Brand Activation is the art of bringing brands to life and encouraging positive interaction between them and their audience. It also serves to consolidate a positive impression of a particular brand in the minds of the consumers and the public. It’s goal is to embody...
How to Create a Viral Campaign
Everybody wants to know how to create a viral campaign. But it does not come as easily as it seems. Luck has a very small role in the equation. Most of the success boils down to insight and creativity. It is a common misconception that spending enough...
Public Relations and Journalists
The power of public relations and journalists working together is a force to be reckoned with. Take the case of Honeywell, a Fortune 100 company operating in the aerospace industry. However, they were not recognised in the in-flight Wi-Fi market. So they have...
How Public Relations and Marketing Work Together
Having data is good, but we need to have insight on how to use it. The same goes for having a strong licence to our name. Acquiring the exclusive rights to use the Guinness brand led to no success for Linden Food Group, because they lacked the necessary...
Public Relations Can Influence the Government
It is hard to imagine that public relations can influence the government. However, when we talk about thought leadership, influencing government policies is the greatest achievement. Especially when a regional business from Cambridge does it, in spite of the...
Public Relations and Social Experiments
Human nature is to be curious. This principle set the stage for the following mixture of public relations and social experiments, which turned out to be greatly successful for all parties involved, including the public. Industry leading IT association,...
How Public Relations Helps Companies and People
The coronavirus pandemic forced the whole world into lockdown, greatly affecting how companies operate. Smaller businesses were unprepared and in desperate need of guidance. In this scenario it is the responsibility of B2B service providers to step up to the...
Information Availability and Ethics
Big Data and Ethics It is essential for PR professionals to understand the impact of Big Data and ethics on communication practices. The evolution of the web's structure is rapidly accelerating, which makes the process even more challenging. Metadata and...
Crowd Wisdom and Evaluation
Crowd Wisdom and Evaluation The information availability and the reciprocity of social media is leading to a phenomenon called ‘wisdom of the crowd’. The following cases are stand out examples of crowd wisdom and its evaluation. Crowd Wisdom In the early...
Curating, Researching and Evaluating Social Media
Social Media Content An important practical consideration in social media management is that PR professionals do not need to produce all of the content. Many organisations are discovering and taking advantage of the collaborative culture of social media and...