Part and parcel for any business is conflict – and sometimes public disputes are necessary and other times they aren’t. In this excerpt from “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations” by...
In The Guardian this week, major headline op-ed creating a lot of discussion in the PR world: “More PRs and fewer journalists threatens democracy”, and complaining about how “Journalists are deluged with press releases that often amount to "oven-ready...
Clients hire 5WPR to get their brand the maximum Return on Investment (ROI), which for some, might be sold product, website traffic, new clients for their service, and much more. The perfect picture any client paints when walking through...
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But in the realm of ideas, “imitation” can cross over into something “indictable”, fairly quickly. Particularly when the object of your imitation is unaware of your intentions, or actions....
Here in New York City where I own a PR firm, the tabloids are a-buzz about next year’s Mayoral Race, and as there isn’t a Republican candidate yet; rumors say Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joseph Lhota is considering a...
While keywords like content creation and native advertising have attracted a tremendous amount of attention in 2013 fascinating to read the story in The Guardian this weekend which detailed the turnaround of Forbes Media as orchestrated by Lewis DVorkin. ...
The holiday season is undoubtedly the most vigorous time of the year for package delivery companies such as USPS, FedEx ,and UPS. Nearly every year, the media runs a story about shipping times, and how much of a load...
When only 17% of CMOs say they can prove the ROI of their customer engagement on social media, it brings to mind the well-worn phrase from 19th-Century poet Robert Burns, “The best-laid schemes of mice and men” that go...
Facebook recently announced that it would be adding end to end encryption for the video and voice calls in the Messenger app. In a blog post, the company announced that it would be rolling out the new change along...
As a parent living in New York City we spent a lot of time investigating and applying to private schools for our children. Indeed, the process is as painful as one may imagine. From the parent and the child...