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Eric Obenzinger, Setting PR for Google

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

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Eric Obenzinger, an Associate for Global Communications & Public Affairs at Google, discusses the general rules for getting a high ranking on a Google search. Recorded at the ExL Pharma Communications Conference at Pfizer’s World Headquarters, Eric discusses his challenges setting PR for Google.

Some of Eric’s Vlog Views:

“Whatever the venue, have content that is discoverable and interesting and the people will want to read, and therefore will link to…Google will favor pages that other people are actually interested in and the main signal, among others, is whether people are linking to your page.”


The ExL Pharma Communications Conference Series:

Julie Zawisza, FDA

Julie Zawisza, FDA

Sally Susman, Pfizer

Sally Susman, Pfizer

John Bell, Ogilvy

John Bell, Ogilvy

Eric Obenzinger, Google

Eric Obenzinger, Google

Rick Wion on the Value of Thinking Inside the Box

Friday, July 24th, 2009

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Rick Wion, Vice President of Interactive Media at GolinHarris worked with McNeil Pharmaceuticals to develop their two ADHD Social Media sites: ADHDMoms and ADHDAllies. He talked about how to work within the regulatory environment at the BDI Social Communications Healthcare Conference.

“We setup a triage process for setting up comment approvals. When a comment goes in, a notification goes out via email to wait to be reviewed and then it goes through the AE [adverse even] reporting procedure. The AE team looks at it to see if it is an AE? If not then it goes to legal and regulatory for review and finally to the person who is in charge of AE’s page who flips a button to turn it live.”

Bill Sobel’s Tips and Tactics for Social Media in Healthcare

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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Bill Sobel, Chief Connections Officer for SobelMedia LLC, a digital media connections company, speaks about social media and its growing role for healthcare communicators at the BDI Social Communications Healthcare Conference.

“I think you have to look at everything… there are so many technologies out there, there are so many different ways to get out your message… interact with customers… clients… partners… employees… test them all and see what is best for you.”

Peter Himler, Flatiron Communications

Friday, January 16th, 2009

Peter Himler, Principal/Founder of Flatiron Communications, discusses the growth of social media in the current economic climate. Recorded at Business Development Institute’s Real Time Communications Conference.

Some of Peter’s VlogViews:

“I don’t think traditional PR is going away anytime soon. What I do think is that more and more traditional companies are going to see the value in social media and they’re going to begin to acquire companies that do it or hire individuals that understand it. They’re going to make a greater investment in spite of the economy.”

“PR people need to be savvy on how to create digital video, how to create content and optimize it so it’s findable on google. Understanding search and what search means to the PR person and to the PR person’s clients and to their brand.”

“There are skills that are needed to work through traditional media to get your message across. There is media training, message development and all that stuff. But now you can go directly to your end audiences and you can find your niche audiences as they migrate online. You have a giant migration of consumers onto the internet.”

Flatiron Communications

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