Communicating the Pivot - The David James Agency - B2B Tech PR and Marketing Firm in Los Angeles and Washington DC

Communicating the Pivot

Pivots – the changing of direction that restarts growth in a company – are in the news lately. Twitter, PayPal, Groupon, Starbucks and Nokia are all publicized examples of successful pivots. Most experts say that pivots are a good and necessary thing for all businesses. …

Webinar: Eight Techniques Every PR Champion Should Know

You may be asking yourself, what exactly is a PR champion? Is that someone that knows everything there is to know about PR? Not necessarily. It wasn’t until after listening to a recent Vocus webinar, “The Eight Techniques of the New PR Champion,” that I …

Five Ways to Use Twitter for Better PR

There are many articles on how to use Twitter for business, and DJA takes full advantage of this social media platform to build community and to promote our clients’ news, activities, accomplishments and new product introductions. But I’ve also found that Twitter is an invaluable …

How to Maximize Your Media Relations This Trade Show Season

Trade show season – I know, even hearing the words is exhausting.  The fact is, it’s that time of year where PR and marketing teams are busier than ever, booking travel, setting up booths, completing marketing collateral and press materials….the list of to dos is …

Advice: Finding Time to Blog

Type “finding time to blog” in Google and you’ll get more than 19 billion results. It’s something we often discuss with our clients – blogging is great, but requires a great deal of time. And as I sat down to write this post, it had …

Blog Post: Marketing Execs Prefer Small Agencies

Good news for those of us working in boutique PR agencies! A new study by the Horn Group and Kelton Research says marketing execs prefer to work with smaller firms who operate like collaborative partners and push for innovation. The study found that 86 percent …