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15 Tips to Land That First Job in PR (Reloaded)

March 11, 2011 – 9:55 am

By Jeff Wilson, APR (@wilson0507)
About this time of the year, our agency, CRT/tanaka, gets inundated with resumes from eager, young college students inquiring about internship opportunities and entry-level positions. Because of the economic downtown over the past few years, the outlook for new college graduates hasn’t been very good, which certainly includes jobs in public [...]

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Facebook Tips – Quick Start Guide for Business

July 16, 2010 – 12:11 am

Your business is not one of those that was an early adopter on the Facebook page front, but since last year you haven’t run into a single customer without a Facebook account. How do you enter the game?
First, you must remember that a business page does not allow all of the functions that you and your [...]

By Michael Whitlow | Posted in Digital Marketing | Also tagged , , | Comments (3)

Ten Tips for Successful Event Planning

May 26, 2010 – 1:51 pm

The next time you attend an event, look around. Those napkins fanned out in a perfect display on the catering table? Someone spent the morning twisting them with a practiced spin of the wrist. That RSVP list that is being scanned for your name? Someone spent months painstakingly updating it [...]

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Using LinkedIn as a PR Tool

October 23, 2009 – 12:01 am

One of the social media questions most often asked of the consulting team at CRT/tanaka relates to the use of LinkedIn by individuals as a way to help their companies or causes. There have been some good recent posts on how to increase the SEO juice from LinkedIn, and I’m not above borrowing from them [...]

By Michael Whitlow | Posted in Digital Marketing | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (38)

CEOs Heal Thyselves!

October 9, 2009 – 8:08 am

by Michael Whitlow
Since its placement on the investor relations firmament, the earnings conference call has been a focus of the CEO.  As the quarter ends, and disclosure committee meetings, preliminary numbers and general internal optimism or pessimism takes hold, CEO intensity is amping up.
But, as sure as there is one quarter behind you; there is [...]

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