Category Archives: Media Relations

Nike Founder Tells His Story

With an OOKII Company office in Portland, the home of Nike, it’s impossible not to take a deep interest in this fascinating story. In his memoir, Shoe Dog, which comes out tomorrow April 26th, 2016 Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight … Continue reading

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UC Davis Reputation Tarnished

When it comes to reputation there are few things worse than attempting to conceal or manipulate internet coverage of an adverse incident of your own making.- as happened at UC Davis. Students pepper-sprayed by campus police at the University of … Continue reading

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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly !

In the Harris Poll’s 17th annual brand reputation report Amazon has reclaimed the top spot, which is the eighth consecutive year the on-line retailer has made it into the top ten. Not surprisingly Volkswagen fell to the bottom of the report. … Continue reading

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Poor Crisis Management Rapidly Undermines Brand Values

As the University of British Columbia stumbles from crisis to crisis, UBC officials have tried in vain to put a brave face on their problems ranging from sexual assaults to faculty mutiny. While it is completely understandable that one of … Continue reading

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A Wounded Man Should Look for a Man With Scars

Saturday, May 28, 2016 will be the 70th anniversary of the founding of Volkswagen – but for obvious reasons there will be something of a cloud hanging over that anniversary. Frankly, it’s a tragedy for all concerned, the company has … Continue reading

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PR and Recruitment (Part 2)

Following on from my last post about how PR can make a very real contribution to recruitment efforts. OOKII Company thought it would be interesting to tap into the recruitment wisdom of Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP fame. Sir Martin was the … Continue reading

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The Powerful Role of PR in Recruitment

Just as consumers value user experience and reviews as part of their shopping process. Prospective employees use reviews and opinions on the web as a primary source of information when forming an opinion about an organization. If you want to … Continue reading

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What is Digital Marketing and How is this Affecting Our Future?

This was the question posed at the recent CIM digital marketing summit. In October 2015 the Chartered Institute of marketing held its third digital summit in London at The British Museum, London. The keynote speakers explored digital transformation, the current … Continue reading

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How Marketable is Rory McIlroy?

After Rory McIlroy’s collapse at the Masters 2 months ago some people doubted whether such a young man would be able to rebound….ever! How he proved them wrong, with a record breaking performance in last weekend’s US Open those that … Continue reading

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Facebook – Accused of Ill Intentions Towards Google

Facebook is suspected of hiring PR firm Burson-Marsteller to push negative stories about Google in the press, according to reports in the US. In particular questioning Google’s privacy policy. The story came to light when US blogger Christopher Seghoian published emails … Continue reading

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