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Campaign Analysis

How Much is that Puff Piece in the Window?

My post What to Do When PR Hits a Paywall covered the growing number of ways PR folks get hit up for fees when working the media.  That post was seven years ago. I am writing again because the issue remains very relevant. In fact,

Episode 2: “Playing Bigger,” with Kevin Maney

On Episode 2 Kevin Maney, co-founder of strategy consulting firm Category Design Advisors, joins me to discuss how tech companies can achieve market leadership. It's a noisy and competitive word in technology. How to stand apart? It gets down to creating and owning a category. Kevin will offer

How does a Hack Differ from other PR Crises?

Fusion PR works extensively in the cyber security space.  We are often asked about how to handle the PR fallout from breaches. What are the similarities and differences with other kinds of crisis management? I decided to answer these questions in this post, with input from our

Cheap Trick: Great Band, Lousy B2B Growth Strategy

It's tough to launch and grow a successful business, and tempting to look for shortcuts. And why not? We've all heard about the magical growth hacks; the campaigns that went viral, the PR home runs that crashed servers and exploded phones. So, when B2BNXT said they wanted

Too Left Tweet: Brands Get Political at their Peril

via GIPHY The term "coffee break" took on new meaning this week as right-wingers smashed their Keurigs with baseball bats (the above GIF shows Jordan Klepper of The Opposition doing the same, as a spoof). The backlash came when Keurig and others tweeted about pulling ads from