Linda Yaccarino and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Interview
What execs can learn from the X CEO’s nightmare Code Conference appearance It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Linda Yaccarino. On September 27, she participated in her most prominent outing yet as CEO of X, sitting with CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at Code Conference. It did not go well. The media called the interview […]
The Brand Launch Laundry List
Our clients span the whole business lifecycle. At one end of the spectrum, we have category-making clients like Crestron and Hunter Douglas with established messaging, brand recognition, and well-understood technology. On the other end are fledgling startups with, well, none of those things. Many clients come to us in stealth mode for our seasoned expertise […]
Relevant is Better Than Viral
It has been a brutal year for the media industry. The last month alone has ushered in the closure of BuzzFeed News, MTV News, and bankruptcy filings for Vice Media. In April ESPN, ABC News, National Geographic, and Vox all cut their headcount. In general, as our team updates our media lists and follows up […]
PR Fails from 2022 and What We Can Learn from Them – Part 1
Every failure supposedly contains a lesson – which is why we’re closing out 2022 by looking back on some of the most noteworthy PR fails of the past year and what we can all learn from them. When it comes to poor communications, 2022 was a rich text. There were simply too many epic disasters […]
Three Journalism Trends and What They Mean for PR Pros (and Their Clients)
As a tech-based PR firm, we are always following the trends. Maybe it’s the news-junkie in each of us that needs to be fed on a daily basis, but either way, we’re always immersed in the latest stories, the drama that hatched overnight, or the newest viral recipe hitting TikTok. Being able to decipher the […]