By Brian Pittman Owning the planning, scripting and presentation process around media briefings, press conferences, investor days and even r

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For all the moderately surprising twists served up in the Brooklyn bar-noir "The Drop," the big revelation turns out to be no revelation at

By Brian Pittman How error-free is your copy? How would you like to write with greater confidence and fewer mistakes? The bottom line is tha

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By Jon Greer, Contributor, and Richard Carufel, Editor, Bulldog Reporter Just as every business must confront the challenges of “big data,”

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By Brian Pittman Millions of TV viewers and radio listeners tune in to their favorite news and talk shows day-in and day-out. This poses a h

By Jon Greer, Contributor, and Richard Carufel, Editor, Bulldog Reporter; Presented in Partnership with PRIME Research Top communications pr

By Brian Pittman There’s still no better way to get a story in the media than reaching out to a journalist or blogger directly and pitching

By Jon Greer, Contributor, and Richard Carufel, Editor, Bulldog Reporter; Presented in Partnership with PRIME Research In the era of big dat

By Brian Pittman How can you best reach and influence American consumers? How can you get your lifestyle products, services or goods in fron

By Brian Pittman Did you know over 90% of Internet traffic and 50% of mobile traffic is now comprised of photos and video? What’s more: Inst

By Brian Pittman Gimmicks get a bad rap. But they can teach us something about what the public wants—in PR and even film: Put simply, audien

CBS Films has acquired the movie rights to A.G. Riddle's trilogy of “Atlantis” science-fiction novels. The first book in the trilogy, "The A

By Brian Pittman Facts tell, stories sell. That’s because stories are in our DNA. They’re how we make sense of the world. And they’re how we

By Brian Pittman You’ve heard it before: The blogosphere is massively overlooked PR opportunity. After all, consumers increasingly trust blo