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How to Manage Dips in Productivity Around the Holidays
The holiday season is in full swing, and with it comes a month full of company gatherings, gift exchanges and parties. With all the social events going on this time of year, you might wonder how there’s time to get any work done!
Ensuring Ethical Advertising
We’ve all said things we later regretted. Fortunately, a personal apology can often atone for such individual indiscretions. Advertising gaffes, which may reach millions, are much more damaging and difficult to roll back, so why do some of the world’s most creative companies and brightest people continue to make promotional faux pas, and what can be done to avoid them?
The Ghosts of Groundhog Day
“Generals are always prepared to fight the last war.”– Winston Churchill
The worst decisions I have ever made are those that try to correct the past.
We overcompensate or second guess or simply take the road “less traveled” and think, as Robert Frost so beautifully wrote, that it will make “all the difference.” While the past is a wonderful teacher, it is but a factor, not a blueprint.
ChatGPT Artificial Intelligence Test: The Future of Writing?
In less than the time it took me to write this sentence, OpenAI’s ChatGPT wrote the following short essay based on the request “Write essay on why PR is valuable for companies?”
A Conversation with Dr. Catherine Musemeche, Author, 'Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II'
Join Michael in his conversation with Dr. Catherine Musemeche as they discuss her new book, Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II, which explains how the science of oceanography helped US armed forced prepare for the battles in the Pacific.
Strengthening U.S. Management: UNICEPTA Expands Top Management Team with Larry Thomas
Communications and public relations veteran, Larry Thomas, has joined the UNICEPTA Americas Team as Vice President Sales. UNICEPTA is a global media intelligence service provider.
Improving The Lot Of American Workers Living With Disability
There are plenty of protections in place that should, in theory, safeguard the rights of Americans living with disability - yet, studies have shown that they haven’t made much progress in achieving their goals.
When and How to Diversify Your Investment Portfolio
We’re breaking down what to do when deciding to diversify your investment portfolio. Read on to find out more.
3 Ways to Level-Up Your Next Earnings Call
When it comes to preparing to communicate quarterly earnings, it’s easy to fall into routine – and with good reason – in a challenging market, it’s critical to remain steady, predictable and minimize risk.
Take Ragan's 5th Annual State of Comms Survey to Benchmark Your Efforts in 2023
Interested in deepening your understanding of the communications landscape — while getting crucial, proprietary research to inform your decisions and navigate what’s ahead in 2023? Answer by the Dec. 21 deadline!
Unique Marketing Strategies for 2023
Effective marketing is a key component of any successful business venture. Recently, there have been changes and new trends in the entrepreneurial world, many of which are specific to marketing. A business’s marketing strategy is vital to increasing sales and retaining customers. Below are unique marketing strategies you can adopt for 2023. Keep reading to learn more.
The Power of Designing for Humans
In today’s digital world, having a strong digital presence is becoming an increasingly crucial tactic for winning customers. As marketers only have about eight seconds to capture a customer’s attention before losing them, it’s essential for brands to have high-quality websites with seamless user experience (UX) design.
Blogging for SEO
A blog is a great way to keep your site fresh for search engines. New content means your site is active and relevant.As you add to your blog, here is a checklist of items to follow to make sure you get maximum SEO benefit from every new post.
Do Your Team Members Like Each Other?
In the 1960s, the University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc demonstrated an important, subconscious relationship that exists between familiarity and “liking.”
How Overgiving Affects You, Your Work, Business, & Relationships
For a long time, I focused on healing, self-worth and self-love to change the habits of doing too much at once, over-extending and exhausting myself with work.
How to Trust Life’s Nudges When Navigating a Career Change
Halfway through the PRSA ICON 2018 conference, I realized that I was choosing my tracks more for what the grassroots side of me needed than for my job as director of media relations at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. I knew instantly that the grassroots advocacy side was really where my heart lay.
How To Get Started With Performance-Based Marketing
If you develop a digital marketing campaign strategy, you may notice that once launched and promoted, it didn’t achieve the results you were hoping to gain. Your marketing budget may also suffer, making it challenging to know what to do.
Before We Can Get Control Over Climate Change We Have to First Upgrade Our Antiquated Brains
Remember “brain drain?” Smart people fleeing dumb places for more rewarding lives. Today a bigger problem is brain train or retaining our brains to think differently about something that has us all in its deadly grips—climate change.
Listen Up. Better Listening Really Does Improve Your Bottom Line
Today’s employees expect more out of the workplace experience than ever before. One of their greatest expectations is to be heard. Clearly, the days of “It’s my way or the highway” are over.
The Murdoch Legacy: Lessons from Past Media Barons
President Biden labeled Rupert Murdoch as the most dangerous man in the world last year, above Putin and Xi Jinping. Murdoch, who currently faces deposition in the Dominion Voting $1.6 billion defamation trial, is not the first media baron to face political ire and controversy.