Influencing Influencers

By: Sergio Morales, Account Coordinator Last week, the RBOA family attended The Florida Public Relations Association’s (FPRA’s) Capital Chapter’s monthly luncheon, where we had the pleasure of participating in an engaging presentation about influencer marketing by Social Fresh Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Founder Jason Keath. Throughout this presentation, he brought up many important marketing strategies…

For the Love of Wikipedia

By: Stephanie Aanstoos, Account Executive Wikipedia is perhaps the best example of “collaborative production,” a term described by Clay Shirky in Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations as one of the effects of the Internet. Collaborative production and Shirky’s analysis of Wikipedia can be broken down into five key points: Group editing-
Wikipedia is…

7 Tips for Viral Marketing Success: Lessons from the 2012 Election

By: Stephanie Aanstoos, Account Executive You want more page views, subscribers, followers and fans, right? Well, if you can get something to go viral online, you’re guaranteed to increase your online traffic. The question is: how exactly can you get your message to go viral? I know, we’ve all grown weary of politics by now, but…

Frightful PR Tales

By: Adrianne Miller, Account Manager While errors are commonplace to human nature, the occasional public relations blunder generally results in a higher magnitude of consequence than your everyday faux pas.  When PR professionals fail, they fail publicly.  Imagine making a judgment error that erupts into an epic failure, recognized by all. Feelings of dread, miserable nausea and heightened…