As PR professionals, we don’t often get to talk to reporters about anything other than PR or our clients. Travel and tourism is a strong foundation of Upright Position Communications and something I’m very passionate about, so it was wonderful to be...
I’m not attending the 2015 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 tight-rope walkers in the other...
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...
It’s been said that success doesn’t come easy, and success in PR is no exception. There are shortcuts and cases where there are ways to get easy wins, but they are rare. Many startups dabbling their toes in the PR waters seem to be frustrated with the results they...
Many articles have been written asking “Is the press release dead?” The “death of the press release” story has practically become an internet meme and is one that gets trotted out religiously. It’s usually fairly self-serving to the organization putting it...
