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Five Storytelling Techniques to Give Business Communications Liftoff

Cross-posted from Ishmael’s Corner By Lou Hoffman Storytelling is the new “black” when it comes to business communications. To understand the plight of storytelling, consider the chart (above) put together…

Contrast, a Poor Man’s Failure in PR Storytelling

Cross-posted from Ishmael’s Corner By Lou Hoffman Look at the construction of any major feature story in Fortune, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, Wired, take your pick. What element is likely…

Is Re/code Just AllThingsD 2.0? Behind the Curtain in the Re/code Newsroom

…(a new hire as managing editor who also helped get Kara her first job at The Washington Post). The panel also included senior editors Ina Fried, Liz Gannes and James…

Together on social: Amplifying our voices, strengthening our brand 

…engaging posts. The aim was to make social media feel more accessible to those who may have been hesitant to dive in personally.  Key takeaways included: Start small: You don’t…

Rules of Social Media:

…it is interesting to note that while people generally share personal updates and subjects that interest them, only 50 percent would post material related to their clients, even if it’s…

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Sifting Through Journalists’ Gripes and Grumbles for PR Lessons

Cross-posted from Ishmael’s Corner By Lou Hoffman Since I embarked on my PR adventure in 1983, everything has changed. Except one dynamic. Journalists griped about PR folks back in 1983,…