Member Blog Posts in "Public Relations and Communications"

Need "Document Reduction" process clients to record and hone processes

posted on January 27, 2012

Hello NetworkInAustin Businesses...WEDIAKPO!(Write Everything Down, In a Known Place, Once!)We need two firms to implement scaled down large firm processes to reduce the number and length of your operations and project documents. This should save a small (not tiny...) company plenty of time, money, rework, and other benefits to justify the time and expense. Read more »

Author: Darrel Raynor

Accessing the Power of Gratitude

posted on March 2, 2011

Accessing the Power of Gratitude by Connie Moore, AskTheQuestionNow.com ckmoore@AskTheQuestionNow.com     The practice of gratitude Read more »

Author: Connie Moore

Ten Things I Learned In Line At The Super Bowl

posted on February 25, 2011

I’m a Packer’s fan by marriage (18 yrs) , so when the Pack made it to the Super Bowl this year and it was to be held in Dallas, a mere three hour drive from our house in Austin, I knew it was only a matter of time and money before my husband exclaimed, “we’re going to the Super Bowl baby!”.  And he did, and we did.And it was ….a learning experience. I grew up in Dallas and was a Cowboys fan by geography… and I went to the same chuch that Coach Landry went to so it was practically part of my religious upbringing. What’s that word? Indoctrination? Read more »

Author: Julie Niehoff

Traditional Pbx vs. Hosted Virtual Pbx

posted on September 30, 2010

Typically, most companies small or big use a phones system called Pbx or "Private Branch Exchange" which must be purchased, located and managed at your office.  The expense of a standard system (Pbx) for an small office is typically two to ten thousand dollars given the extent of the features and number of lines needed. (why? Read more »

Author: Chris Bombela

Startup Savvy: Trade Show Booth Design on a Budget

posted on August 23, 2010

At the recent TACVB (Texas Association of CVBs) annual conference in Lubbock, my business partner Becky McCray and I negotiated a trade show booth for our Tourism Currents online course in social media for tourism as part of our speaker fee. Read more »

Author: Sheila Scarborough

Use What You Have: Sports as a Tourism Niche

posted on July 21, 2010

If you are part of the tourist board for Paris or Tokyo or New York, you have visitors coming in all the time, for millions of different reasons. If you are a smaller town or less urban region, you have to look around and ask some hard questions....what do we have that can draw visitors and tourism dollars since we appear to have misplaced our Eiffel Tower?One answer these days is sports tourism. Read more »

Author: Sheila Scarborough

Social Media for Crisis Communications

posted on June 7, 2010

One of the best uses of social media is to engage the public directly, with the latest information available, when there is a crisis. An organization should build their brand reputation and online network before something blows up, rather than showing up to engage only after some disaster occurs.(People do notice Johnny-come-latelies on the social Web.) Read more »

Author: Sheila Scarborough

Can’t we just blast out to our entire database?

posted on April 11, 2010

 A scene played out in offices around the country – a well-meaning sales manager comes into the meeting and demands action.  Sales are down. The numbers are down. The phones aren’t ringing.  Franticly shuffling reports, she looks up and says “I don’t see why we can’t send an offer to everyone in our system. There are thousands of names in the database.”    Read more »

Author: Marilyn McCray

Pattern Productions at SXSW!

posted on March 9, 2010

Hello NetworkInAustin Friends! Our short film, The Alligator was selected to play in the SXSW AFS Member Showcase this Saturday, March 13, 2010!  The screening will take place at the Hideout Theater in downtown Austin at noon.  Here's a link to a map. Here's a link to our trailer. The Hideout Theatre is pretty small, so you might want  Read more »

Author: Jeff Marrow

Giving a Web site more Web 2.0 features

posted on January 18, 2010

If you're thinking about making your static company Web site a little more interactive and interesting, you might enjoy some of these suggestions.... Read more »

Author: Sheila Scarborough