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Super BOLD Ads

Mindful Marketing

What’s with all the advertising irreverence? Perhaps for these reasons, many advertisers have continued to push the envelope on humor, to the point that their MO is: ‘Go Irreverent or Go Home.’ Its members can smell a fake a mile away, and they detest phoniness, including in traditional advertising.

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Avión Tequila “Health Claim” PR Snafu Part of Bigger Problem

PR Breakfast Club

In late March, Avión Tequila’s PR firm, Allison Brod PR, sent a media pitch claiming “ consuming tequila has some serious health benefits.” The pitch offered cocktail recipes and sourced an American Chemical Society study that suggested agave could lower blood sugar, aid in weight loss and boost insulin production.

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Why You Should Master The Art of Storytelling

Masters in Communications

Neuroeconomist Paul Zak‘s research indicates that our brains produce the stress hormone cortisol during the tense moments in a story, which allows us to focus, while the cute factor of the animals releases oxytocin, the feel-good chemical that promotes connection and empathy. This can reinforce our own ideals, or it can challenge them.

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Winning better relations with the community

PR Conversations

Perhaps what is more surprising is how the concept of community relations – or social responsibility as it is commonly termed today – is often considered to have arisen from the mid-1960s’ consumer movement, 1970s’ environmental movement and responsiveness to stakeholder pressures in the 1980s. requests for speakers.

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Winning better relations with the community

PR Conversations

Perhaps what is more surprising is how the concept of community relations – or social responsibility as it is commonly termed today – is often considered to have arisen from the mid-1960s’ consumer movement, 1970s’ environmental movement and responsiveness to stakeholder pressures in the 1980s. requests for speakers.