March 2009 – RAD Strategies

40 Days and 40 Nights – Give Up or Give Back?

Lent is a Christian tradition that stems from the 40 days that Jesus fasted prior to his crucifixion. Beginning Ash Wednesday and concluding on Easter Sunday, observers of Lent are to celebrate and recognize the sacrifice which Jesus made for his people. Growing up in an Italian Catholic home my...

March 31, 2009By admin_radGiving Back, lessons, life, Personal, real world0 CommentsRead more...

Power of networking for businesses

There's great power in networking...from a professional and personal standpoint. In the era of social networking, several of our clients are embarking on this journey and, with a little hand holding, they are quickly becoming believers. For instance, one client's fans on Facebook shot up to more than 800 in...

March 25, 2009By admin_radNetworking, PR, SocialNetworking, Twitter0 CommentsRead more...

Old school tools – they’re still effective

We often times talk (a lot) about the impact of social media on what we’re doing in public relations and how it’s leading the way for the future of communications. But there are still a lot of cool tools that have been around for a long time that are effective...

March 25, 2009By admin_radjournalist, media visit, PR, Reno-Tahoe, Travel, travel writer0 CommentsRead more...

My First Week as a New Mommy!

A little over a week ago I became the mother of a beautiful blonde haired, brown eyed Golden Retriever named Cooper. While most people adopted puppies when they’re around eight weeks; I got Cooper at just six (finding out that those two weeks can make quite the difference). In the...

March 23, 2009By admin_radlessons, life, real world0 CommentsRead more...

I Get Paid to do This?

My husband always says there’s a reason why so many people want to be in public relations and marketing: because it’s fun. And that’s true if you wind up working on clients that you enjoy. Just today I got to research restaurants and summer activities at ski resorts – the...

March 13, 2009By admin_radEngaging, PR, Reno-Tahoe, YouTube0 CommentsRead more...

Unconventional PR Strategies

Congrats to Nevada Interactive Media Summit and the Advisory Board on a day filled with variety and very useful information. Here’s a copy of the session I co-presented with Bob Conrad, APR. Thanks for the opportunity and thanks to Bob for pulling together the slides. Open publication - Free publishing -...

March 7, 2009By admin_radPR, Professional, SocialNetworking, Trends, Twitter0 CommentsRead more...

Interning without a doubt

After spending the last four years studying public relations at the University of Nevada, Reno, my professors always told me “public relations does not mean press releases.” However I had a hard time understanding that because it seemed that the majority of the things I did in my public relations...

March 5, 2009By admin_radInternship, PR2 CommentsRead more...

Monthly Archives - March 2009