Recently the 451 team listened in on a free Business Wire webinar titled “Press Releases and Twitter: What to Expect When you Tweet Your News Release.” Experts on the call were Monika Maeckle and Joseph Miller with Business Wire. As an agency specializing in blending PR, social media and search marketing  for integrated campaigns, the [...]

Last week I spoke to a group of Boston University students in the Center for English Language and Orientation Programs (CELOP). Most of these students are in their 20s and 30s and are looking to perfect their understanding of the English language. Many are enrolled in the program by their employers or looking to make [...]

As PR professionals, we’re constantly looking for ways to connect with reporters and to secure placement for our company and clients in the most relevant publications. It can be difficult (that’s why we have jobs), but the following study gives us some interesting results that could potentially help us do our jobs more efficiently.

Middleberg Communications [...]

There are a lot of pr agencies out there that suck. Don’t get stuck with one! Watch this presentation to discover the tell-tale signs. Enjoy! From the PR team at 451 Marketing…

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The Holiday season is underway and Thanksgiving will be here before some of us even had a chance to think too much about it. That’s never a good thing during the one time of the year that you should be ready to express how thankful you are for what you have (instead of complaining about [...]

If you haven’t heard about the T-Mobile Sidekick disaster from Perez Hilton’s tweets, or the thousands of angry Sidekick users sharing their feelings on social networks, here’s a little background: T-Mobile USA and Microsoft found themselves in a PR crisis after T-Mobile Sidekick users lost all of their personal data (calendar, contact information, etc.) because [...]

“Two experienced divers die mysteriously in the tunnel from Boston to Deer Island. Archdiocese of Boston officials cover up an insidious scandal that spans decades of sexual abuse. U.S. forces invade Iraq while longtime American allies howl in protest.
Only well-prepared, quick-thinking PR experts with prolific backgrounds in crisis management could manage—and succeed—in defusing these controversies. [...]

Recently, I was speaking to an industry group that hasn’t really done much with social media as a whole. It’s really not the group’s fault; this industry just happens to be heavily regulated when it comes to its communication to investors and end-users. But not surprisingly, as end-users have become increasingly active on these channels, [...]

After finishing Neil Swidey’s 2-part story in The Boston Globe Magazine last week – “Trapped Under The Sea”, the untold story of two divers who died in the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) Deer Island Treatment Plant Outfall Tunnel – I was immediately transported back 10 years to one of the seminal events of my [...]

Today’s issue of the Boston Business Journal reports how 451 Marketing has repositioned itself for success. Read the full article below:
Taking the lead: Interactive marketing agency bolsters position with new media strategies
Boston Business Journal
by Sean McFadden
May 15, 2009
http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2009/05/18/smallb1.html
A costly error in judgment can cripple a small organization. It can also be a blessing in disguise [...]