As I write this post, I’m sitting in my in-laws’ living room in Warsaw after a satisfying day of feasting on carb-filled delicacies and downing potent espressos and spirits. Polish commercials are playing on the television between the news. Though my comprehension of the native tongue is abominable, the commercials speak the same intrinsic language to…
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Concept & Promotion Metzger Associates’ client Green Garage is an eco-friendly, full-service car care shop with locations in Boulder and Denver and future plans to franchise nationally. Their goal is to make people’s cars run longer and help save the environment with innovations like green oil filters to increase time between changes, snow tires for harsh…
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If Wal-Mart’s social media program has taught us anything, it’s that people will give the thumbs-up to just about anything on Facebook. Whether the content is a brand-specific promotion or a completely arbitrary photo of a child jumping into a pile of leaves, Wal-Mart’s Facebook page garners millions of ‘likes’ and comments. Adweek recently posted the…
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I came across a good article from Tom Foremski at ZDNet recently about how some public relations people are starting to coin the term “brand journalism” to describe what they do. I must say, I was intrigued as apparently some PR practitioners representing certain brands are starting call themselves “journalists” and this concept is really…
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One thing we strive to do for every client at Metzger is make them part of larger stories whenever possible. Media outlets — both traditional and new — are always on the lookout for new business and social trends. We’re fortunate to work with clients that are true leaders in their fields, so our task…
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Public relations firms have to walk a fine line when they write press releases and communicate for their clients. It takes one wrong word or a misstep for everything to go downhill, with the client losing attention or worse, credibility in their product or image. Firms have to make sure their client stays on top…
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Twitter promotes light and fun, while Facebook digs deep into the hard issues Bad play on words, I know, but Facebook wall posts versus Twitter tweets makes for an interesting metaphorical comparison, don’t you think? Anyway, I recently took a look at the top trend statistics Facebook and Twitter provided for 2011. Since both vie…
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Should they have 5-plus years experience? Be younger than 25? A bear? A couple of weeks ago Twitter went bananas with posts and responses to an article written by Cathryn Sloane with the oh-so-inflammatory title: “Why Every Social Media Manager Should Be Under 25.” Response articles were posted everywhere. My personal favorite suggested a grizzly…
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Like much of Colorado, I’ve been watching the Olympic success of Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old swimming phenom from Regis Jesuit High School in Centennial, Colo., with great interest. In addition to the Colorado connection, two of us here at Metzger — Marie Rotter and me — have been lucky enough to work with her father…
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It’s about time the United States began to move elections online. The old process of manually registering to vote and traveling to a voting center is outdated. To begin to modernize the process, New York lawmakers introduced the Voter Empowerment Act of New York on June 7. According to Mashable, the Voter Empowerment Act digitalizes…
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Today I received sad news that Ed Quillen, a longtime columnist for the Denver Post, died suddenly yesterday. At 62, he seemed too young to be taken away from his family. Love him or hate him, his humor and encyclopedic knowledge of history and politics made him a much admired voice in Colorado. I was…
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In case you have been living under a rock, May has been a terrible month for Spirit Airlines. Sometimes good PR is just common sense. Sometimes a company just has to do the right thing, regardless of corporate policy and rules. It’s mind boggling that in this day and age, when millions of Americans use…
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