by Paul Wilke | Apr 11, 2017 | As Seen In, Crisis Comms, General, Travel & Tourism, Uncategorized
Earlier today, Upright CEO Paul Wilke pulled some thoughts and advice together on the recent United Airlines crisis, highlighting what all companies can do in times of trouble. Read it...
by Paul Wilke | Aug 19, 2016 | General
Sometimes we’re our own worst enemies. Ryan Lochte managed to prove that single-handedly earlier this week in Rio, when he combined bad boy behavior with tall tales and a very questionable approach of being forth-coming with the media. For nearly three days, the...
by Paul Wilke | Nov 4, 2015 | General
Earlier this week, Activision Blizzard made a bold acquisition in purchasing King Digital Entertainment for $5.9 billion. A leading video game company buying the maker of a groundbreaking game like Candy Crush is significant news. As we know, big news gets lots of...
by Paul Wilke | Sep 9, 2015 | General
People in the public relations agency business are likely to tell you that PR is best left to the professionals. In most cases, PR does fall into the “Do Not Try This At Home” territory, but there are steps that you can take to practice smart, strategic public...
by Paul Wilke | Aug 24, 2015 | Travel & Tourism
On August 24, 2014 at 3:20am, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California and the surrounding area. This was the largest earthquake to hit the SF bay area since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. As the middle of the night turned into day, those of us in the area...
by Paul Wilke | Apr 20, 2015 | As Seen In, IPOs & Capital Funding
This morning I was quoted in Canada’s Financial Post, talking to Christine Owram about Uber’s PR push leading up to its possible IPO. You can read the article here or read more about how companies should be thinking about IPO PR earlier rather than later...
by Paul Wilke | Feb 17, 2015 | As Seen In, Travel & Tourism
As PR professionals, we don’t often get to talk to reporters about anything other than PR or our clients. Travel and tourism is strong foundation of Upright Position Communications and something I’m very passionate about, so it was wonderful to be...
by Jessica Gomez | Jan 22, 2015 | As Seen In
For my first blog post on Upright, I’d like to share with you this piece I wrote for USA Today about women in tech. Read it...
by Paul Wilke | Jan 5, 2015 | General
For the first time in four years, I’m not attending the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and I’m okay with that. For PR professionals, CES is like being in the fourth ring of a three-ring circus: All eyes are on the clowns, the lion tamers and the...
by Paul Wilke | Nov 21, 2014 | General
This year might go down as one of the biggest years in terms of successful people saying (and doing) stupid things, making poor PR decisions and getting called onto the mat for them. Recently, we’ve seen two major flare-ups involving a senior exec from Uber...
