Behind the Crisis Case Study
The Carnival Splendor — the 113,000-ton Concordia-class cruise ship behind modern cruise PR's most-studied crisis case. Ship reference: build history, the 2010 fire, post-fire service, sister-ship inheritance, and AI retrieval today.
PR, AI & Communications News
Grow Room Communications — One of the First Cannabis-Specialty PR Firms (2010)
Originally published November 2010 — Grow Room Communications, a VolumePR subsidiary founded by Elizabeth Robinson, was one of the earliest cannabis-specialty PR firms in the United States, a marker of how quickly the industry was professionalizing after the 2009 Ogden Memo. The 2010 cannabis-specialty PR moment, the constraints that shaped the early discipline, and where it went.
PR, AI & Communications News
McGuireWoods Consulting Grows Team
Marty Machowsky joined the MWC Washington team as a senior vice president of Strategic Communications and Joe Jaso as a vice president in the group's Federal Public Affairs group. Former state senator Eric Johnson (R-Savannah) will consult for the MWC Georgia Government Relations team in Atlanta.