Public relations (PR) and human resources (HR) continue to be major drivers of organizational success. While PR strives to boost brand awareness and positive public perceptions, HR seeks to increase employee morale and satisfaction. While these disciplines certainly have their differences, companies benefit tremendously when PR and HR engage in cross-departmental collaboration. By taking steps…
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Every time you send an email marketing campaign, your email system likely inundates you with data, from open rates to click-through rates and more. Which piece of data is most important? Which ones indicate success, and which do not? Here, we’re demystifying email data and boiling it down to just what you need to know….
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At REED, we’re blessed with the best – the best clients, the best colleagues and especially the best interns! We’re thrilled to welcome Zoe Pitsinos, another Lipscomb student, to the team this summer. Here’s everything you need to know about the newest member of our crew. Name: Zoe Pitsinos Job Title: Intern Enneagram Number: Still…
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Please give a very long overdue welcome to Kayla Wood, rock star intern! Kayla started with REED in the fall of 2020 and has sharpened her PR skills on all sorts of client projects ranging from crisis management to event execution. She’s cool as a cucumber under pressure and an excellent writer to boot. Read…
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Competition in the Food & Beverage industry is always fierce. With consumers choosing from hundreds of restaurants, F&B brands need to get creative when promoting new products and initiatives. A few PR campaigns from the past several years have stood out above the rest. Read on for a sample of our favorites and our takeaways…
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Millennial moms are more than their skinny jeans. Eighty percent of children in the U.S. are born to millennial mothers, and with moms controlling 85% of household purchasing decisions, millennial moms grasp about $2.4 trillion in spending power (Forbes). Communicating with millennial moms requires rethinking your biases and reworking marketing strategies to ensure alignment with…
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Working with influencers is like braving the wild, wild west. Without any specific guidelines or code of ethics, each brand-influencer partnership is unique and can result in really great coverage, really awful coverage or something in between. With each passing year, influencer trends shift dramatically, too. The of-the-moment Instagram star is the micro-influencer, a social…
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In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines have become widely available, but supply now outweighs demand. As this phenomenon continues, consumers have begun to see vaccine messaging pop up in advertising and PR campaigns. Endorsing the vaccine as a marketing tactic is uncharted territory and can be divisive, so we wanted to know—what’s the PR value of…
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Small business owners are jacks of all trades. They’re marketers, PR specialists, operations managers, HR reps, accountants and more. Epic multitasking skills aside, entrepreneurs often have to make difficult decisions about which tasks to outsource, which to handle themselves and which to let fall by the wayside. SEO, or search engine optimization, is a highly…
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We’ve added another Katie to the team! This Katie started on our team as an intern and we just had to hire her after graduation. Read more about our newest account coordinator below. Name: Katie Christ (soon to be Miller) Job Title: Account coordinator Enneagram Number: Eight (wing nine) Where is home for you? I…
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