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Hospital meets with a healthcare IT business

Tout Your Reputation with Healthcare IT PR

How pristine is your track record? As a healthcare IT provider, you already know how valuable your role is to the privacy and security of not only your client but to their thousands of customers. The stakes, however, are increasing... Read more

Pull Ahead of the Social Competition with Automotive PR

Are Your Social Media Efforts Running Out of Gas? As the demographics for automotive industry consumers continue to shift toward millennial buyers, so do their customer service demands and shopping habits. Perhaps no other brand serves as a better example... Read more

Prepare for the Crisis You Haven’t Had …Yet

Manufacturing PR can help Cast your industry aside — we all hate the c-word. A crisis is something we just don’t want to think about, and some of us may honestly believe that one will never happen. The problem with... Read more

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3 Ways Specialized Franchise Public Relations Can Help with Seasonality

When you launch a new PR and marketing campaign for your franchise, it’s easy to get so focused on being a franchisor that you forget about the audiences you serve and the nuances of your specific industry. Attracting new franchise... Read more

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The Power of Video in B2B Public Relations

One could argue that one of the advantages a B2B company has in delivering its message is that most operating in the B2B space occupy a niche and have a very clear audience. B2C companies may have an ideal customer... Read more

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I Own a Plumbing and Heating Business – Do I Even Have News to Share?

First, let’s get straight to the short answer – YES! As a public relations agency with decades of combined experience with the home service industry, we understand how busy and hectic life can be for a service business owner. In... Read more

Franchise Public Relations Can Help Achieve Brand Awareness in Your Target Markets

Every franchisor has a list of markets or territories they deem perfect for their brand, but perhaps they’ve been more difficult than others to penetrate and find qualified leads. As an experienced franchise public relations agency, we know that some... Read more

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Dodging Industry Deceleration with Construction Public Relations

This past October, Dodge Data & Analytics chief economist Bob Murray offered his expectations for the construction industry for 2019 at their annual Outlook conference. According to Murray, the market will largely look the same as it did throughout 2018,... Read more

Are You Fully Prepared for Telehealth?

Telehealth is defined as “the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support and promote long-distance clinical health care, patient and professional health-related education, public health and health administration,” according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While... Read more

Are traditional ads still the answer for your franchising business?

John Hall, author of “Top of Mind” and co-founder of Influence & Co., mentioned recently in his weekly Forbes contribution that the trend of increasing aversion to traditional advertising is, well, increasing. He cited a study conducted by Nielsen Ratings... Read more