These days, companies of all shapes and sizes are under increasing pressure from the public as well as their own employees to speak out on various social issues. According to some researchers, over 80 percent of the public expects CEOs to speak out publicly on social...
4 tips for turning a crisis situation into an opportunity
Most of the time, when a crisis strikes, business owners resist making any necessary or even smart changes. However, crisis situations are one of the best times to create a sense of motivation and urgency for companies to finally make some long-awaited positive...
Inbox survival skills for promotional emails
Nowadays email inboxes have become clogged with messages that people simply don’t want to read. More often than not, customers start applying their own sets of rules to determine which emails they will read and which they will ignore or send to the trash. With the...
How to incorporate corporate social responsibility into your PR
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a source of positive public relations. The issues of ethics are relevant to PR. In the global economy, where companies manufacture goods in one part of the world and sell them in another, businesses are expected to maintain...
2021 PR disasters in review—3 examples of crisis mismanagement
The list of everything going on in the world right now—from the pandemic to civil unrest and navigating through severe weather seasons—is endless. This set of events has had an overwhelming effect on people, and in these situations it is not always easy for...
3 media relations best practices for healthcare PR pros
Having a successful healthcare public relations strategy means balancing both traditional marketing efforts as well as digital marketing and PR strategies. Gone are the days when PR only amounted to sending out press releases to media outlets. These days it’s a lot...
Navigating negative public comments about Amazon’s new mobile assistant
At the end of September, Amazon made an announcement for a brand new product, which is supposed to make the company’s home assistant moveable, by putting it on wheels, called Astro. The company had been rumored that it would be introducing a home assistant robot for a...
4 benefits of combining online and offline marketing strategies
People are more connected than ever before thanks to the internet, yet there are still some business-to-business (B2B) companies that haven’t been able to find a balance between their offline and online marketing efforts. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways that...
Mastering omnichannel marketing—how to make it work for you
Omnichannel marketing is a multichannel and/or public relations strategy that gives customers a unified brand experience across all customer touchpoints. To remain relevant today, marketers have to acquire and retain customers in a challenging environment. Omnichannel...
Neuromarketing’s impact on engagement—4 examples of how it’s used
The practice of neuromarketing, which began in about 2006, has been employed by many brands. By using EEG and functional magnetic resonance imaging, it is a research technique that aims to find out what people are really thinking and feeling when they watch ads. This...
3 creative ways to utilize social media in PR campaigns
These days, public relations and social media tend to go hand in hand because the role of PR is to generate positive press for a company, and social media is the place where people will see that positive press coverage. Most companies understand that the role of PR...
Landing media coverage: 3 promotional efforts that work
Most business owners these days understand that public relations can help convert potential consumers into buying customers. In fact, according to research, public relations can generate conversion rates between 10 to 15 times more than advertising efforts. These days...