Category Archives: Public Relations

A Wonderful PR Moment: Oak Park Bank Wins Our Hearts, Then Business, With Screening

The triumphant scene from It’s A Wonderful Life Last Saturday, It’s A Wonderful Life played at the Lake Theater in downtown Oak Park. Sponsored by Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest, which is situated directly across the street from the elegant theater, it was a free screening. It also made for brilliant PR. Call […]

`While You’re Up’ PR Like Ice Cream Clean-Up: Keep Carving it Up

Like old times: my dad carves up a half gallon of ice cream. What do empty ice cream bowls and public relations have in common? In my experience, anyway, both revolve around what you might call a “While You’re Up” philosophy. First, a bit of family history will help set the scene. A fond, enduring […]

Finding the Media’s Need and Filling It: Tips on Shining a PR Light Amid the Storms

  A J.C. Restoration Large Loss Catastrophe Bus “Give the media what they need, and you will get what you want.” I’ve uttered that so many times to my clients that it’s become a mantra. What the media need: legitimate news. What clients want: to get their name “out there” in the various media outlets. […]

Providing PR Support for Guinness World Record Bid, Hotchkin Family Fundraiser

Much afoot with Inside Edge PR, including a great cause that was oh-so-easy to get behind: raising awareness about an outreach to help the family of Gunnar Hotchkin, a Hinsdale native who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this year. Starting on Saturday, Oct. 23, the indefatigable George Hood is aiming for another Guinness World Record […]

How To Capitalize on Facebook Opening the Door on Personalizing Fan Page Suggestions

Until recently, Facebook had a glaring oversight when it came to Fan Pages: if you wanted to suggest a Fan Page to someone, you were unable to include a personalized note. But about two weeks ago, there came a welcome change. Now you can jot a note with that suggestion. So the question you may […]

A Delightful Dilemma: Scrambling To Keep Pace With Fast-Growing J.C. Restoration

It’s a blast working with a company that is clearly on the grow, as is the case with one of Inside Edge PR’s newer clients, J.C. Restoration. Among other developments, the company recently hosted Continuing Education courses at its 102,000-square-foot facility in Rolling Meadows. And company president Warner Cruz is developing this uncanny habit of […]

Finding Creative Win-Wins To Generate Traffic, Inspire Community on Your Facebook Fan Page

Developing and growing Facebook Fan pages is a contact sport. If you run a business or organization, have you driven a stake in the Facebook ground yet? And if so, what are you doing to give your fan base a reason to keep coming back–and to suggest your page to those in their spheres of […]