by CPhillips | May 30, 2017 | Blogging, Branding, Communication Planning, digital communications, strategic communications, website
Here are 6 ways to tell if your website needs rehab. Ask yourself these questions. Does it have a goal? Is it useful and readable? Why would someone come to the site? Most people don’t go to a site because they just feel like sitting in front of a computer and...
by CPhillips | May 25, 2017 | Blogging, Branding, Communication Planning, Communications, digital communications, marketing, public relations, social media, strategic communications, website
A lot of people look at an electronic newsletter as the PDF version of their standard print newsletter. I think it needs to be more than that. Digital time is valuable time. If you are going to ask your readers to invest the time to read what you are saying, don’t...
by CPhillips | May 23, 2017 | Blogging, Communication Planning, Communications, digital communications, interviews, social media, speech writing
What is your job as a communicator? I’d say it’s to make the important information interesting enough to capture a reader’s attention. People respond to your stories on three basic levels: 1) intellectually, 2) emotionally or 3) visually. That’s where creativity comes...
by CPhillips | May 9, 2017 | Blogging, Communication Planning, digital communications, social media, website, writing
People are visiting websites less and less. They are getting their information from Facebook or other social channels. Yet most of us can’t just ditch the traditional website. So how can we keep it relevant and draw our customers in? Online users: Want ease of use Use...
by CPhillips | May 5, 2017 | Blogging, Communication Planning, Communications, Customer Service, marketing, social media, strategic communications, website, writing
There are still people who think there is no return on investment (ROI) where social media is concerned. They are still convinced it’s just something the younger generation is using. It’s something you can let an intern focus on. Well I’m here to tell you, they are...
by CPhillips | Apr 25, 2017 | Blogging, Employee engagement, leadership, motivation, personal growth, writing
Someone much wiser than me said: Three things you cannot recover in life: the moment after it’s missed, the word after it’s said, and the time after it’s wasted. We’re all busy and have crazy schedules. We have people pulling us in all directions. We have family and...