Every semester, you’ll often see a few new faces roaming the brightly-colored halls of Doe-Anderson. They will follow us to status meetings, write press releases detailing our client’s latest venture, or scour the web for new media contacts. Without a doubt, the interns are an integral part of our agency. Since becoming involved with the [...]
This is a post by Bob Lauder, Vice President and Supervisor, Public Relations at Doe-Anderson. A client came to Doe-Anderson recently and said, “We need a website up and running in three weeks.” Our response was, “I’m sorry, did you say ‘three weeks?’” Holy cow! We’re not talking about using a turnkey template from Intuit [...]
There’s no need to mince words—it’s a tough world out there for new graduates. Entry-level jobs are scarcer than before. The public relations industry is known for being an extremely competitive industry, and when you add in the recession—yikes. But don’t fret–there are still things that newbies can do to help their job hunt. [...]
April 28, 2010 – 10:36 am
Some of you may have read my blog on the state of print journalism (“The Print Debate”). I’d like to point out a few examples of print publications that are doing an excellent job of using technology to their advantage, including one of our local publications, The Courier-Journal. While looking for Doe-Anderson client news several [...]
April 21, 2010 – 11:08 am
This is a post by Kathy Francis, Senior PR Contact Strategist for Doe-Anderson. Ah, spring time! – that lovely time of year when our thoughts turn to burgeoning blossoms, green-green grass and, my personal favorite, spring cleaning. So I figured what better time to organize the PR tool closet and have a little look-see. I [...]
This is a post by Dan Burgess, Senior Vice President, Director of Public Relations at Doe-Anderson. Crisis management pundits like to weigh in on how well the latest public nightmare is being handled by Company X or Celebrity Y, offering their expert assessment of how they’re doing. When it’s not perceived to be going well, [...]
Many people have been predicting the demise of print journalism for years, including public relations professionals. Many in public relations argue that magazines and newspapers simply haven’t adapted to the changing times. As someone who works in both PR and journalism, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the current state of print media. Over [...]
This is a post by Bob Lauder, Vice President and Supervisor, Public Relations at Doe-Anderson. Crisis plans have changed. The new threats are online. And companies need to be able to deal with them. Quickly. Last year at this time, YouTube showed a Domino’s employee putting cheese up his nose, then putting it on a [...]
This is a post by Kathy Francis, Senior PR Contract Strategist for Doe-Anderson. The MOA stipulates that the HPP adapt context sensitive solutions to mitigate the altered viewshed and that jurisdictional wetland delineation be included in the BA. I’m sorry – what?? That was my initial reaction as I stepped gingerly through the verbal minefield [...]
