NEWS + VIEWS

by Jackie Burton| November 17, 2011

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending PRWeek’s Next Conference. There was a lot of interesting content delivered by engaging speakers. One of the themes that emerged was how the consumer has become the editor, in charge of determining what content they want to consume. I guess that’s pretty obvious these days – people […]

by Ryan Shell| November 14, 2011

Thanks to the digital world, the time has come for us to constantly think about how things can be improved upon, and even be done differently, when dealing with any sort of messaging. Allow me to give an example of exactly what I’m talking about. I’m based out of New York City and take the […]

by Erica Iacono| November 11, 2011

It’s a question that was asked with an exasperated tone toward the end of a Ketchum-sponsored panel at PRWeek‘s Next Conference on Wednesday in New York — and it’s one that some PR professionals have been asking for years. The “there” in question, of course, is the “table” — as in the one that PR […]

by Jonathan Kopp| November 10, 2011

Roughly 100 days ago, Google launched a new social network, Google+, and, after gaining 40 million registered users in an amazingly brief time, they have now taken it to the next level by launching Google+ Pages. These are roughly the equivalent of Facebook pages, and they’re open to anything nonhuman — brands, companies, organizations, publications, […]

by Nick Ragone| November 8, 2011

To say it’s been a difficult two weeks for Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain would be a gross understatement. We haven’t seen a presidential primary media scrum like this since Bill Clinton in 1992 and Gary Hart in 1988 – long before social media, Twitter, or even cable news channels, for that matter. The rules […]

by Adam Kornblum| November 4, 2011

Truth is, I’ve been sick all week. So, to get back in the loop, I’ve turned to my Ketchum colleagues’ tweets. From what I can see, we’ve had a big week. We’ve seen how a lobster restaurant utilizes Foursquare for free advertising (and doubles their sales at the launch of their new location), we’ve got […]