Tag Archives: Public Relations

14 Mar

Word to Your Mother

By Erika Turan, APR Senior Account Executive I’m dating myself here, but as a little kid, Walter Cronkite was the newsman for our house (which begs the question as to why a little kid was watching the news, but whatever). Walter Cronkite was the CBS Evening News anchorman for a staggering 19 years, starting in […]

12 Mar

3 Rules to Live by When Measuring Healthcare Marketing

By Mimi Rasor, APR President Anyone who has spent time in healthcare marketing knows all too well what it’s like to present results to doctors who have spent their careers in research. They speak data. Fluently. They ask questions like, “Why is three percent missing on that market share chart?” and “What’s the methodology behind […]

12 Feb

5 Words That Make Reporters (and PR Folks) Cringe

By Libby Esterle Senior Account Executive There is no escaping it. If you work in a public relations and marketing agency like I do, media relations is a big part of the job. Whether it is drafting and distributing releases, crafting thought leadership pieces or bylined columns, or pitching the next “big” story, reporters and […]

29 Jan

It was so hot, my pants were LITERALLY on fire

By Erika Turan APR There was a time, long ago, when people said what they meant. And no, I don’t just mean that they were truthful or direct, but that folks didn’t rely on verbal crutches to get them through a conversation. They could state matter-of-factly, “It was so hot today. I was sweating through […]

22 Jan

Mark Wahlberg’s new movie gets creative marketing twist with Twitter

By Erika Turan Senior Account Executive Who doesn’t love Mark Wahlberg? I mean, come on. The actor who morphed himself from Boston street hooligan to leader of the Funky Bunch to Calvin Klein underwear model to Hollywood star who rakes in millions in each film is a fairly loveable guy. Wahlberg’s new movie, “Broken City,” also […]

17 Jan

3 things your marketing communications agency isn’t telling you

By Erika Turan Senior Account Executive For 15 years, I worked in corporate public relations and marketing departments. Some were big, some were small. But they gave me a unique perspective now that I work on the other side of the coin in a marketing agency. So as someone who was once in your shoes, […]

10 Jan

Five infographics links worth viewing

By Kaity Dunn Account Associate Infographics (information graphics) are a great way to show complicated content in a streamlined, easy-to-read form. They combine images with data and facts in a visually appealing format. Below are five fun infographics links: • Infographipedia.com – This is an infographics search engine where you can search thousands of infographics […]