Tag Archives: social media

Social Media Policy: Employee vs. Public

Going through my RSS feeds, I came across Dave Fleet’s article on the 57 Social Media Policy Examples and Resources in SocialMediaToday.  A very useful article with excellent examples!  There are so many best practices for us to review.  So, as you are scouring policies, you may want to consider separating your resources into a [...]

Social Media Spend to Double This Year

The spirit of social media is enlivening industries, refreshing marketing, and humanizing businesses. While the steps to the social revolution are gradual, so are the budgets that fund innovation. Progress is underway however, and with every experiment and pilot program, we learn the answers to the questions that serve as the gateways to change. Early [...]

Social media early adopters embrace investor relations, study finds

COMPANIES that are early adopters of social media for corporate communications are increasingly using channels like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to deliver investor-related information, a new study has found. Conducted by Q4 Web Systems, which provides software for managing corporate and investor relations websites, the study looks at the social media activities of 362 companies [...]

Social Media is Measured by the Sum of Its Parts

Social Media is greater than the sum of its parts, but it is these parts that define the socialization of business. Today consumers are interacting with peers, brands, and influencers in social networks at varying levels across more industries than you might possibly believe. The answers of who, what, when, where, how, and to what [...]

Australian IR pros see social media’s influence rising

ALMOST six out of 10 respondents to the Australasian Investor Relations Association’s (AIRA) 2010 IR Benchmarking Survey say they see social media’s influence increasing, while one in five has acted on or responded to information found through social media. The survey, conducted among AIRA’s corporate members in Australia and New Zealand representing more than $680 [...]

#PRStudChat One Year Anniversary Announcement

It feels like yesterday when Angela Hernandez (@angelahernandez) asked me to contribute to her blog interview series, “Is PR Right for Me.” What blossomed out of a blog post is our dynamic PR community, #PRStudChat.

Once More, with Feeling: Making Sense of Social Media

I was recently asked at a communications and marketing conference for senior executives when Social Media would start to appeal to all senses including, vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It was an interesting question and the first time that I had heard it in public. My response was that it is already in full [...]

Nokia cuts PR wire earnings release to 41 words

NOKIA Corporation (NYSE: NOK) last week became the latest company to use the advisory news release process that IR Web Report has long urged companies to adopt for disclosure information. The mobile phone maker’s US PR wire earnings release on July 22 consisted of a 41-word alert issued through PR Newswire that linked to the [...]

Social Media Policy Content & Tone

I presented to the members of PRSA this week on building a social media policy and best practices of policy development. Part of the discussion focused on the language and tone that you find in social media policies and guidelines.

Business Wire Boston First Summer Mingle a Success!

This week Business Wire Boston hosted a summer mingle for members and friends at the Lobby Bar & Kitchen in downtown Boston.  The July 20th event drew a lively crowd of public relations, investor relations and marketing professionals from the New England area. Take a look at some photos from the event: Local Business Wire [...]