Have you heard about tumblr?
While it may seem like a new form of social media for many businesses, the website has been sharing photos since 2007.
This platform has been on the rise recently with consumers, and businesses are starting to use it to their advantage.
Continue reading to learn more about this up and coming social media platform.
Topics: audience, branding, content marketing, blogging, Tumblr
Maintaining the title “Queen of Local News” is no small feat, but Betsy Price makes it look easy.
As the features editor for The Wilmington News Journal, Betsy writes, edits and manages a handful of the paper’s sections. Her passion is to provide her readers with interesting and important local content.
She cut her teeth in Alabama, spending her undergraduate years at Auburn University, and then moved onto the Birmingham News as both staff writer and eventually editor. She moved to Delaware in 2005.
Betsy visited Garden Media for the firm’s monthly Lunch with a Pro series to discuss the industry landscape.
Topics: creating content, PR Strategy, Media Relations, lessons, public relations vs
As the number of public relations professionals continue to rise across the country, landing a PR internship is crucial to be competitive in this growing industry.
An internship in your field (or a few) is crucial when looking for a job post-graduation. Now is the time.
It’s important for those searching for internships in the public relations industry to have an open mind. While the process can be slow, candidates can learn a lot about themselves along the way.
Topics: Public relations, hiring a public relations person, audience, Marketing to Millennials, Internship
Father’s Day is Sunday! It’s time to start shopping for the men in your life.
Now more than ever, garden brands and local independent garden centers should capitalize on this holiday because men, especially young men, are the new consumers in the gardening and home industry for 2015.
Here is a list of ways you can spruce up your home and garden center to attract dads, or those shopping for him.
Topics: audience, trends, Marketing to Millennials, Garden Trends, marketing, Fathers Day
For this week’s speaker series, we sat down with Jill Swartzentruber. As a rising junior at the University of Delaware, she’s ready to dive head first into the PR world and cultivate her green thumb in Kennett Square.
Jill is majoring in English with a concentration in Professional Writing and a minor in Community and Organizational Leadership. She is the publisher for her university’s fashion magazine, UDress, and a proud member and contributing writer to UD’s Public Relations Society of America (PRSSA).
Blogging is one of her true passions. She writes for Delaware’s The Odyssey Online and is a style guru for CollegeFashionista.
She is excited to embark on her first public relations journey!
Topics: Public relations, Marketing to Millennials, Social, Speaker Series, question and answer
We sat down with Nikole Gennari for this week’s speaker series. Nikole is a rising senior at Gonzaga University where she majors in public relations and minors in marketing promotions.
Hailing all the way from Seattle, WA, Nikole is eager to learn and passionate about a career in public relations. At Gonzaga, she is involved with the Public Relations Student Society of America and will be the organization's publicity chairperson in the fall. In addition, she is a member of Lambda Pi Eta, the National Communications Honor Society.
Topics: Public relations, branding, social media, marketing, Speaker Series
For this week’s speaker series, we sat down with Jourdan Cole to discuss her not-so-traditional path into public relations.
As an account executive, Jourdan works closely with a variety of clients to see that their needs are met and exceeded. Her background in journalism and criminal justice provide her with a unique industry perspective.
Topics: Marketing to Millennials, Garden Media Group, blogging, Speaker Series
For this week’s speaker series, we sat down with James Hammond, Garden Media’s resident number cruncher and media monitoring maven.
During his time here, James has done everything from shipping out packages re-designing the website. In addition to monitoring media placements, he spends time laying out graphics and content such as e-books, flyers and web banners.
Topics: Public relations, Garden Media Group, ebook club, blogging, Speaker Series
For this week’s speaker series, we sat down with Tracey Brown, Garden Media’s office manager.
While her title is short, Tracey wears an endless list of hats when it comes to the office and making it run smoothly. From bookkeeper to resident office baker, there’s nothing she can’t do. It's why we call her our "BeeKeeper."
Topics: PR Strategy, image building, Garden Media Group, garden industry public relations, Speaker Series
For this week’s speaker series, Garden Media was thrilled to sit down with a true garden rock star over lunch. Doug Tallamy discussed biodiversity, native plants and the future of the industry.
Tallamy is the Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware. He’s the author of Bringing Nature Home, The Living Landscape and an op-ed contributor for the New York Times.
He has authored 80 research articles and has taught Insect Taxonomy, Behavioral Ecology, Humans and Nature, Insect ecology and other courses for 34 years.
Tallamy answered questions and stressed the importance of supporting food webs, pollinators and native plants. He said we need to create living landscapes where life thrives, not "dead zones" that do not support ecosystems.
Topics: Garden Media Group, garden industry public relations, Garden Trends, key influencers, Speaker Series
