Keeping It Simple (But Not Stupid)

By Ann Handley, Marketing Profs A favorite adage of my college journalism professor was this: Assume the reader knows nothing. But don’t …
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How mobile technology enhanced my conference experience

Big props to the group of HR volunteer leaders at the 2013 LWHRA Symposium this week who leveraged mobile technology …
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Eight Tips to Keep Your Creative Content Protected

The internet empowers us like no other medium to share our creative content with other people. Pictures, texts, video and …
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The Best and Worst Commercials from Super Bowl XLVII

Did you know that it only cost advertisers $35,000 to run an ad during the Super Bowl in 1967? That …
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Big Social Media and Digital Trends for 2013 (Part 2)

One thing is clear. The pace of social media change is not slowing down. Take a look at what’s happened …
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How the Battle of the Blackout Was Won

It’s the third quarter of Superbowl XLVII; the Baltimore Ravens are routing the San Francisco 49ers by 21 and looking …
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Four Tips for Improving Your Facebook EdgeRank

With Facebook’s constant changes to its policies, features and algorithm it’s difficult to keep up on what it takes to …
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Tools of the Trade: Making Sense of Content (Part 1)

As a communications agency, we write and create tons of content for our clients: press releases, messaging platforms, reports, research, …
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New Social Network Vine – What is it and why should you care?

Vine is a new service, introduced by Twitter, that lets you record and share six-second (or less) looping video clips …
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Is Data Analysis the Next Key Skill for Communicators?

CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, is a set of tools and processes used by marketers to better understand their customer. …
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Happy Birthday(s) From Your Facebook Friends!

It was on my birthday just this week that I was reminded of the power of Facebook – this social …
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Tips for Keeping Healthy and Fit at the Office

The desire to be healthier is January’s hot social media topic. We are all busy blogging, posting and tweeting about …
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Does Facebook’s Graph Search Mean Better Discoverability for Brands?

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s Graph Search! From a PR perspective it was interesting to see the various …
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Big Social Media and Digital Trends for 2013 (Part 1)

2012 will go down in history as a significant year for social media. Facebook went public, hit a billion users …
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Creativity in the New Year

I’m not usually one for New Year’s resolutions, but I recently came across an article about the power of one word which …