by Gabriel Muñoz We’re less than 30 days into 2023 and there seems to be an influx of unfortunate, scary and strange events happening all at once around the world. From an ongoing war in Ukraine, the (almost) three-year-old COVID-19 pandemic ravaging China, atmospheric rivers flooding the West Coast, billionaire and Twitter CEO/owner Elon Musk … Read More
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Communications Trends to Watch for 2023
After the last few years, trying to predict anything is a gamble, but what the heck? We’ll give it a try. Here are the communications trends we’re watching for 2023 along with our counsel for capitalizing on them. Traditional Media Continues to Lose Traction, Owned Channels Gain Traction According to the US Census Bureau, in … Read More
20 Years Of Change and the Same: Nothing’s More Important Than Communication
By Lee Caraher I started Double Forte 20 years ago with my then business partner Dan Stevens, with a need (earn a living) and a want (do it in a way that didn’t suck our souls out of our bodies) and a conviction, that communication is the most important skill and discipline in business (and … Read More
Why PR Pros Should Stay On Twitter…For Now
With apologies to the Bard, to tweet or not to tweet, that is the question about Twitter. What should businesses do on Twitter given all of the changes and, frankly, chaos that have been reported about one of the OG social platforms to make it past 2005? It’d be fruitless to point you to one … Read More
Yeehaw! The Media Landscape Is the Wild West of PR
The ongoing evolution of the media, particularly earned media (stories you don’t pay for), has always been a given. Even so, we used to work with reliable assumptions we knew to be true. “Used to” being the operative phrase! But after the last two and a half years, those reliable assumptions, like so many other … Read More
WHY GENERATING EARNED MEDIA COVERAGE IS A LONG GAME
Both prospective and current clients often ask us why it takes so long to secure media coverage for their company or brand. “It’s the internet! Doesn’t news coverage happen instantly?” The short answer is no. The long answer requires more context and education about how the media industry works. The first, most important thing to … Read More
Are Your Consumers Quietly Quitting? 9 Tips To Increase Engagement
This week CNN got managers everywhere worked up again about “quiet quitting.” This concept, which came to fame behind the Great Resignation, is the idea of not quitting your job – just doing the bare minimum at work. Leadership teams are freaking out about it, rightly so, and hopefully examining their company cultures. But it’s … Read More
Reality Check: Is Your Marketing Purpose-Driven?
By Maggie Zeman For brands today, supporting a social cause must be more than a marketing strategy. It’s too easy for brands to get caught in the crossfire between political and social rhetoric and their own consumer base. By engaging in truly purpose-driven marketing, brands can authentically support causes that matter while connecting with key … Read More
Britney is Free, but Why Won’t the Internet Let Her Be?
by Gabriel Muñoz In November 2003, “the most famous 21-year-old on the planet,” Britney Spears, sat down with Diane Sawyer for a primetime television special. The now infamous interview was aligned with her soon-to-be-released fourth studio release, “In the Zone,” but the album was mainly sidelined for more “juicier” topics, including her tabloid-fueled breakup with … Read More
A Team of Global Wellness Facilitators with Remote Team Wellness’s Tarin Calmeyer
In this episode of On The Map podcast, your host Lee Caraher speaks with Tarin Calmeyer. Tarin is a Virtual Corporate Wellness Specialist with Remote Team Wellness. Tarin has been a holistic wellness practitioner for over a decade. She explains that she didn’t love running a clinical practice, but she did have a passion for … Read More