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What role does Facebook play in workplace friendships?
Abbie Fink | Aug 15, 2019
Are you friends with your coworkers or employees on Facebook? A recent study by the Institute for Public Relations found that being friends on Facebook helps strengthen relationships at work. Read more!
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Brands and Politics Part Two
Autumn Jarrett | Aug 14, 2019
As I did my usual stalking of PR Daily, the HMA blog, social media and the PRGN blog, I came across a similar topic on each one, brands and politics. Abbie tackled this topic a little over a year ago, but with recent events I thought it was just as relevant today. Last week, we […]
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Small town crisis communications
Annelise Krafft | Aug 13, 2019
Recently, I went on a family trip to Carlsbad, Calif.; a charming little town my family has visited annually since I was a kid. While exploring our favorite nostalgic shops and local haunts, we found ourselves at the most popular breakfast stop in town. While enjoying breakfast at the newspaper-themed café – which included three […]
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#MediaMonday – Lorna Romero
Scott Hanson | Aug 12, 2019
Meet Lorna Romero, executive director of Chamber Business News and this week’s #MediaMonday. Check out her story to get to know more about her!
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#FunFactFriday – On this day in history
Autumn Jarrett | Aug 9, 2019
For today’s #FunFactFriday we are going to take a short journey through history, so maybe I should have titled this #FlashbackFriday instead. Either way, I’m going to kick off this #FunFactFriday with a couple significant events that happened on this day (August 9) in history. On this day back in 1974, Gerald R. Ford became […]
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Is it ok for the workplace to monitor your social media feed?
Abbie Fink | Aug 8, 2019
Social media has given all of us a platform for our personal views. But when those personal views come into conflict with your profession, have you crossed the line?
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2019 Rocky Mountain Emmy Nominees Announced
Alison Bailin | Aug 7, 2019
The 2019 Rocky Mountain Emmy nominees have been announced, including an HMA client segment that has been nominated in two categories. Check out who else is on the list.
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What is a contact report?
Alison Bailin | Aug 6, 2019
Alison shares her PR expertise by taking us through the PR Toolbox, this time explaining the contact report.
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#MediaMonday – Ashley Flood
Annelise Krafft | Aug 5, 2019
Today’s #MediaMonday features Ashley Flood, managing editor at KTAR News. She is the eyes and ears of the newsroom, working alongside reporters, editors and anchors to make sure KTAR listeners have the most accurate and important news stories throughout their day. Ashley, time to share! What is your story? How did you get into journalism? […]
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Intro to Marissa
Marissa Baker | Aug 2, 2019
Hi everyone! My name is Marissa Baker and I am joining the team at HMA as an intern. I’m excited to share my thoughts with you through our weekly blog posts. To get to know me better, I thought it would be great to kick off #FunFactFriday by sharing some interesting facts about myself. Growing […]
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Why is Snapchat taking over Instagram?
Annelise Krafft | Aug 1, 2019
Snapchat has recently revealed it has added 13 million daily active users over the past quarter, bumping its total daily user count to the highest number the app has seen in recent years – 203 million. With the confidence boost that came along with rising numbers, Snapchat has also introduced a hilarious global ad campaign […]
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When should a company rebrand?
Autumn Jarrett | July 31, 2019
Over the past few years, we have seen brands like Dunkin’ Donuts become Dunkin’, Jamba Juice become Jamba and IHOP’s infamous temporary name change to IHOB (we all remember the social media uproar). These name changes pose the question of “When or why a company should rebrand?” Often times we see a brand wanting to […]
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