Monthly Archives: August 2011

Answers: There’s no such thing as bad publicity – or is there?

The answer to this question is greatly dependent on how the bad publicity causes customers to react. If the publicity exposes wrongdoings and causes customers to boycott your company, obviously that is bad. However, if it causes customers to be … Continue reading

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Three Google+ Features for Business Marketing

Last month the highly anticipated Google+ beta invitations went out and people rushed to join the latest social network phenomenon. Soon, many were asking, what’s the big deal? Is this YASN?—yet another social network? People already have a lot of … Continue reading

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Top Hits from Around the Tech PR Blogosphere

In a Down Market, It’s Not All Bad SoCal! On his socaltech.com blog, Benjamin Kuo shares five reasons a down market can actually benefit Southern California’s technology businesses from new opportunities to clearing out the competition. Click here for the … Continue reading

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Answers: Five Things a Startup CEO Should Know Before Hiring a PR Agency

Answers is a new regular feature where the DJA team shares its insight on key questions facing the B2B technology community. Hiring a PR agency is a significant move for a tech startup. But when to hire a firm is … Continue reading

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Tech in Los Angeles: Is it all Social Media?

VentureBeat .com recently published a great article on the maturing of the Los Angeles technology industry. A new generation of tech start-up companies is emerging in LA and is attracting venture capital and giving the city a digital street cred … Continue reading

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Three Ways to Make Google’s ZMOT Work for Tech Marketers

The next big thing from Google is its Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT) concept, which the company describes as: …a new decision-making moment (for consumers) that takes place a hundred million times a day on mobile phones, laptops and wired … Continue reading

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Top Hits from Around the Tech PR Blogosphere

• It’s time to Follow. Listen. Share. Then Pitch. While reading Alan Weinkrantz’s Blog Post, How To Follow Journalists on Google+ (Follow. Listen. Share. Then, maybe pitch.), I learned four important pointers. When browsing through an archive like Muck Rack’s … Continue reading

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The David James Agency Selected As Public Relations Counsel For FastSoft, Inc

Just wanted to draw your attention to a press release we distributed today announcing FastSoft, a web performance optimization software, as our new client. DJA has been selected to help build awareness for FastSoft via public relations, social media and lead-generation … Continue reading

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