This is the final post in our series called “Promote U” – the ins and outs of promoting yourself, your product or your business through creative, original content. And we conclude with some news you may not want to hear: sometimes you have to pay to publish and…
If you followed the advice in our first post of this “Promote U” series, Creating a Content Plan, then you should have a list of topics on which you can produce content, as well as an inventory of channels through which you can push content – your website, blog,…
Welcome to the first post in a series from Obsidian’s Promote University – or “Promote U” – the ins and outs of promoting yourself, your product or your business through creative, original content. This post focuses on creating a content plan, which may seem like a daunting task,…
Account specialist and all-around rock star, Murray Lace is an integral member of our team at Obsidian. Recently, Murray celebrated her two-year anniversary with Obsidian, and we are grateful for her thoughtful insight and spot-on tactical execution. To celebrate Murray’s tenure with Obsidian, we asked her some questions…
Recently, Nikon released profiles of the 32 photographers across the South Pacific that would test shoot on the company’s FX-format D850 campaign. One thing (or group) was glaringly missing from the lineup – not a single female photographer was included. Twitter and the internet ignited, as they do,…
Navigating client relationships can be one of the most difficult aspects of agency life. When someone contracts you to provide communication or PR support, it can be challenging to balance your expertise with the client’s expectations. New client relationships can be made or broken by those first few…
As Obsidian's only full-time telecommuter, Hurricane Harvey has hit a little closer to home for me. I live in Lake Charles, Louisiana, which took the "third hit" of the storm that just won't go away. My house has been spared, as have my family's homes here. Some of…
With around 100 arena events and 100 private events every year, FedExForum hosts millions of guests annually. Most people attending these events are completely oblivious to the “show” that’s going on behind the scenes – the hundreds of people an unbelievable number of hours put in to make the…
Launching a new campaign is a massive undertaking, but the enormity seems larger when the goal has the whopping number of 100 million attached to it. This was the task that our American Paper Optics team faced when they began their project with APO in August of last…
Want to engage your key audiences in a memorable way? Need to raise funds for your organization? Do you have a new product to launch or a new location to promote? Maybe you would just like to create more awareness about your organization or cause. You should consider…