All posts tagged PR

Speed Pitching: Can a Media Relationship Be Built in Just 5 Minutes?

The promoter of the newest trend in Media Relations, New Product Events, Inc., thinks it can be done. In their abbreviated face-to-face pitching format called “Speed Pitching”, PR reps tout their clients’ products or services to Editors and Journalists from some of the most widely known publications and media outlets in the world, including The [...]

The King of Beers Fights Back

Recently, Anheuser-Busch InBev came under attack by a group filing a class action lawsuit against them claiming that the beer maker has been watering down their beers. The claims state that the beer’s alcohol content was diluted to less than the 5% noted on the bottle. The lawsuits have been filed by groups in California, [...]

Can Good Marketing Save Golf?

In a recent interview with Sirius XM’s PGA Tour Radio, Stephen Johnston, Principal of Global Golf Advisors, a highly specialized consulting firm focused on golf, private club, real estate, and resort businesses, made a statement that shocked me and got me thinking about what might be going wrong with the marketing of the golf industry [...]

Mini Cooper: Smart Dogs Make for Even Smarter PR Campaign

Halfway across the world in Auckland, New Zealand, a dog’s life doesn’t seem so bad. Mini Cooper and The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) have teamed up to teach three adoptable dogs to drive. Since October, potential adopters, dog lovers and the like have been able to follow the progress of [...]

Walmart’s Giant PR Problem

Just last week, big-box retail giant Walmart went to war with online news outlet, The Huffington Post. The retailer’s VP of Communications, David Tovar informed the Huff Post via email that the store has “made a business decision not to participate in Huffington Post articles going forward due to the one-sided reporting and unfair and [...]

Marketing Colleges to the Digital Generation

The marketing of universities is a tricky business. Balancing the Academics and Athletics, representing yourself as a good neighbor to your home community while attracting the right students nationwide – it’s no easy task. And nowadays, it’s a lot more than having a prestigious logo and perky student tour guides. It’s obvious that any brand needs to [...]

How Choosing the Wrong Marketing Partner Damaged a Gaming Brand

Ahh, what a sad, sad story to read. A small gaming company comes out with a fancy new controller that is anticipated to be a big hit among gamers and an easy-to-use option for handicapped and disabled gamers. The company, N-Control, hired  social media management company Ocean Marketing to manage PR and customer relations during the [...]

Send Your Brand on the Trip of a Lifetime

By Jeff Blumenfeld; Reprinted with permission from You Want to Go Where? (Skyhorse Publishing) Consider the typical golf or tennis sponsorship: the savvy marketer can sample products, entertain customers, present their latest advertising campaigns over a gourmet, alcohol-infused lunch or dinner, and distribute goodie bags brimming with imprinted polo shirts, ball caps, stress balls , [...]

5 Pathways to Brand Damage

In this day and age, brands can fall in a matter of minutes. Here are 5 ways a brand can become undone. Many may seem obvious to you, but brands make mistakes every day, and the bigger the company, the harder they are to avoid. Take a look, and make sure you can honestly say [...]

Tourism Marketing Returns to CT – Will the State Miss Their Mark?

After a long hiatus, the State of Connecticut has decided to reinvest in their marketing budget for tourism. The estimated $11.5 billion dollar industry has been without any outbound marketing initiative for two years, after budget cuts forced the Rell administration to cut back across the board. Unfortunately in this case, like many private sector [...]