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Communications Audit Bouquet from Vancouver

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on March 14, 2010 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

As you may know, I worked with Linhart Public Relations in Denver to do a communications audit of the United States Ski and Snowboard Association. These are the folks who fund and train the U.S. athletes that become the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in association events, communication research, communications, communications audits, message development, stakeholder management

New Paper on Weighted Media Cost

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on January 15, 2010 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

The Institute for Public Relations today released a new paper by Angie Jeffrey, Bruce Jeffries-Fox and Brad Rawlins on Weighted Media Cost. It examines a sophisticated way to look at media placement data that correlates with business outcomes. Here is … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, communication research, market research, media evaluation, public relations evaluation

The conversational medium

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on September 10, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

About a week ago I enjoyed a very stimulating discussion with some of my colleagues from the Institute for PR’s Commission on PR Measurement and Evaluation. We were talking about social media and how it is challenging to comment on … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, communication research, communications research, market research, public relations, public relations planning, public relations research, social media

Multiplier Claim Fraudulent

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on September 3, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

I just read a paper by David Michaelson and Don Stacks, colleagues of mine at the Institute for PR’s Commission on Measurement and Evaluation. They have done a series of experiments to determine whether there is any basis for the … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, communication research, evaluation, PR, PR Research, public relations, public relations evaluation, valuing a public relations program

Article on Demos and Recovering from Recession

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on July 29, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

The following article is an interesting analysis of the potential effect of current demographics on recovery from the recession. It’s a great example of how communications people should be thinking as they do their work. If Mr. MacKinley is correct, … Continue reading →

Posted in communication research, communications planning, environmental assessment, monitoring

Managing Persuasion

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on July 15, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

Welcome new readers! If you would like to subscribe to this e-Zine, please do so in the form on the left-hand side of this page: https://forrestwanderson.com/free.htm. If you know someone you think might enjoy the e-Zine, please pass it along. … Continue reading →

Posted in communication research, communications planning, communications strategy, insight, market research, message development

Questions To Ask Before Diving Into Social Media

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on June 3, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

Welcome new readers! If you would like to subscribe to this e-Zine, please do so in the form on the left-hand side of this page: https://forrestwanderson.com/free.htm. If you know someone you think might enjoy the e-Zine, please pass it along. … Continue reading →

Posted in communication research, communications planning, evaluation, monitoring, PR, social media, understanding target audiences

Helping Your Organization Survive the Recession, While You Do the Same

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on April 9, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

A couple of weeks ago I attended a presentation by Professor Lakshman Krishnamurthi, who is the A. Montgomery Ward Professor of Marketing and chair of the Marketing Department of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. His presentation was on competing … Continue reading →

Posted in communication research, Competitive research, insight, managing management, managing your career, market research, PR Research, recession, saving your job, stakeholder management, survival

Building Influence through Opposition (and Other) Research

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on February 18, 2009 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

Running Business Like a Political CampaignSince my last entry, I’ve been collecting information from colleagues to determine whether they ever have used “Opposition Research” or heard of its use in their work. Some of these folks think my topic really … Continue reading →

Posted in communication research, communications planning, communications strategy, Competitive research, market research, opposition research, PR Research, public relations planning, strategy

Moving Toward Two-Way Communication

Forrest W. Anderson Consulting Posted on November 7, 2008 by forrestandersonFebruary 4, 2015

For those of you who don’t know, I have been in communications more than 30 years, and doing research to support communications planning and evaluation for more than 20 years. It recently occurred to me that through my time in … Continue reading →

Posted in authenticity, communication research, reputation, stakeholder management, transparency, two-way communication, understanding target audiences

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