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A bottle of Hint water illustrating how PR can elevate a brand's image

Just a Hint of PR Makes a Difference

Originally published: May 20, 2013 · Updated: June 16, 2026 The 2013 post was an excerpt from For Immediate Release that used Hint Water as the working case study for how a small brand can compete in a category dominate

A close-up of a Blackberry phone on a dark background, illustrating the brand's PR challenges

BlackBerry PR Firm Consolidation — A 2013 Case, Updated

Rewritten and updated June 2026. Original 2013 perspective preserved; AI Communications layer added below. The original BlackBerry PR consolidation case While I am addicted to the old BlackBerry, the brand is in a very

Lewis Dvorkin, surrounded by Forbes logos, pioneered content creation and native advertising

Kudos to Lewis Dvorkin

Originally published: April 22, 2013 · Updated: June 16, 2026 In April 2013, The Guardian profiled Lewis Dvorkin, then Chief Product Officer of Forbes Media, who had spent three years rebuilding the company around an id

Protecting reputations: A school building with a crisis PR team strategizing outside

Crisis PR & Schools

As a parent living in New York City we spent a lot of time investigating and applying to private schools for our children. Indeed, the process is as painful as one may imagine. From the parent and the child interviews,

Businessman engaged in a focused conversation with a woman at a networking event

Speak to the Person in Front of You

Book excerpt from Ronn Torossian book “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Game-Changing Public Relations”: Doesn’t it annoy you when you’re talking with someone at a party <spa

Journalist, pen in hand, writing about the evolving PR and journalism relationship

Media, Stop Complaining About PR Agencies

Every few months a journalist publishes a take about how bad PR pitches are. Some are right. But the framing — that PR is the problem and journalism is the victim — has it backward. Both industries are under structural p

Abstract, blurred image showing how avoiding conflict can sometimes be the best PR strategy

Avoiding Conversations In Public Relations

Part and parcel for any business is conflict – and sometimes public disputes are necessary and other times they aren’t. In this excerpt from “For Immediate Release: Shape Minds, Build Brands, and Deliver Results with Ga

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, a beloved, candid, and iconic New Yorker

Rest in Peace, the Great Ed Koch

Ed Koch died at 88. Three terms as mayor. "How'm I doing?" was a question, a brand, and a thesis all at once. New York's most quotable politician understood that politics is communications — the line is the discipline.