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Creating an Authentic Brand Voice
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…
4 Tips to Get the Most from Your PR Internship
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…
New Words from the Year that left us Speechless
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…
A Time to Debrief: 5 Business Learnings from 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…
Giving Back During a Year that Took So Much
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…
Benefiting from PR Industry Collaboration
Collaboration plays an important role in the success of any business, and while it generally happens among coworkers and allies, rarely does it happen among industry peers who may be seen as competition – Worldcom Public Relations Group is an…
How to Make the Most of a Virtual Meeting
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a new “normal” in many aspects of life. Having no choice but to find alternatives for a variety of everyday activities, technology has eased the transition in many cases. Remote work has become a trend…
As Reputation Drives Company Value, PR Deserves a Broader Role
A recent report by global PR firm Weber Shandwick quantified a belief long preached by PR practitioners around the globe – reputation is (nearly) everything. In the “State of Corporate Reputation” report, the authors noted “corporate reputation is an invaluable…
The 2020 Relevance Report Forecasts PR Trends
Public relations practitioners play many roles – storytellers, business advisors, and sometimes, fortunetellers. Our clients look to us to forecast upcoming cultural, societal and professional trends and guide them through the changing landscape. It’s our job as PR professionals to…
Our Vision: Redefining PR
At Nuffer, Smith, Tucker, we’ve got our sights set on a vision to redefine the public relations industry. This means helping others abandon the perception of public relations as a wheel of propaganda, churning and burning self-serving, bias-driven news releases….
An Internship Worth Your Time
Are you looking for an internship that goes beyond morning coffee runs and basic office work? The Nuffer, Smith, Tucker internship program provides young professionals a hands-on opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the public relations industry. Part of the…
Using a PSA to Drive Action
A public service announcement (PSA) is traditionally a video or audio clip that is disseminated by local broadcast news stations free of charge with the ultimate goal of raising awareness toward a concern or changing public attitude, behavior or perceptions…