by Wendy Alpine | Nov 18, 2014 | Advertising, Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
“What does Alpine Communications do?” I’m often asked at networking meetings. When I say “PR,” I often get a glazed look. If there were a thought bubble, what probably would appear is an ad for their company. My thought bubble would be here’s my chance to explain what...
by Wendy Alpine | Sep 22, 2014 | Advertising, Branding, Market Research, Wendy Alpine
To combat slumping orange juice sales, the Florida Department of Citrus has developed a new PR campaign — reinventing the portly Captain Citrus into a strapping Marvel Comics superhero. Apparently, juice sales are down 22% because of a disease called citrus...
by Wendy Alpine | Aug 25, 2014 | Advertising, Market Research, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
So at first glance, this headline sounds glib and sexist. But it’s not meant to be. I’m being a little tongue-in-cheek here after reading an article on Wyoming Public Media’s website about how women tech PR and Marketing professionals often don’t receive the credit...
by Wendy Alpine | Jun 5, 2014 | Advertising, Media - Internet, Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
Companies, whether Business to Business (B2B) or Business to Consumer (B2C), are always looking at fresh approaches to promote their business. I recently came across this article from MediaPost about Boost Mobile and their innovative “Spokesbattle” campaign to select...
by Wendy Alpine | May 2, 2014 | Advertising, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
“Public relations is the management function which evaluates public attitudes, identifies the policies and procedures of an individual or an organization with the public interest, and plans and executes a program of action to earn public understanding and...
by Wendy Alpine | Dec 11, 2013 | Advertising, Health IT, Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
Today, patients who have been diagnosed with cancer undergo multiple X-rays, CT scans, MRIs and PET scans. Often they are performed at different hospitals and at different stages of a patient’s care and are not coordinated. But a start-up company in Atlanta is hoping...
