Posts Tagged ‘Advertising’

Doug Simon Makes His PR and Communications Industry Predictions for 2011

Monday, January 10th, 2011

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Doug Simon, President and CEO of D S Simon Productions, shares his 2011 predictions for the PR and Communications Industry.


Doug’s Predictions:

“If you’re a card carrying member of the Public Relations Society of America and are only interested in my predictions in this space, here they are: I think we’re going to continue to see the transition of senior executives from the advertising world to Public Relations because that’s where authentic communications is happening. You can’t just buy your way on and reach consumers anymore. It’s become much more of an opt-in culture. We’re also going to see agencies grow but I think a big change is corporate communicators are going to look to hire specific organizations on a project basis and most of this is going to relate to not only content creation but also distribution, especially to social media. In the broadcast PR space I think we’re going to see the increased popularity of Internet Media Tours, Viral Video media placement and Internet Interview Tours to reach key audiences that in some cases are self-selected because the blogs and website that would take the content would only be interested in your story if they know their readers and viewers are. Two predictions specific to D S Simon Productions, I think we’re going to see continued growth as we celebrate our 25th anniversary year and we’ll be moving to a larger office space. Hope your wishes and predictions come true for 2011.”

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Mad Men Make the Case for PR

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

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Minor plot spoiler alert: In his commentary on the Mad Men season premiere, Douglas Simon, President & CEO, D S Simon Productions looks at the surprising role of PR as portrayed on the hit show for brand building and moving product.



Some of Doug’s Vlog Views:

You don’t see Sterling Cooper Draper Price promoting itself through advertising. They used PR.

The funniest part of the show was when Peggy shared the news that after the success of their “stunt,” the client was increasing its advertising spend. Why?

In episode two, will Don be giving Harold Burson or Howard Rubenstein a call?

Geoff Ramsey, CEO, eMarketer

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Geoff Ramsey discusses the importance of engaging in new media tools, as well as what changes we can expect in the delivery of advertising messages online.

Some of Geoff’s VlogViews:

“Test. Test. Test…You can read all the research you want…but at the end of the day, if you don’t try [new media] stuff yourself, you’re going to be behind the curve.”

“Whether you’re appealing to a younger demographic…or an older demographic, across the board people are watching video online, whether that’s a Youtube video or they’re going to Hulu or watching it on CNN.com…80% of Internet users are watching video on a regular basis, today. You can’t ignore that.”

“This whole pre-roll thing…will not be in the discussion in three years, because that’s the old model -“ the interruption/disruption model…That’s not going to cut it anymore…The advertising has to become part and parcel with the content that people came to see.”

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