When looking for the right influencers, it's tempting to focus on the big fish, the ones with huge followings. Most think that size matters (as I've pointed out, influence is not just a number). Then again, much has been said about the benefits of targeting micro-influencers
I attended the Daily News Innovation Lab's session: Proposition: We can Solve the Fake News Problem. It featured an Oxford-style debate on whether there's a solution to the fake news problem. Some very smart people from the worlds of media, business, and technology made great arguments
A client asked recently for our recommendations in PR dashboards. We are techies here at Fusion PR, and generally pretty smart about PR and marketing tech. So I thought this would be easy. But, as I learned, the tools that I was familiar with did
Although we use lots of buzzwords in the tech industry, we don't often consider how and why. My story in MarketingProfs examines their importance and role. It drills down on Big Data and compares related hype to other buzzed-about topics, like IoT and Virtual Reality. Is
We started getting calls and emails from an interesting French startup called Babbler a couple of months ago. I agreed to meet with CEO Hannah Oiknine to learn more, as we like to be on top of the latest developments here at Fusion PR. She explained
If you are in PR or marketing, it is probably a familiar feeling. You have some great news or content to promote - but it is really tough these days to get anyone to care. Our Social Media Week New York seminar yesterday addressed the challenges and
My friend Neal Schaffer shared an interesting Harvard Business Review article, How More Accessible information is Forcing B2B Sales to Adapt. The story questioned the role and relevancy of the B2B sales team in a digital world. There were also some great takeaways for marketing (it's
NY Times reporter Farhad Manjoo wrote a nice story that highlighted the growing problem of tech illiteracy and its implications. He wrote: "People in the tech industry… act as if the products they build sit at the center of everything. But this year, the techies were
This latest in our PR in Asia series was contributed by guest blogger Eiffy Luo, a multimedia story teller who discovered her passion for business and journalism through work at TheStreet.com, Reuters and the New York Times. The post is about Singles Day (11/11), which started
We have dispelled myths about how PR works in Asia, and offered tips for getting tech news covered in China. This post focuses on WeChat, a messenger app that is one of the best ways to reach Chinese media. Former Fusion PR intern Carmen Ren is