Best Practices
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Crisis ManagementCrowdStrike Outage Shows Ripple Effects of Adjacent Crisis and the Value of ReadinessMuch has been reported about the good work of CrowdStrike in responding to its crisis. While the impacts were widespread and brought global implications, company leaders did a strong job getting out to communicate early and often. But what about the adjacent companies impacted BY the outage? They were the collateral damage. Unwittingly dragged into […] 
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Branding/MarketingPR Roundup: Biden Delivers, the Coconut Rises and Olympic FeverThis week’s PR Roundup looks at the strategy surrounding President Joe Biden’s primetime speech, the rise of the coconut tree meme and an increase in American excitement for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Biden Delivers On Highly Anticipated Speech What happened: President Biden took to the Oval Office, surrounded by family, on July 24 to deliver […] 
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Crisis ManagementSorry, Not Sorry: Did CrowdStrike’s CEO Really Owe the Public an Immediate Apology?If the public expects a CEO to deliver a “rip your heart out” apology to every blunder, they will be destined to become desensitized. 
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Branding/MarketingPR Roundup: Sticker Mule Crisis, Disinformation Spreads Quickly, Trades Stay SteadyThis week’s PR Roundup examines the crisis over at Sticker Mule, a new report on disinformation following the assassination attempt and the endurance of trade publications. 
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Branding/MarketingTikTok Outlines 6 Fundamental Principles for Creating Compelling Short-Form VideoAt the 2024 Meltwater Summit in New York City last month, Neil Cameron, Head of Canadian Agency Partnerships at TikTok, guided attendees through “six universal truths” for creating compelling, short-form video on the platform. Regardless of budget or bandwidth constraints, PR and marketing pros can leverage these principles when creating video content. 
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Crisis ManagementLeadership Crisis Lessons from Biden’s Presidential CampaignThis “live action case study” following President Biden’s recent campaign decisions has a lot to teach PR pros about leadership communications and crisis management. 
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Branding/MarketingWhy Companies Fail At Influencer MarketingCompanies cannot expect influencers to single-handedly strengthen their customer bases with the same expertise they’ve used to build their personal brands. 
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Branding/MarketingPR Roundup: Economist’s Ableist Cover, 7-Eleven Day, Edelman’s Report on Business and Racial JusticeThis week’s PR Roundup features a look at The Economist’s poor choice for a publication cover, 7-Eleven Day and its heartwarming partnership and Edelman’s newest Trust Barometer report on business and racial justice. 
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Branding/MarketingThe Media Relations Long GameHow can brands utilize a long game of media relations to engage potential customers and journalists when a final product launch is months (if not years) away? 
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Branding/MarketingPRNEWS Announces Winners of the 2024 Experiential & Event PR AwardsThe 2024 PRNEWS Experiential & Event PR Awards honor the creative and strategic PR events that engage audiences, amplify brand messages and generate buzzworthy media coverage. 
 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	