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Online usage is up with Millennial and Gen Z users, and YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are the big winners. A May 2018 study conducted by Pew Research Center found that of U.S. teens ages 13-17, 85 percent of those surveyed…

Like the rest of the country, I’ve been drawn to the spectacle of the Fyre Festival documentaries on Hulu and Netflix. I wasn’t as familiar with the catastrophe of the “festival that never was,” so I was shocked at each…

The popularity of the Twitter meme took off in 2018. Twitter memes are tweet formats used by multiple accounts and are intended to relate to an audience, and usually make them laugh. Twitter users and popular brands such as Pop-Tarts, Target and others use this trend to generate engagement and entertain their followers. They take popular meme formats and change the wording to better fit their brand or products. This high engagement can result in social media success—but can brands become successful on Twitter by using humor and memes?

This article originally appeared in California Farm Bureau Federation’s Ag Alert. If there’s a term describing business in the second decade of the 21st century, it’s “disruption.” Entrepreneurs uncovering untapped needs and creating new ones, combined with technological innovations that…

Agency Recognized for Consumer Product Marketing, Blogger Campaigns, Media Relations, Research, Direct Mail and Publications Thanks to its strategic and creative approach to public relations, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker took home seven awards from the 2018 Edward L. Bernays Mark of…

Agency Welcomes Creative Manager and Account Executive Further developing its capabilities to create effective and meaningful marketing communications, media relations, community relations, strategic planning and digital and social media campaigns for its clients, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker adds two new hires…

In the world of public relations, there is an important stakeholder group that sometimes gets overshadowed by customers, public officials and shareholders: employees. But that could be changing, as CEOs and CMOs representing businesses across the globe see retaining quality…

In our work to redefine public relations, we consider ourselves lucky to have consistently partnered with clients who are equally dedicated to thinking outside of the box to achieve ambitious goals. One of those clients is the Port of San…

Continuing the agency’s legacy of involvement within the San Diego community, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker’s Managing Director Teresa Siles has been named to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors and Vice President Price Adams was approved as…

Public relations is a notoriously difficult field in which to quantify success. After all, public relations practitioners are in the business of cultivating relationships and building trust, which are difficult metrics to measure. In order to prove value to the…

Social media platforms are constantly searching for the elusive advertising balance that keeps users, influencers and brands happy. Recently, several social media sites have made major changes that will significantly impact influencers and their brand partners. Take a look below…

Every year, National Agriculture Day recognizes and celebrates the contributions of the agriculture industry – a sector near and dear to our hearts at Nuffer, Smith, Tucker. While organizations from a variety of industries have benefited from NST’s knowledge and…