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September 28, 2018

Brand Makeovers and PR Pointers

This week featured several major brand makeover announcements as well as some interesting and helpful marketing tips for PR practitioners. Here are some of my favorite finds: Hello Dunkin’, goodbye Donuts – Dunkin’ Donuts made its rebrand official on Tuesday, shrinking its name to just “Dunkin.” Fun fact: the brand had been credited with popularizing the word “donut,” instead of
September 21, 2018

Take a Sip and Grab a Seat – Class is Back in Session

Back-to-school season is here, and although it’s been a couple years (OK, maybe a bit more than that for some of us…) since we’ve stepped foot in a classroom, there were plenty of lessons to be learned on online this week. Mad about Glad:Chicago restaurant Giant is one of the hottest tickets in town, so when it hosted an invite-only
September 14, 2018

A Week of Remembrance

 It has been a week of remembering the past while looking toward the future. People have come together in times of crisis, becoming stronger together. Here are a few stories from the past week: Chicago Remembers 9/11 – 17 years after the tragic events in New York City, people around the country have been sharing memories of 9/11. Back in
September 7, 2018

Influence and Controversy

While the week was short, we still had plenty of trending news to keep us busy on social! Here are my top picks from this week: ·         Insta Shopping – Instagram is considering another new app – this time IG Shopping – that would let users browse goods that they would be able to purchase directly from the app. Currently,