The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines telecommunication as “communication at a distance (as by telephone)” or “technology that deals with telecommunication.” It also notes that the term was first used in 1932.
Needless to say, much has changed since the word was first spoken nearly 80 years ... Views: 496
The rise of crime has prevalent throughout all aspects of society. But one of the more troubling developments that accompany this data is the rise of internet crime. Internet criminals have been scouring every single corner of the web searching for angle that will allow them to take advantage of ... Views: 493
In the modern world of business, companies are often going for the jugular, so to speak, of competing firms in the same field in order to try and convince consumers, as well as the public at large, that they are the only logical choice in their particular field. This is the case in every ... Views: 492
Green PR, like any other public relations discipline, is about creating a dialogue – two-way communications, basically, listening as well as talking. Engaging successfully with stakeholders about your company’s green PR efforts requires that an organization listen to its stakeholders’ concerns ... Views: 491
In order to have effective pharma public relations, it is vital to find that balance between traditional media relations and social media. Key audiences span across both traditional and social media platforms. This is not to say that there will not be overlap, there will be, but having both will ... Views: 491
Companies undertake high tech PR campaigns for many reasons. These include: stimulate demand; generate awareness; attract investors or joint venture partners; and compliance with SEC disclosure regulations. However high tech PR campaigns can cost-effectively accomplish lots more than any other ... Views: 489
The current age is the most modern and by far the most technologically advanced civilization the world has ever known. The things that scientists can do today with a few clicks of a button would be considered voodoo or witchcraft in previous centuries and would have likely been burned at the ... Views: 488
The amount of progress the human race has made in the past two thousand years really is quite astonishing. Human beings have gone from being a Neolithic, cave dwelling race of hunter gathers into the most sophisticated and intricate species to ever walk the face of the planet. Indeed, if a human ... Views: 487
The federal government has played an important role in regulating how individuals and corporations alike can affect the environment. By putting a cap on the amount of emissions manufacturing firms can put into the atmosphere, the government is trying to protect the planet for future generations. ... Views: 487
A common misconception around Hedge Fund managers is that Hedge fund public relations are irrelevant and unnecessary. They in fact, are wrong. Hedge fund public relations are especially important because hedge funds are not allowed to advertise or market their firms until a potential investor ... Views: 487
For years, hedge fund managers tended to operate in secrecy. However, that is beginning to change as the competition for clients has intensified over the recent past. Like virtually all industries before them, hedge fund operators are embracing hedge fund public relations initiatives as a way ... Views: 487
Lets face it, the world runs on oil, gas, electricity, water and being interconnected. Universally this is true. And to whom do we trust to deliver our email, or to provide the electricity to power our homes? The answer would be utility companies. Every day and night they work around the clock ... Views: 486
Ensuring that your company has the right public relations team working both with and for you is critical to forging a dynamic company. In the health care industry, health care PR is a very important part of making a successful brand, and can in all honesty can make or break a company. Having the ... Views: 485
In today’s ever changing world, the rise of the cyber criminal has been a somewhat unexpected after effect that followed the rise of the influence of the internet in modern society. Sometimes, people put blinders on and tend to only focus on the positive aspects of a particular advancement in ... Views: 485
The world of health care is a tricky thing. On one hand, medical practitioners want to ensure that they are able to adequately provide for the needs of their patients in a timely and cost effective manner. It simply is not practical for medical practitioners to expect to conduct an entire ... Views: 484
In today’s highly uncertain economic and fiscal climate, one thing is for certain: people who are having trouble making ends meet at the end of each and every month do not suffer fools gladly. In fact, quite the opposite happens to be true. Lower income individuals will do everything they can to ... Views: 483
As the world eagerly awaits the Facebook IPO, one has to wonder if we have reached the epitome of the social media craze… or should that be phenomenon?
Clearly, social media has changed the course of human interaction and has forever altered the way many industries communicate with their ... Views: 483
Nobody wants to live in polluted world with soot-covered skies, toxic sludge slimmed rivers, and a decaying quality of life. Man’s impact on the environment has been substantial, as that is part of humankind’s ability to adapt and adapt his surroundings. Many of these advances have been good, ... Views: 483
Social media is an essential tool in public relations. Public relations practitioners use social media every day to publicize their clients and start two-way conversations. Blogger, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube have become the all important channels of choice for social media. At one ... Views: 483
Slowly but surely, financial services social media is growing. How could it not be growing?
Financial services providers can no longer afford not to engage in social media. Several surveys of advisors and investors indicated that they’re using these platforms in a major way. They are rapidly ... Views: 482
Public relations is not simply something that can be written off as an added frivolous expense for companies. More and more public relations is proving that it makes a significant difference in contributing to the bottom-line. Here are some of the many ways that public relations companies can ... Views: 481
These days, the world economy is in a deplorable state. The nightly news has been rife with more than a fair share of stories that describle the absolutely horrible condition the economy of the entire world currently finds itself it. When speaking with neighbors, family members, coworkers, ... Views: 479
For companies of the environmentally friendly persuasion, it’s tempting to want to shout about those efforts from the rooftops in hopes of attracting positive attention. That can be a great move – as long as it’s done correctly. Green energy PR is a specialty honed by many communication ... Views: 477
One of the projects I’ve most enjoyed in my time here involved financial social media. It’s gotten me interested in learning more about the best ways to use social media platforms for financial clients.
One article I read recently listed all of the reasons why financial services providers ... Views: 476
One way to define technology public relations is by calling it performance recognition. Companies in the technology industry can best utilize public relations to gain recognition for what they do. Most of the companies in the technology industry are making advancements every day. It is ... Views: 474
With the direct and indirect costs of fossil-fuel-based energy climbing, the world is poised for a sea change in energy production and consumption. This landscape is ripe for good stories creating great opportunities for environmental public relations specialists.
