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San Diego Union-Tribune Op-Ed from NST President and Partner Teresa Siles

San Diego Union-Tribune Op-Ed from NST President and Partner Teresa Siles: San Diego businesses are eager to reopen. Here’s what they should keep in mind

  June 16, 2021

The article below originally appeared as an Opinion-Editorial piece by NST President and Partner Teresa Siles in The San Diego Union-Tribune on Wednesday, June 16, 2021. With the elimination of the tiered system in California and low COVID-19 case rates,…

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Public Relations 101: Building and Maintaining Relationships

  May 26, 2021

As public relations professionals, one question we get a lot is, “what is public relations?” If you’ve watched any TV show or movie, your idea of PR is probably based off Samantha Jones from Sex and The City or Olivia…

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What New Grads Should Look for in the Job Search

  April 30, 2021

“Find a real job,” they said. “It will be easy,” they said. Coming out of college and into the “real world,” where you have to find a “real job” in public relations can be intimidating. What if you can’t find…

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Is it Time to Review Your Company Values?

  April 14, 2021

Does your organization have company values? Do you know what they are? How often do you refer to them? If you can’t answer these questions definitively, it’s probably time to review them. If your company doesn’t have clearly defined values,…

Make ‘WFH’ Work Better for You

Make ‘WFH’ Work Better for You

  March 5, 2021

Before March 13, 2020, I spent three years, 36 months and 6,261 working hours within the four walls of Nuffer, Smith, Tucker (NST). That afternoon NST held a staff-wide meeting, where it was announced we would be working from home…

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Three Times When It Pays to Invest in Research

  February 23, 2021

As the reverberations of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to impact businesses big and small, many organizations are looking for ways to tighten their marketing and communications budgets. While research projects intended to support or track progress of key company efforts…

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COVID-19 and the Broadcast Media

  February 18, 2021

As the world turned upside-down in 2020, your local morning show probably started to shift from interviews filled with glitz and glam to individuals of all industries Zooming in from their living rooms. The broadcast media, typically in the thick…

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Creating an Authentic Brand Voice

  February 5, 2021

It’s no secret that consumers are increasingly discerning about the brands and companies that win their business and purposeful companies that openly share their values and personality often create stronger relationships with their key stakeholders. Audiences want to trust brands…

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4 Tips to Get the Most from Your PR Internship

  January 20, 2021

Congratulations, you’ve landed your first PR internship! Now what? I spent the last six months as an intern with San Diego’s most storied PR agency, Nuffer Smith Tucker, leaving me with a fantastic experience complete with “ah-ha” lightbulb moments and…

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New Words from the Year that left us Speechless

  January 4, 2021

Each year the team of lexicographers, linguists and language technologists at Oxford Languages, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, collect and explore “evidence-based data” to understand the year’s developments in language. The most popular outcome from this linguistic exploration…

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A Time to Debrief: 5 Business Learnings from 2020

  December 23, 2020

There is light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel for many individuals and businesses, and it takes the form of vaccines with high marks for effectiveness. And while science is giving us much to be excited about, we’re far…

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Giving Back During a Year that Took So Much

  December 1, 2020

At NST, we believe strongly in supporting each other and being willing to lend a hand – so much so it’s one of our organization’s core values. Not only do we hold each other to this commitment, but we recognize…

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