It's an October evening and your major reception for donors has just begun. Turnout is substandard and most of the attendees are women. Can you say, "World Series?" Sure, I knew that you could!Every organization should create an annual PR and marketing calendar so that it can avoid the World Series' of the world, as well as take advantage of dates of significance. With a couple of months left in 2006, now is a good time to begin filling out your 2007 calendar.
information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these fi The Best Defensive Strategy is the Courage to Attack YourselfBecause of its leadership position, the defender owns a strong point in the mind of the prospect. The best way to improve your position is by constantly attacking it. In other words, you strengthen your position by introducing new products or services that obsolete your existing ones.IBM is a master of the game. Every so often, IBM introduces a new line of mainframe computers with significant price/performance advantages over existing products.Competition continually st
When the media comes calling, do you know how to handle the situation to gain positive visibility for your company? Often, small business owners miss out on great opportunities—or turn a potentially positive situation into a negative one for their firms. Dealing with the media does not have to be scary or confrontational.A writer or reporter working on a story will often contact local businesses for one of three reasons: to get an expert opinion from inside a particular industry; to obtain a reaction to a trend or recent event from a local business; and to gain background information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these fi
Risk Management and Competitive Innovation: How do you Manage Risk through Business InnovationI work with small companies in the southeast UK and for many, the current business climate gives these entrepreneurs two options: they can innovate today or they can fail tomorrow.Costs of production are re-locating the workIncreasingly I notice that production by local firms is being outsourced to China and call centres have migrated from Folkestone to Leeds and Glasgow and even to Beirut and Mumbai. It seems that geographic barriers no longer f
iss out on great opportunities—or turn a potentially positive situation into a negative one for their firms. Dealing with the media does not have to be scary or confrontational.A writer or reporter working on a story will often contact local businesses for one of three reasons: to get an expert opinion from inside a particular industry; to obtain a reaction to a trend or recent event from a local business; and to gain background information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these fi
Why The World Loved The Steve Irwin Personal Brand'Crikey', the khaki shirt and the boundless enthusiasm.Steve Irwin created the most well known international personal brand of any Australian.Now that he is dead at 44 years of age, his personal brand will live on forever.Why? Because he has been the most successful Australian ever to create and manage a unique, memorable and authentic public persona.The 'Crocodile Hunter' has achieved enormous personal and professional success and status in a mere 14 year
to be scary or confrontational.A writer or reporter working on a story will often contact local businesses for one of three reasons: to get an expert opinion from inside a particular industry; to obtain a reaction to a trend or recent event from a local business; and to gain background information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these fi
Five Tips for Writing a Great CVThe trends for writing a good CV change all the time. Should you write a CV with all your work history? Do you bullet point this or that? Just what sort of information should you put in a CV?Plenty of websites will tell you what the current trends for writing a CV are. But you want your CV to look good and leave a fine impression with potential employers, so here are five tips to help you write a better CV than everyone else.Keep it shortWhen a job opening comes
an expert opinion from inside a particular industry; to obtain a reaction to a trend or recent event from a local business; and to gain background information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these fi Why You Should Be An Interior DesignerThe world has been through 50-years of DIY culture, with the majority of people re-modelling, upgrading, and decorating their own homes in their spare time. However, that cycle is ending for a number of key reasons and this demise has given birth to some amazing and exciting opportunities for those people interested in Interior Design.In the DIY period, people were happy to spend their spare time on home-improvements and they enjoyed showing off their efforts to all their visi
information on a complex subject. All of these reasons give you a great opportunity to position yourself as an expert and a leader. Use these five tips to work with reporters, and reap the benefits in good publicity.Answer the phone. I’m amazed at the number of business people who shy away from taking a call from a writer or reporter. Writers are calling to get an industry perspective or to gain a quote from an expert—you. You can’t be quoted if you don’t answer the phone!
Respond promptly. Writers work on deadline. A reporter for a daily newspaper may have only a few hours in which to gather information before the story is due. A magazine writer may have a few days. So many times I’ve se