Topics

• Social Media
• Public Relations
• How to Pitch
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Must-Read Articles

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  Attention, Kmart (& Sears) shoppers: Your sites are ready

  Retailers offer ‘My' networks to give customers a community — and a forum for feedback.

Must-Reads

• Poll: Budget cuts make for leaner, more focused comms efforts

  Social media and standard PR outreach increase as communicators are forced to do more with less.

• Create an online newsroom that reporters will love

  A marketing expert outlines 10 things to attract and enlighten journalists.

• From David Pogue, keys to pitching him and other journalists

  Essential dos and don’ts for PR professionals.

• 3 tools for sharing micro-content online

  Leveraging your connections is easy—and essential.

• The key to catching a reporter's eye? Pitch like one

  Here’s how a former journalist gets Kaiser Permanente the coverage it wants.

• Kindle your creativity: 3 tactics to help you bolster your writing

  Authors’ shining examples are out there, waiting to inspire.

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• Do you still have a print publication?

  MyRagan-ites continue to discuss the importance of print publications at their organizations, along with strategies for print. Take a look and weigh in.

• How to use symbols in your photographs

  Photography instructor Phil Douglis takes us to the New York Stock Exchange for this lesson about corporate photography.

• What 'old school' communication tools do you miss?

  One MyRagan-ite fondly remembers the days when she used Wite-Out. What about you?

• 3 reasons communicators need a Google Voice account

  A MyRagan-ite, afraid Google will eliminate Google Voice, explains why it's a great app for business people.

• Does your company have a mobile intranet?

  According to one report, 30 percent of intranets this year have mobile components.

• When's the best time to write?

  A MyRagan-ite wants to know when your creative juices are most potent.