Archive for the ‘Consumer Health & Tech’ Category

Grandmother Power

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

By Joan Schneider I had the pleasure this week of attending the Hebrew SeniorLife College of Retirement Series at Orchard Cove in Canton, MA to hear Ari Seth Cohen talk about his favorite subject—Advanced Style—which is also the title of his book and his blog. He talked about how his stylish grandmother—a librarian from New [...]

So, You’re Writing a Byline…Now What?!

Friday, March 15th, 2013

By Shannon Watterson and Cassidy Lawson Public relations is all about putting the right message in front of the right people at the right time.  Traditional media is one of the main channels we use to drive our clients’ messages, but, while a great tool, articles can often dilute the clients’ messages. Enter the byline.  [...]

Maximizing and Mining Resources: Progressive Grocer

Thursday, March 7th, 2013

Article appeared originally in Progressive Grocer By Julie Hall Using what is at your fingertips – internally and in the vast world of social media – provides great opportunity and easy-access information Smart 21st-century organizations are using the enormous amount of information available and the priceless communities they have painstakingly curated as the “new and [...]

6 Key Learnings from the 2012 Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey

Wednesday, March 6th, 2013

Our EVP Julie Hall teamed up with Chief Behavioral Scientist of Sentient Decision Science Aaron Reid to share the results of the 2012 Most Memorable New Product Launch survey in a Google+ Hangout On Air. Since 2001, SA and Sentient Decision Science have conducted the survey to learn which product launches make lasting impressions with consumers [...]

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013

  Register FREE ($60 value) with shareable code: 2012TopTen  It’s never been more difficult to launch a new product. Consumers are more fragmented than ever.  With 40,000 products launched each year, how can marketers make sure their launch will stand out?Join us in this Google+ Hangout with brand experts from the 11th Annual Most Memorable New Product Launches who [...]

Social Etiquette: The Dos and Don’ts of Social Media (Internship Edition)

Monday, March 4th, 2013

It’s the middle of your junior year and you and a friend are looking for that one great internship to complete your nearly perfect résumés. You have the grades, the work ethic, and the writing chops, and you’ve whisked cover letters and CVs into the inboxes of every internship coordinator in a 50-mile radius. Your [...]

Consumers Name Amazon Kindle Fire the Most Memorable New Product Launch of 2012

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Yesterday, USA Today featured the results of the 2012 Most Memorable New Product Launch (MMNPL) survey in a snapshot on the front page of the Money section. The snapshot announced the top five most memorable new products of 2012 according to our  survey. Amazon’s Kindle Fire topped the list with a surprising 30% of respondents [...]

Art Fuels the Brain and Helps with Managing Your Team

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

By Joan Schneider, President and Creative Director, Schneider Associates At Harvard Business School, they always talk about managing by walking around.  It’s hard to have new ideas when you are constantly sitting in the office—talking to the same people, looking at the same scenery, thinking about things in the usual way. I’ve found that travel [...]

Social Customer Service Is As Easy As 1-2-3

Monday, January 7th, 2013

By Jamie Berman, Account Coordinator, Consumer Group Social media has become the soapbox of the 21st century, a swift and efficient vehicle for the world to deliver complaints 24 hours a day. When those grievances involve a specific company, they’d better be ready to quickly face the music or they may lose valued customers. In [...]

Can we share the holidays with you?

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012