Entries by JDPR Social

A Silver Anvil for J. Davis Public Relations

Two organizations in Maryland won a 2016 Silver Anvil from the Public Relations Society of America Communicators and J. Davis Public Relations is proud to be one of them. The awards were presented during a gala event in New York City June 9 for the program known as the icon of best public relations practices. Working with The Council of […]

Marketers: Have You Read About Reddit?

Guest Post by Trevor Davis With all the social media platforms out there marketers are always on the lookout for the next tool to reach consumers. They have perfected this art on Twitter and Facebook, have moved on to apps like Instagram and are experimenting with Snapchat. But what they don’t realize is that they […]

A Practical 2016 To-Do List for Communicators

We don’t need another “2016 predictions” post, so here is a checklist showing my take on where the top communications topics stand today and what you should either be doing or experimenting with this year. Here goes: 1. Do you have a social media policy in place? One that encourages employees to amplify your organization’s […]

Practically Social Episode 9: “Talking Facebook Advertising”

We’re taking JD/PR’s Podcast Village studio on the road again. This time co-host Charlie Birney and I head to the Lanham, Md. offices of The Sutter Group. We speak with founder Karen Sutter and digital marketing “empress” Rebecca Lombardo. Topics: social advertising, including the latest from Facebook. To see all of our “Practically Social” podcasts […]

JD/PR Wins PR Award for Social Media Command Center

J. Davis Public Relations was among the award winners at the Public Relations Society of America, Maryland Chapter’s annual “Best in Maryland” awards event held Dec. 1 in Baltimore. I was honored to win in the Social Media/Viral Marketing category for the social media strategy I developed and carried out in 2014 for Star-Spangled Spectacular, […]

Talking Snapchat, Periscope and Email at the Campaigns & Marketing Summit

While communicators explore Snapchat and live-streaming video, email remains the killer app and televised moments from the presidential debates are still a major force in today’s campaigns, according to presenters at the recent Campaigns & Marketing Summit I attended at the National Press Club. “Instead of being the Snapchat election this has become the three-hour […]

JD/PR Book Review: ‘The Business of Podcasting’

I have read many books on social media, PR and other communications topics so it’s time to share my thoughts via short reviews. Here’s my first one, The Business of Podcasting by Steve Lubetkin and Donna Papacosta. I started off thinking, “OK, another how-to book on podcasting, aren’t there lots of those on Amazon already?” […]