For 30 years, stories have been circulating among gamers and geeks about a mass video game grave, in a New Mexico landfill, where truckloads of the Atari video game, E.T. were buried under a concrete covering.
It was supposed to happen sooner, and it was supposed to have an earthshaking impact on the consumer mobile market. Neither of those predictions came to pass, and now that Microsoft has finally got Nokia’s device unit under its wing, the software giant has a lot of ground to make up, in both market share and consumer confidence.
Recently, the producers, and writer of the HBO dramedy, “Girls”, went on the offensive, responding to one question that became the shot heard round the world in the conversation about femininity, and power in America.
Everything PR News caught up with 5W's Ronn Torossian in Moscow on a combined business/pleasure tour of the Russian city. Given our own interest in Eastern Europe business, and Torossian's now legendary and meteoric rise to PR prominence, we asked the PR's most energetic guru about his interests in Europe expansion, the Russia business climate, and an impromptu on Moscow tourism overall.
All of us in public relations who manage people are aware of the importance of connecting with people. Albeit, while all have different styles, the CEO of 5W, Ronn Torossian, in his usual outspoken manner wrote an interesting op-ed for FrontPage Magazine, the website of about the differences in personal styles between President Barack Obama and Fox News’ Roger Ailes.
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.
ven as CEO of an award-winning PR Agency, I was unaware that July 27th was “PR National Awareness Day.” How many of you knew that? I certainly didn’t – but learned of it after reading The Financial Times and an article headlined “PR, an industry with a PR problem”
The Navy and Marine Corps believe they can shame sexual offenders and reduce others from following in their footsteps. Both military divisions will begin publishing their own versions of a sex offenders list on their home pages as part of an effort to crack down on sexual assaults. Interestingly, they intend to publish both convictions and acquittals.
With Angelina Jolie being lauded as a hero worldwide for her valiant effort to have a preventative double mastectomy, there’s also the BRAND and PR story of Angelina Jolie. Even previous to this, Jolie’s brand has shined - Best-selling PR Book “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations” by CEO of 5W Ronn Torossian had a section on Jolie.
There is no magic button to touch which allows instant success by utilizing Public Relations. However, here are some concrete and catchy public relations tricks your brand can utilize to succeed with PR.