Category Archives: Business Models

Important Guest Post: “A Pacific Nation: Implications for Strategic Communications” by Professor Dennis Murphy

Professor Dennis Murphy authored this guest blog. It is exceptional in quality and importance. As the first guest post in this blog, it sets a very high standard. The Importance of Understanding How Strategic Communications Plays A Major Role In  … Continue reading

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A Template For a PR Plan & Communications Strategy

Step 1: The Basic Approach PR and communications strategy plans are unique in many ways, but all the successful plans share certain characteristics.  A template can be followed to increase the odds that the plan you create is correct, but … Continue reading

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Executives Should Insist On Precise Use Of Words In Order To Measure Success Of Their Communications Strategy

 Sometimes It Is Legitimate To Be Vague With Public Statements; But It Is A Fatal Flaw To Be Vague When Crafting A Communications Strategy  Executives might want to consider how they use words such as “leader” and “leadership” in their … Continue reading

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Communications Strategies Should Emulate Soap Operas (the video)

Reaction to my previous posting on how communications strategies should emulate soap operas led me to produce this video version of those comments.  This is the first of a series of videos designed to help executives (and others) understand the … Continue reading

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The Most Simple Approach To Developing An Internal Communications Strategy

Whenever initiating the effort to create a communications strategy, it is important to bring an approach — an attitude — a philosophy that frames the strategy.  That’s the case for when you are developing the strategy as a whole and … Continue reading

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Why Negative Energy Is Sometimes A Good Thing

I’ve been involved with several companies (including some I’ve created and some that have been clients) that sought to develop new ways of doing something, or organizing themselves around a new business model.  I saw a strange pattern:  There is … Continue reading

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How To Use Negativity To Create A Positive “Swagger”

There is a saying among judges who become mediators:  “No matter how you spread the batter, even the thinnest pancake has a flip side.”   I’ve written before about how negativity must be embraced if you want to create something … Continue reading

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