Environmental public ... Views: 473
There are several types of public relations agencies. Some, especially the very big ones, offer a range of traditional and digital communication services to almost any type of client you can imagine. Other agencies are extremely specialized. They either work with only a specific kind of client – ... Views: 473
No matter the size or reputation of your firm, employing a tactical technology PR strategy will keep you ahead of the game. Effective technology PR placements can give you an edge, opening more doors, raising awareness and promoting your successes while enhancing your company’s ... Views: 470
In this day and age, medical practitioners have to focus on what really matters which is providing to quality health care to all of their patients, without worrying about business related matters. Unfortunately for many health care practitioners, this is rarely this case. The recent economic ... Views: 468
Ad Tech PR is rapidly coming of age as more and more companies are seeing its benefits. We've seen the rise of SEO – search engine optimization for the uninitiated – and many companies focused on advertising are just coming to grips with how SEO might fit within their online marketing ... Views: 468
Today’s audiences are more mobile than ever before in history. While seemingly constantly on the move they are never out of touch, thanks in large part to smart phones, tablet computers, etc. However, they still read newspapers, magazines and watch television. So when considering undertaking a ... Views: 468
In any venture, having the right publicity is crucial to it’s success. Sure you can develop a groundbreaking cure, or design the next breakthrough in microchip architecture, but if no one knows about it, it might as well not exist for the rest of the world. Getting the word out about these ... Views: 468
As an energy firm, or any business for that matter, you understand the complexities of today’s supply issues. Growing global demand and dwindling carbon-based reserves have put a strain on our energy ingenuity. In light of this, we are faced with a few options. One is to simply abandon our ... Views: 467
In the energy industry, building a strong image is one of the most important things you can do for your firm. This image is forged out of a combination of public perception and marketing. There are two parts to your image, what you display, and what is seen. The key here is to get the two to ... Views: 467
Green Peace, tree huggers, people who wear Birkenstocks - they all used to be closely associated with environmental public relations as they set about to save the world from itself. Of course, as more and more people joined the movement and became concerned about the world’s resources, ... Views: 467
These days, it is almost a running joke to say that the public’s trust in the legal profession is anything but strained. There are far too many lawyer jokes to make sense of or even to get a feeling for why the public hates the legal profession. Is it a matter of jealousy? Does the average ... Views: 467
In today’s world, the problems regarding the economy are at the forefront of many people’s mind. This is because people are worried about their ability to provide a better life for their families. In years past, individuals of all economic backgrounds could be pretty much assured that their kids ... Views: 467
Healthcare companies confront constant change… Technology and markets change very quickly… the regulatory environment is continuously shifting… New trends and competitors emerge without notice…
Healthcare companies also confront a changing communications environment… Breaking industry news ... Views: 466
In the pharmaceutical industry, having an effective pharma social media strategy can be crucial to success in this digital age. Chances are most of us have heard of, or used one of the following, facebook, twitter, youtube, linked in, or a blog. We all know how convenient these resources are and ... Views: 466
It wasn't that long ago that lawyers viewed public relations and its related disciplines with great distaste. In their view, those were things that merchants did and not practitioners of the law. Times have changed. The business of law has become highly competitive and, as such, lawyers have ... Views: 464
The time is right for attorneys to get involved in law firm social media to start conversations that attract new clients. However, what is the right course of action in determining the appropriate venues for launching your law firm social media campaign? The general rule-of-thumb with any law ... Views: 464
B2B public relations at it’s most basic construction this means one business communicating effectively with another. Sounds simple right? Well, sometimes the simple things are very difficult. For example, manned flight. All it requires is using the physical effects of drag, lift and momentum to ... Views: 464
These days, it is difficult for many individuals in the United States of America to find a good paying job that can support a family. This is to say nothing about other parts of the world, where it is incredibly difficult for a significant portion of the world’s population to make enough money ... Views: 464
Judging by Law & Order, lawyers are naturally gifted at handling their own public relations. After enough court appearances and media interviews, they’ve learned which is their best side, how to carry themselves, what to say and how to say it. Any reputational crisis they face is resolved within ... Views: 463
It is the unfortunate burden of a physician to have to deal with medical malpractice claims. In the course of the daily business of healthcare, it is an unavoidable and irrefutable fact that not all patients who seek treatment for their ills will survive. The death of a patient never gets any ... Views: 462
Public Relations New York practitioners as well as their counterparts all over the world have evolved. Public Relations New York pros have gone from flacks and press agents and have become true strategic and marketing partners to their clients.
The Public Relations New York scene has ... Views: 462
Pharma social media doesn’t lend itself to the instantaneous, say-anything culture of Twitter and Facebook. There are a lot of regulations about what can and can’t be said to market drugs; more often than not, tweets and Facebook messages must be run by the company’s compliance department for ... Views: 462
In light of many manmade disasters, that have served to undermine the public’s trust in the good nature of energy companies, it should come as no surprise to learn that many consumers the world over, especially in the United States of America, have started to think less of energy companies. Many ... Views: 461
Today, times are increasingly difficult for individuals and corporations alike. Both are having trouble making it work, so to speak, in their respective disciplines. People the world over, even in first world nations like the United States of America, are having to rethink every single ... Views: 460
These days, “Silicon Valley” is essentially a metonym for the high tech industry. Silicon Valley plays home to Facebook and Google, receives an annual outpouring of talent and ideas from Stanford University, and accounts for 1/3 of US venture capital investment. How can any region ever hope to ... Views: 460