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What do Olivia Pope and PR Professionals Have in Common?

By: Michelle FavaloraThe Hoffman Agency, San Jose I have a love-hate relationship with the hit show “Scandal,” mainly because I love to hate the show. I just don’t always see eye-to-eye with the main character, Olivia Pope. While there are quite a few different — albeit dramatic — plot lines in the show, I want…

An Uncomfortable, But Necessary, Conversation – Talking Diversity

Photo Credit: Marc Wathieu via Compfight cc By Colby Reade, APR The Hoffman Agency, Portland-Vancouver A variety of issues surrounding workplace diversity has permeated the public conversation recently, from demographic breakdowns of major companies to gender equality. It was even a key point made at this year’s PRSA International Conference in Washington, D.C. To say…

My 3 Favorite Things About Our New Office

By Michelle FavaloraThe Hoffman Agency, San Jose In case you missed it, we’ve moved! Physically, we’re just a hop, skip and a jump away from our old office. But, in terms of everything else, we’re light-years away. Since our new office is still under construction. I thought I’d share my three favorite things about the…

Anatomy of a PR Campaign

By Giuseppina ChiaramonteThe Hoffman Agency, San Jose A couple weeks ago, I recapped some of The Hoffman Agency’s recent work for Alcatel-Lucent – a media campaign commemorating 50 years of Bell Labs innovation. Though the Big Bang Bash was something that seemed to come together effortlessly, the fact is, there was actually a lot of…

How to trick-or-treat on Instagram

By Amanda Margozzi The Hoffman Agency, San Jose What is the one thing that kids love more than Instagram? Candy. Put the two together and you’ve got one successful social media campaign. In the spirit of Halloween — one of the fastest-growing consumer holidays — Target launched its first major Instagram campaign on October 14,…

Media Relations, Guanxi and the Power of Connections in Asia

Photo Credit By Maureen TsengHoffman Singapore If you are planning on doing some solid media outreach in Asia, then you better get yourself acquainted fast with this term — “Guanxi.”  Guanxi, coming from Chinese roots, is the practice of networking and securing influential relationships to facilitate business and other dealings. According to Wikipedia, Guanxi describes…