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 | Sep 20, 2013 | Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
At 64, Diana Nyad achieved her lifelong goal of swimming 110 miles from Cuba to Key West. She had failed four times before that, having made her first attempt at age 29. I didn’t give the Diana Nyad story a lot of thought until recently. Her story of perseverance made...
by Wendy Alpine | Aug 30, 2013 | Public Relations, Social Media, Wendy Alpine
I recently attended a meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). It featured local broadcast reporters from the top four affiliate stations and focused on how these reporters use social media to source and cover stories. Many...
by Wendy Alpine | Aug 20, 2013 | Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
Recently I had a meeting with a consultant for our local Small Business Development Center. He asked if my clients were my advocates, which is a question I hadn’t really thought about. Often in PR we are so used to promoting our clients and building brand awareness...
by Wendy Alpine | Jul 31, 2013 | Media - Newspaper, Public Relations, Wendy Alpine
I recently shared my expertise in branding and public relations in two published articles. In Flow, a publication for the printing industry, published by Ricoh, I spoke on how companies should use their employees as brand ambassadors in Graham Garrison’s...