by Craig Rentmeester | Jul 27, 2007 | Marketing & PR, Miscellaneous
While reading articles and blogs about the Presidential race and the YouTube debate held on Monday, I came across an interesting blog post by the Washington Post. Background Info: The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza asked, "Is the media in America...
by Craig Rentmeester | Jul 24, 2007 | Marketing & PR
When maintaining, or creating, a reputation for a brand (product, company, non-profit, celebrity, etc.) it is important to remember that actions speak louder than words. It seems that the recent actions of Lindsey Lohan and Adam "Pacman" Jones provide the...
by Craig Rentmeester | Jul 17, 2007 | Marketing & PR
In public relations, and especially crisis communications, many organizations decline to comment or will not return an editor’s phone calls. This will appear in broadcast and in print as a side note (The company declined to comment…The company could not be...
by Craig Rentmeester | Jul 7, 2007 | Marketing & PR
NH Hoteles did something remarkable this week. Rather than hiring a demolition to demolish one of its hotels, the company decided to allow 30 customers the opportunity to "relieve stress" by destroying everything in their path. Here is a link to a story from...
by Craig Rentmeester | Jun 13, 2007 | Marketing & PR
Everyone knows the phrase "any publicity is good publicity". This phrase gets used often, usually by people that don’t understand the role, and power, of well-managed public relations. I’d suggest eliminating it from your vocabulary. First,...