Tag Archives: Monika Maeckle

Monika Maeckle: New Media Career Exemplified by Change Morphs to the Next Stage

New media careers don’t come to an end, they just morph to the next stage. Vice President of New Media Monika Maeckle leaves Business Wire to launch a strategic communications consultancy in 2012, and to cover the life cycle at the Texas Butterfly Ranch blog.

Business Wire Gives Back: Texas Butterfly Fan Uses Social Media as Monarch Butterfly Ambassador

Business Wire Gives Back: Monika Maeckle, Texas butterfly ambassador, helps kids understand the Monarch butterfly migration at the San Antonio Botanical Garden’s Amazing Butterflies exhibit.

Importance of Writing Good Headlines Magnified as Attention Spans and Space Decrease

Writing a Good Headline Has Never Been More Important. Join us for free webinar featuring a veteran newspaper editor and SEO specialist to learn tips on how to make your headline more effective.

PR Peeps Poll: 85% say they put hyperlinks in press releases

PR Peeps Poll suggests 85% use hyperlinks in press releases but our internal audit suggests otherwise.

Viva the Press Release! Social Media Diehard Hails “Traditional” Press Release and Paid Wire Services

by Monika Maeckle, Vice President of New Media “I think now, more than ever, traditional press releases matter and that wire services like Business Wire are worth the expense – or rather – the investment.”–Alan Weinkrantz We don’t pretend to be objective about press releases, and indeed a quote from our boss Warren Buffett, seems appropriate here:  [...]

San Francisco PR Pros Discuss Today’s Global Mobile Social World

More than 90 PR and IR professionals joined our Business Wire San Francisco media breakfast panel at Autodesk’s Gallery Conference center on Thursday, April 15th, in San Francisco, CA for “Navigating Today’s Global Mobile Social World from a PR Perspective,” an engaging discussion on the state of social media, best practice case studies, trends and [...]

How Long Does it Take to Write a Press Release? “Several days,” said half of those polled

How long does it take to write a press release? Several days, according to a Business Wire 1-Question Poll

Aristotle on Twitter, Mom Knows Best, and Other Lessons from SXSWi 2009

Getting attention in a cluttered content universe was just one hot topic at South by Southwest Interactive this year, and the question, “Do you give good URL?” aimed to address the point in a delightful panel of  University of Texas at Austin academics.
Maybe my background as an American Studies graduate from UT predisposed me to this [...]

Business Wire’s Monika Maeckle in Communicate Magazine

Communicate, a UK publication for corporate communications professionals, has a new article on listening to the social media world and managing your reputation.  The article includes comments from our own Monika Maeckle, VP, Media Services and Product Strategy, and the voice of Business Wire’s Twitter feed.  Lots of great info there for communicators new to social [...]