As we reflect on the year and finish the last of our Thanksgiving leftovers, we wanted to highlight three underrated reasons that companies should be thankful for their PR agency. Some companies mistakenly think that PR agencies are just coverage factories, facilitating interviews and securing valuable media stories. Media relations…
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An entrepreneur and a venture capitalist walk into a bar in the 1990’s. They have a few drinks. The entrepreneur scribbles an idea on the back of a napkin. The VC hands over a multi-million-dollar check. The entrepreneur has no product, no patent, no customers or revenues. The VC is happy to now own more than half of nothing…
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Have you ever wanted to step inside a thriving Boulder business, learn about their mission and immerse yourself in their culture? You can do just that tomorrow at NewCo Boulder. What’s NewCo Boulder? It’s a fresh twist on the traditional business conference that offers a look inside 50+ companies that are changing the economic profile of Boulder.
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Like most Americans, I skim the headlines every morning catching up on news of elections, big-box retailer expansions, and social media crises. But recently, I’ve begun to notice something else making front page news, stories like Human DNA in Hotdogs, and Man kills friend who turned into zombie. So have American morals…
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If you work in the payments industry or accept credit cards, you probably know that the EMV (Europay/Mastercard/Visa) standard became the standard in the U.S. about a month ago. Sort of. OK, let’s back up. The EMV system is, at its most basic, a move away from the “swipe and sign”…
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Earlier this week a duo of athletes I was fortunate enough to work with named David Brown and Jerome Avery were featured on the front page of the LA Times. When I read this story, I was humbled, because I believe that I had a hand in their success from a public relations perspective.
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Building a website from scratch can seem daunting, especially if your experience with coding is limited or nonexistent. The good news is, no matter what kind of site you are looking to build there’s probably a content management system (CMS) out there that has already been built and tested that will fit your business needs.
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On September 30 Apple released version 9 of its default web browser, Safari. The new browser version came bundled with OS X El Capitan, and is also available for Yosemite and Mavericks users. In addition to security, privacy and compatibility updates, Safari 9 also includes controls to mute audio in tabs, additional viewing options…
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“What is the Jaipur Literature Festival?” Admittedly, it’s a question we had to ask when we were approached to develop and execute a communications strategy for the first-ever Jaipur Literature Festival at Boulder (JLF@Boulder). Then it was a question we had to answer countless times when talking with the public and reporters. It’s one thing…
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In August, Google announced the formation of Alphabet — essentially a holding company, freeing the “new Google” to focus on the core business of search while other projects could continue, albeit in different companies under the Alphabet banner. As the news release stated, “Alphabet Inc. will replace Google Inc. as the publicly-traded entity and all…
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A few months back, the NFL and Twitter signed a two-year deal to extend the partnership they currently have to bring more exclusive content to fans, such as behind-the-scenes exclusives, instant replays, breaking news and video highlights, just to name a few.
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Just kidding. Comprise president Doyle Albee has launched a new bi-weekly podcast on Rainmaker.FM. The show, “PR is Dead” focuses on the evolution of PR as media changes and as the way we consume that media changes. There are people who think that PR means “press release.” It doesn’t, and if that’s the only tactic you…
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