For this discussion I research more on the page rank. The PR for certain websites can help or hinder the way your website is ranked in Google. So with that said, It would be great for my company because they all have a section for marketing, but a directory that is focus on my industry would be better. I would also pick some directories that have a higher PR, some that I would have to pay for and directories that focus specifically on design and marketing firms. For example:
A. Yahoo: PR 8, cost: 299.00. It would be worth to pay Yahoo because it is one of the world’s largest directories compared to Google. Also the majority of DCGraphics competitors are already on this directory also.
B. Best of the Web: PR: 7 79.00. For this directory I would choose this one because it has a great following of users. It is also a service for webmasters, site owners, and marketing organizations.
C. Design Directory: PR6 Free. This directory is a web directory of design resources that focus on Designers, design companies, design studios, portfolios and consultancies
D. Web Design Stuff: PR 5 Free.
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February 2nd, 2010Web 2.0 and Tiger Woods
December 10th, 2009
I found a great article about the recent events dealing with Tiger Woods. But before I go into talking about this over drawn out situation, I think having a strategy for PR is helpful to know. You must know the steps that you need to take just in case of either an angry consumer, fan or recent employee wants to bad mouth your brand. Now your brand could be a person or a company that is has a suifficate amount of followers and that has some kind of impression on its industry.
In the case of Tiger Wood, something is diffidently wrong with the handling of his brand. With the scandal of his wife vandalizing his car and himself and the recent excessive lovers he has been with in the past while been married. But I think that is besides the point, what is this situation going to do with future business that Tiger associates his name to, such as Nike and his own Tiger Woods Foundation?
According to http://prdisasters.com/, whoever is advising Tiger is not doing a great job. Some of the suggestions are to use is the four R’s of crisis management: Regret, Responsibility, Remedial action and Real. These four steps are a great way to help address the situation for any company or personal brand. You must not wait for other negative things to arise. Tiger PR should have had him do a TV appearance to apologize as soon as they could, before the social and media 2.0 starts spreading like wildfire.
It seems that in the past couple a years there has been a lot of apologies with top executives and celebrities. I think that best suggestion is the so call, Face the Music and own up to your faults and to be sincere.
Fashion Fights Cancer
November 23rd, 2009Last Friday, Fashion Fights Cancer was in Atlanta at the Ambient Studios. Fashion line included up and coming designer O’Neal Wyche. Visionary owner of Artifacts Exchange designed a cohesive line of stunning dresses and women one-piece jumpsuits in his bold color palette of reds, purple and yellow.
Wyche is a Georgia native that has years of fashion design experience. He started his career as a costume shop intern and worked closely with costume designers on Broadway and interning with profound designer Betsy Johnson, under Assistant Designer Brandon Aldridge. After that experience Wyche landed a great opportunity as Assistant Designer of the Heatherette brand. O’Neal Wyche has done much more exciting thing since than and his career is booming, so watch out for him.
About:
Fashion Fights Cancer is an exceptional fashion event displaying the talents of premier designers while bringing global awareness to the importance of funding cancer research and producing a cure. Designers donate their time, efforts and heart offering a behind the scenes peek into the world of fashion, creating a total lifestyle experience. It is a monumental event, exhibiting great humanitarian efforts flowing from the creative showrooms of each designer, into the hands of devoted cancer supporters worldwide.
(www.FASHIONFIGHTSCANCER.com)
ZuCot Gallery Grand Opening
November 23rd, 2009The art and design world is blazing in Atlanta right now. From graphic and web design to contempary art there are many place to inspire your creative juices. One place in particular is the ZuCot Gallery located in the Castleberry area of downtown Atlanta, (100 Centennial Olympic Park Drive S.W. Atlanta, GA 30313).
On November 14, the grand opening of this hip new art gallery that showcased Contemporary French, German, Spanish and American Paintings and Local photographer Jimi Flix collection Impressions of Atlanta.
With the help of event planner I’na Saulsbery of The StarFire Group, the opening was an Explosive Success.