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“Pinning” on the Next Level! Taking Pinterest to the next level

“Pinning” on the Next Level! Taking Pinterest to the next level

        As a guest editor this week for “Media and News Strategies”, I was first inspired by Fisher’s blog after reading her post of Pinterest. Having read her Pinterest review I decided to spend some time on the site myself. As a fashion lover, you would think I would be the ideal user, as […]

Mobile Movement: Are You Ready?

The move toward mobile is a big topic of conversation right now. The mobile is constantly with us, almost like an extension of oneself. As our phones become more and more advanced, allowing us to access the web and complete most of the things we used to rely on our computer for, it is becoming increasingly important for […]

The Changing (inter) Face of Fashion Week

The Changing (inter) Face of Fashion Week

Grazia Live! Fashion Week Promotional Video Twitter. Facebook. Live-streaming websites. Smartphone apps. You name the technology, and it has most likely been used at London Fashion Week. The British Fashion Council is responsible for live-streaming 46 shows.  Online coverage is going beyond just the runway itself to offer behind the scenes photographs, live video coverage, […]

A PR Valentines Day

A PR Valentines Day

Incorporating upcoming holidays into a brands PR and marketing strategies can be a good way to connect and engage with stakeholders. As Valentines Day has come and gone, here are some examples of how PR professionals incorporated the holiday into their work. A lot of PR professionals, being the creative people they are, used Valentines Day  to create […]

Getting Potential Investors Invested in Your Startup

A recent study found that startups were the top job creators in Florida from 2005 to 2009. Since the economy has made it difficult for people to find and retain jobs, the growth of people starting their own businesses has continued to increase.  An article by CNN Money states that the rate for startups in 2010 and 2009 was the highest it […]

The Pinterest Interest

Pinterest’s explosive growth has recently been a popular topic of conversation in the social media world.  More and more people are signing up for the picture-sharing social network . Growth from Oct. 2010 to Oct. 2011 has grown from 40,000 to 3.2 million unique users- a whopping 8,000%! An article by Womma describes that it may mean that “content […]

5 Useful Twitter Articles

5 Useful Twitter Articles

Social media is more and more becoming a large part of public relations plans and strategies. The key to effective social media strategy, is not only just creating a page for your client, company, or brand. It is knowing how to effectively use it and be able to analyze the results. Creating the page and […]