Earlier this month, the Arthur Page Society unveiled some new research around the changing nature of the CCO position....
How to optimize your comms tech stack in 2020
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Arik’s Social Media Blog
Arik’s social media blog has been in publication for more 12 years and recognized by industry outlets like PRWeb and PRWeek as one of today’s leading industry blogs. With 1,500+ posts, his content is frequently syndicated on popular sites like PR Daily, Social Media Today, Business Insider and Ragan.com.
Did Panera really mishandle their recent crisis on TikTok?
In case you missed it, Panera had a kerfuffle on its hands a couple weeks ago. PR Daily recapped the crisis nicely here....
Everyone has career regrets–here are my big 3
Last week, I came upon this post on PR Daily detailing research that laid out employees top 10 career regrets. It was full...
Why Spanx’s Sara Blakely might be the best CEO on LinkedIn
Not Microsoft's Satya Nadella. Not General Motors' Mary Barra (who has 1.2M LinkedIn followers, btw) Not even American...
What I learned from 3 of the top corporate podcasters in Minneapolis
ICYMI, I moderated a wonderful panel of three smart people at General Mills last week as part of the Social Media...
Celebrating 10 years as a solo social media and PR consultant
Today, I celebrate 10 years as a solo social media and PR consultant. Truth be told, I don't know if today is the actual...
It’s high time to start an awards program for solo communications consultants
OK, so I know this kind of headline sounds pretty self-serving coming from me. And, you know what? You'd be right! But,...
Media relations is getting harder…much harder (but here’s a few tips for how you can get more stories placed)
This just in: media relations is getting tougher. Much, much tougher. The stats back up the claim. Consider the following:...
What I would be budgeting for in 2020 if I were a brand-side PR manager
Last week, the PR Daily folks released survey findings from a recent survey among comms types about 2020 budgeting (nice...
Why I’m advocating for every PR/comms pro to spend 10 minutes a day on LinkedIn
When you talk to people in our industry about LinkedIn, predictably you get a wide range of responses. "It's not for me."...