The New England Boat Show sailed into Boston this weekend, and so did we. It was a big opening (dozens of press people attended the media preview) of a big show (nine days, more than 800 boats covering 360,000 square feet at the Boston Convention Center), and there was some big, impressive media coverage, including […]
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Thanks to Twitter accounts like @SochiProblems and @SochiFails, sometimes it feels as though we’ve heard more about the problems with the Winter Olympics in Sochi than about the actual games themselves. We’ve seen more live tweets from journalists concerning their unfortunate accommodations than live winter sports, more articles about the lack of people in the
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This past weekend had us reeling in media in Baltimore for the Baltimore Boat Show and consorting with craftspeople in Chantilly, VA at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival. WJZ, WMAR, WBFF and ABC’s The List covered the Baltimore Boat Show throughout the weekend, 98Rock interviewed the show’s special guests (cast members from the History Channel program
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One of the nominees for our Word of the Year was “TL;DR” (too long; didn’t read). The Official Word of the Year Committee rejected this nominee because it did not meet the competition’s criteria of having widespread recognition and visible prominence. That was then. This is now. Last week, this trending phrase came up a
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On Friday, the American Dialect Society chose its word of the year: “because.” The Oxford Dictionaries chose its word of the year earlier in 2013: “selfie.” We were inspired and it caused us to wonder: what would our word of the year be? We took a poll and the clear favorite was “engagement.” We understand
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It’s a new year – and a new semester. We are currently accepting resumes from college students interested in an internship for the Spring semester. We welcome interest from communications, public relations, marketing, English or business majors who want to build their portfolios and their knowledge of PR. Interns at Himmelrich PR work as part
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The holidays are filled with traditions—traditions with family, with friends and with co-workers. This year, we’ve noticed that almost all of our traditions are based on one thing: food. We’ve been receiving gifts of sweet and savory snacks from clients, vendors, friends and colleagues. Last week, we celebrated the season with our annual holiday dinner.
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This past weekend’s Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Chantilly, VA was a great cap to our fall season of festivals and shows. Artists made record sales and media, including the Washington Post and lots in Northern Virginia, recorded the action. We have promoted ten festivals in eight markets in ten weeks, eight of which had increases
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From intern Whitney Clemmons: In class, we are lectured about cultivation theories and Edward Bernays. We spend hours working on mock campaigns and press materials for faux clients without ever getting to see the final product of our hard work and effort. Because of this, it wasn’t until my internship at Himmelrich PR that I