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Newspapers continue to thrive despite the contrary

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Photo courtesy of Zoetnet on Flickr

Newspapers are dying out. Traditional media is becoming extinct. Everything is being digitized. As one who originally went to college to pursue a journalism career, I changed career paths shortly after graduating because the buzz about the dwindling newspaper industry scared me right out of my mind. [...]

A Year of InSites: Successful Efforts Rely on Resourcefulness

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Year of the Rooster by eugevon, on Flickr

While I know 2010 was the Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese calendar, it felt more like the Year of the Rooster. Those born in the Chinese zodiac’s Year of the Rooster tend to be quick thinkers who are practical and resourceful. During this [...]

Twitter Apps for Public Relations Professionals

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Since it looks like Twitter is here to stay, public relations professionals need to learn how to effectively use Twitter and the myriad of tools that have been developed to help us navigate the microblogging network. To help, I pulled out the 10 apps that I thought would be most useful for PR pros [...]

Using Social Media as a Listening Post During Brand Crises

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Even for those who don’t own a Toyota vehicle, car drivers (and passengers) have been fascinated by Prius’ brake failure problems and resulting recall and federal investigation. Product recalls pose enormous PR and reputation management challenges for communicators. History gives us great examples of crisis communication successes, such as Tylenol recall in 1982, as [...]

Google Buzz: Communication Strategies and Applications

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In my last post on Google Buzz, I promised to provide some applications for organizations seeking to take advantage of this new social network.  As the service expands, people will undoubtedly find ways to use Buzz that we can hardly imagine right now.  But as promised, here are four easy steps you can take [...]