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Pitching So Your Story Doesn't Get Pitched
By: Maggie Brandt
07/26/2011 - Many people think that media relations is the sole activity in a communications firm. At Standing Partnership, we support our clients' communication efforts in many arenas, including employee relations, brand positioning, issues and crisis management, digital communications and public relations. While we have do much more…
What We're Reading: May 2-6
By: Ashlyn Brewer
05/06/2011 - From corporate reputation management to fighting childhood obesity with mobile phones, check out our favorite stories of the week: 1. A recent survey revealed that the technology sector is the best-regarded among the general public, with Google with the best corporate reputation. 2. Feel like…
Behind the Scenes at Opening Day
By: Maggie Brandt
04/08/2011 - I'm a VERY lucky intern… I went on my first official out-of-office adventure, a 6:00 a.m. trip to Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis for the Cardinals Opening Day game on March 31. The purpose of this early morning trip to the heart of Cardinal Nation? I…
New Approach to Federal Regulations
By: John Guest
01/24/2011 - A close friend of mine is the director of the Hamilton Project, a think tank in Washington, D.C. that looks at the economic challenges our country faces and provides evidence-based, thoughtful analysis of those issues. I am always impressed by the Hamilton Project's willingness to…
Tears at the Office: Strategic Communications for Unwanted Pets
By: Amber Morris
01/11/2011 - Crying at work is definitely not a good career move, but I'm not ashamed to admit I shed tears while working on a client project today. Standing is an office of animal lovers. Many of us have four-legged family members. A few of us foster…
Search Mojo and Standing Partnership: How PR and Social Media Impact SEO
By: Marijean Jaggers
11/08/2010 - I had the pleasure of collaborating with my friends at Search Mojo to offer our audiences a free webinar. Kaitlyn Dhanaliwala and I presented "How PR and Social Media Impact SEO" -- a live discussion about the ways our industries intersect and help our clients…
Not Really News: The 8 Item Checklist to Make Sure
By: Marijean Jaggers
09/20/2010 - A PR colleague of mine was having a fit. No one in the media wanted to cover her client's event and were passing her off to the advertising sales departments. My colleague thought the event was newsworthy enough, why didn't the local media? I told…
Not Just a Farmer: In the Field with Standing Partnership
By: Jessica Hartman
09/08/2010 - As the newest member of Standing Partnership, you can imagine my surprise when I was given the opportunity to travel my third day on the job. Though I've only been at Standing for a little over a week, I've already experienced Standing's commitment to hands-on…
Make Sure There Isn’t a Fire Drill – and Other Webinar Best Practices
By: Beth Minnigerode
08/31/2010 - We've been conducting several webinars this year to teach health care nonprofits how they can use social media to further their missions. We learn something new with each webinar, so I wanted to share a few of our best practice tips to help you execute…
A Collision of Internal and Public Relations at Zappos.com
By: Amber Morris
08/27/2010 - I love shoes and I love Zappos.com's incredible customer service so I follow them on Facebook. Yesterday morning, I was surprised to see a post inviting me and their 61,000+ other fans to their "All Hands" employee staff meeting ... Zappos.com Wanna get in one…
