So I had been working in public relations so about a year when my parents asked me, “What exactly is public relations? Is it like advertising?”  If your parents or spouse don’t understand the difference, don’t be surprised. A recent survey of 1000 PR pros found 72% of them say their parents don’t understand […]

  Cats are the most popular pet worldwide, outnumbering dogs three to one, yet dogs are given the label of man’s best friend.  How did this happen? I know from my own experience of being owned by several cats over the years, that they do have some characteristics that well, could use a good public […]

  So, you are challenged with coming up with the proverbial Big Idea for a new public relations campaign.  Where to start? How to begin? Well, I for one have always fallen upon a Big Idea in the most remarkably unremarkable places.  Sometimes I find that if I leave the tumult of the office behind […]