Video continues to grow in popularity as an effective storytelling and lead generating tool in B2B marketing strategies. According to 2020 data from HubSpot, “Video has become the most commonly used format in content marketing, overtaking blogs and infographics.” Specifically, HubSpot shares that “promotional videos and brand storytelling are the most common video types created by marketers.” The number of [...]
This month WGU Washington, one of our stellar clients, celebrated 10 years of expanding access to higher education in our state! Over the last decade, WGU Washington has helped strengthen the state’s workforce while awarding nearly 25,000 degrees to hardworking Washingtonians. The university’s enrollment has grown to more than 14,000 full-time students pursuing bachelor’s and master’s degrees in high-demand fields. [...]
Image credit: Carbon Robotics On April 13, our client Carbon Robotics, introduced its Autonomous Weeder, a 10,000-pound autonomous robot that leverages computer vision, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds. Carbon Robotics’ groundbreaking application of this technology is revolutionizing agriculture. The company’s robots are designed to self-drive [...]
This month, we approach the one-year anniversary of the coronavirus pandemic hitting the U.S. While it is a grim milestone, we are not without hope, as we’ve seen the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna, and the recently authorized vaccine from Johnson & Johnson. President Joe Biden expects the U.S. to deliver enough coronavirus vaccines for all adults by [...]
Political polarization. Cultural divide. Partisan gap. If you are anything like me, you’ve been feeling the division in our society intensely for the last couple weeks. Or maybe months? Or years? Take your pick. The Associated Press dedicated a 2016 series to the topic, saying “Americans are more divided than ever, gridlocked over social issues, race, gender and the economy...It’s [...]
Given all the unique circumstances of the past year, the media were often focused on critical updates about the state of the pandemic, the national protests around social injustices, or the presidential election. With the media’s attention largely focused on the events over the course of the year, it was more challenging than ever to grasp their attention. As such, [...]
2020 was unique in many ways, but one aspect that remained constant was the level of uncertainty facing nearly every aspect of life. The impacts of this past year’s events will affect how individuals and business leaders approach planning and decision making for years to come. The global pandemic touched nearly every industry and the commercial shipping sector was no [...]
As 2020 ends, many of us working in public relations and marketing are in the process of planning for the new year. Given this, I thought it would be helpful to revisit best practices around the analysis of past results and how to best plan for the future. Look in the rearview mirror One good way to begin the [...]
A rendering of Spaceflight's Sherpa-FX vehicle. Image courtesy of Spaceflight Inc. 2020, despite the challenges it presented, proved to be another exciting and successful year for our client Spaceflight Inc., the leading launch services and mission management provider. The space industry didn’t go unaffected by the challenges the pandemic presented, yet Spaceflight still executed five launches, introduced a new innovative [...]
To say the least, this past year has been one of unprecedented change. The phrase “new normal” has entered our daily lexicon, as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly altered how we live, gather, socialize and work. No person nor business has been immune to the change. Our client BitTitan, a Seattle-based cloud enablement company that is the [...]
We’re excited to share results from our work with one of our newest clients, ABC Legal Services. ABC Legal is the nation’s leading provider of process and court filing services and is the official process server to the U.S. Department of Justice. The company also owns Docketly, an appearance counsel provider that has created an efficient, cloud-based platform to connect [...]
The social and emotional impact is not insignificant. Our team has been working remotely since March 4. We are fortunate that we all transitioned to working from home without much disruption. Our IT infrastructure was already cloud-based, making the functional aspects of the transition seamless. And we have a highly functional team, made up of individuals who take pride in [...]
Company anniversaries are exciting milestones, which we help our clients celebrate through a variety of activities, including media relations, social media engagement, blog development, event promotion, the introduction of new programs, and internal communications. Below are some examples of activities we have executed on behalf of our clients to support various anniversaries. These examples range from companies celebrating two years [...]
Last month I received a beautiful flower bouquet and note from Communiqué PR celebrating my first year at the company. It’s been an amazing journey this past year, jam-packed with different experiences and projects that have helped shape me into the public relations professional I am today. In college, I had taken one public relations class before I joined the [...]
Image credit: LeoStella Manufacturing a satellite used to take several years and require multi-million-dollar budgets. Today it is a different story. The space industry has gone through a radical transformation. The evolution of technology and a culture of agility has enabled companies such as LeoStella to develop satellites at a fraction of the cost, in a matter of months. LeoStella [...]
Acumatica CEO Jon Roskill. Image credit: Acumatica The past week has been a busy one for our client, Acumatica, the world's fastest-growing cloud ERP company. The industry leader announced the release of Acumatica 2020 R2, the second of its biannual product updates. The release comprises a significant number of updates, many of which were community suggestions on the Acumatica Feedback [...]
Image credit: Tideworks Technology Last month, we had the opportunity to announce an exciting milestone for our client, Tideworks Technology (Tideworks). The company announced the go-live of its new terminal operating system (TOS) solution, Mainsail 10 at the Manzanillo International Terminal (MIT) in Panama. The go-live at MIT is the company’s first deployment of Mainsail 10. Tideworks created the new [...]
[caption id="attachment_16728" align="alignright" width="300"] Tom Skerritt[/caption] We are super excited to be working with Tom Skerritt on the launch of EVRGRN, a new lifestyle channel available via streaming platform, STIRR. Most people know of Tom’s iconic acting career. His credits include Top Gun, Steel Magnolias, A River Runs Through It, Contact, and Alien, among numerous other notable TV and film [...]
A rendering of Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX vehicle. Image courtesy of Spaceflight Inc. In mid-July, our client Spaceflight Inc., the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, announced its plans to launch its next generation orbital transfer vehicle, Sherpa-FX, on a fully dedicated rideshare mission with SpaceX. Spaceflight’s Sherpa-FX is the first innovative orbital transfer vehicle and will be the debut vehicle [...]
States and countries around the world are starting to reopen their economies; however, businesses are still feeling the financial burdens caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospitality and travel industries are just two markets that have been hit exceedingly hard and in turn, are changing the way they approach resuming their operations and offering their services moving forward. Unfortunately, the [...]