Yearly Archives - 2010

Dealing with Geosocial

Keeping up with social marketing seems as though it’s as much about keeping up with the new changes as it is the names themselves. With words such as Foursquare, Gowalla, Loopt, Groupon, Yelp and of course Facebook and Twitter, it really comes down to engaging the user and now, providing...

Silver Spike Awards for Artown

RKPR, working on behalf of Artown, took home multiple awards from the Silver Spike Awards Reception presented by the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Four awards recognized the team for innovative and successful public relations and community outreach initiatives implemented in the past year. We were honored...

RKPR, Utah?

Okay, while that might not be completely accurate, it is.  Kristen Power who has been with RKPR for three years is packing up and moving to Kanab, Utah.  As a native Nevadan and Renoite, this is big.  For us, we’re excited that she’s still going to be part of the...

Gaining Perspective

Each year the chapters of the Public Relations Society of America call for submissions in their annual awards programs, locally called the Silver Spike Awards. It’s an opportunity for PR pros to submit their top work over the past year to be judged by their peers and, hopefully, rewarded for...

Facebook Places, How Open Are You?

Last week Facebook upped the ante on location based social networking with Facebook “Places.” “Places” provides an opportunity to for you to share where you are with your Facebook friends.  It’s been less than a week since the launch of this new, fancy tool and after a bit of confusion,...

Artown’s Give $3 Gives More

When you live and breathe a client’s work every day in the office leading up to an event sometimes it’s hard to head to the actual event after hours. Fortunately we work with some really great events and attending their events is an opportunity to relax, catch up with friends...

Toyota’s Swagger Wagon

As an early 30’s Gen X, I grew up despising the creation of the minivan and its clunky appearance. I swore, along with my friends, that I’d never drive a minivan, and I still don’t. But along the way people my age started having kids and turned to the newer, sleeker...