Posts Tagged ‘PR’

Lewis Goldberg, Managing Partner at KCSA Strategic Communications

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

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Douglas Simon President & CEO of D S Simon Productions had a conversation with Lewis about “The End of Public Relations” and it’s transition to “Strategic Communications.”


Some of Lewis’s VlogViews:

“There’s no such thing as public relations, there’s only communications.”

“Public relations, marketing and investor relations have all have melded into one discipline, which is effective strategic communications.”

“For consumer facing products and services, I think it needs to be much more of an open dialogue.”

“It’s not answering the question that the client asks in the way they expect it, it’s answering the question the client asks that actively accomplishes the goal they have laid out for themselves.”


http://www.kcsa.com/

http://twitter.com/KCSA_Comms

John Seng of Spectrum – Healthcare communications & the Responsibilities of Healthcare Companies

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

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Douglas Simon President & CEO of D S Simon Productions and John Seng, President & CEO of Spectrum discussed the responsibility of health care companies in providing accurate information to their consumers.




Some of John VlogViews:
“The one thing everyone’s got in common is health care and we all want to maintain the good health we’ve got. It’s about where we go for our information, who influences us.”

“I’m extremely passionate about what I feel is the need or obligation, the commitment that must be there on behalf of pharma to ensure that there is accurate information being presented about their products.”

“I think the challenge is out there for companies to make it clear that they have every intention of making sure that the patients have the best information to work with, and accurate information. Not misleading or potentially harmful information.”

Other links:
http://www.spectrumscience.com/
http://www.spectrumscience.com/blog/
http://twitter.com/JohnJSeng

Leslie Sobon VP, Advanced Micro Devices – The importance of the female perspective in PC marketing and the launch of her new corporate blog

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

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Douglas Simon President & CEO of D S Simon Productions had a conversation with Leslie Sobon, corporate vice president, product marketing at AMD from a recent Satellite Media Tour for Back to School tips for women.



Some of Leslie’s VlogViews:

“It’s really about what women look for in a PC. We don’t want to be special marketed. We don’t need “pink” marketing. That we do really know what we want in a PC we want it easy to use not because we’re illiterate but because we are busy”

“This first blog is about what to look for in Back to School. So I talk about what women want but then I give a handful of choices of some really good notebook computers if you are really looking to buy a PC for your kid.”

“I really want it to be my voice… and I want to write it.”

other Links:
AMD Back to School Blog

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?

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