Move over TV and radio, there’s a new sheriff in town. With most of our news and entertainment moving to streaming platforms, brands have been revamping their communication strategies, and you should too. Podcasts are changing the way we look at earned media, and they have some pretty…
Meetings, meetings and more meetings. Some people dread heavy meeting weeks while others thrive off of group discussion and planning. Leading successful meetings is a part of our job, and that success can be defined by outcomes following those meetings. Everyone has experienced the full spectrum of good…
As a small business, you may be up against large and well-established brands with loyal customers and seemingly unlimited marketing budgets, making it crucial for your brand to find ways to stand out. Whether your business is just getting started or you’re considering taking on a rebrand project,…
According to Statista, Generation Z, commonly referred to as Gen Z, is the portion of the world’s population that was born after 1997. As of 2017, 90.55 million people were classified as members of Gen Z, making it the largest generation. Each generation has its own unique characteristics,…
I love public relations. And, I feel fortunate to do what I love and love what I do! What I appreciate even more, however, is the communications industry overall – and all of its respective disciplines. While I’ve solely practiced PR for the last 4 ½ years, I…
The digitization of business processes has fully trickled down to small and local businesses, in part because necessity mandated a major transition to online business development in the early months of 2020. Regardless of the reason for this transition, it would be naive to think that we’ll backtrack…
We all thought we had an adequate crisis plan. Then 2020 happened. We may have been – slightly – off. A crisis plan is a wonderful tool to have in place should your organization face either a small issue or massive crisis that could negatively impact the overall…
In 2018, I interned at a social media and marketing agency in Shanghai. Many people (including my worried parents) questioned my reasoning for interning in a country so foreign to me, and I can now say that interning in one of the largest cities in the world was…
Social media is a huge part of our lives. In fact, according to Statista, it’s estimated that 3.6 billion people use social media worldwide. By 2025, that number is projected to increase to 4.41 billion. With that large of an audience online, it would be silly not to…
For anyone who’s known me for more than a day, you are probably aware that “Mean Girls” sits in the top five of my favorite movies of all time. (If you’re curious, “Clueless” reigns at No. 1 always and forever.) So there’s no question that I celebrate “Mean…