What We Are Thinking

From the United States Postal Service website: “On January 27, 2013 the U.S. Postal Service® will implement a postage rate increase for all mail classes including First Class Mail®, Priority Mail and Express Mail along with many special services. First Class Letters (1 oz.) will increase by one cent to $0.46 from $0.45.” Ho hum. […]

Let’s face it: a post (or a tweet, for that matter) about the popularity of Twitter is not terribly original. Most people don’t need to be reminded how pervasive and impactful this tool has become in just six years. We are reminded of it every day, as we help our clients use Twitter to enhance their

The Time: Friday Afternoon The Stage: Our Conference Room The Setting: A 45-minute all-staff meeting to check-in on the status of upcoming projects The Conversation: 20 minutes about the projects and 25 minutes about Starbucks loyalty cards, peer editing, soggy lettuce, minivans, bars in Hampden, granola bars, bulk foods, libraries, Halloween costumes, fear of Halloween

What a gut punch. No Triple Crown this year. Not even a CHANCE for a Triple Crown. “I’ll Have Another” is out of tomorrow’s Belmont Stakes. It broke the way news breaks these days—a vague announcement of an upcoming news conference, whispers on Twitter, and then finally, after everyone already knew through social media and

We spend a lot of time talking about “community”—and we spend a lot of time helping our clients achieve success by developing theirs: a community of artists and people who appreciate their work, a community of museum members who visit and contribute, a community of donors to non-profit organizations, lawyers and bankers offering their services

From Devin Carroll, a Himmelrich PR intern who will be graduating in May from the University of Maryland in College Park, MD: Having spent eight months working on the campaign, I was thrilled this morning to learn that my student team, composed of five seniors, was selected as finalists for the Public Relations Student Society

It was a good weekend for shopping. The weather wasn’t quite winter and not quite spring. There were lots of sales in some of our favorite stores. And it was a rare weekend when we didn’t have a client event. As one of our alert associates walked the malls, he had an observation: We talk