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In PR, Being Aggressive Can be a Good Thing

5 PR Tips for Startups

Customer Service in 140 Characters or Fewer

Data center demands for consolidation influence PR strategy

A PR pro’s guide to the entrepreneur’s mind

Pick up the phone, reporters. Your next (PR) job might be calling.

What Taboo Taught Me About Public Relations

PR Pitching Mistakes: A Journalist’s Perspective

Social Media During a Crisis: Boston Marathon Roundup

Four Saturday Morning Must-Reads for Startups and Entrepreneurs

Why Metis loves startup entrepreneurs

A Six-Year-Old’s Guide to Writing a (Somewhat) Convincing PR Pitch

Throwback Thursday: Metis reflects on our favorite technology moments in history

Boston, You're Our Home

Personalizing Social Media Experiences for Higher Audience Engagment

6 Mistakes That Make Public Relations Professionals Look Dumb

Healthcare Becomes One of IT’s Healthiest Vertical Markets

Three Ways to Get the Most out of Networking

The Don Draper Guide to Public Relations

Twitter Line Breaks: Groundbreaking or Heartbreaking?

How to Fail at Public Relations

The Shocking Truth About B2B Lead Generation

What You Need to Know About Pinterest Web Analytics

Healthcare IT Up-And-Comers Make Splash at HiMSS Conference

Beware Over-Exuberant Punctuation: A PR Writing Primer

Metis celebrates NO MORE Day

Seven Proof Points The Onion Got it Wrong About Boston

The PR Superhero’s Super Snack Guide

Customization and personalization: which is which?

Small change reminds Twitter users that every character counts

PR Lessons from Social Media Blunders

2013 Breakdown: Venture Capitalist-Style

Bypassing breakfast? Your work performance may suffer

Create Content People Want to Read

Social Media Do’s and Don’ts for Professionals

Using PR and Media to Make a Difference

Three Essentials for the Business Commuter

Street Artist Stokes Demand Via Internet’s Invisible Bandwagon

Dressing For Job Interviews

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a super public relations hero!

Achieve Success: Lead Your Company Through OGSM Strategy

Reading Should be #1 on Every New Year’s Resolution List

In PR Job Market, Candidates Need to Be the Whole Package

The SEC Football Guide to Market Domination

Do’s and Don’ts for Job Seekers

Analyzing the PR Superhero (or Villain) Persona

Roughdraft.VC Boosts Boston Student Tech Scene

Top 10 Metis Blog Posts of the Year

Sleep Better to Work Better

A PR Intern's Guide to Being a Better Student

Three Useful Tips via Boston Bloggers

Workplace Happiness = Employee Productivity

Four Socialnomic Tips to Build Your Brand

‘Tis The Season To Be An Online Shopper – Are Retailers Ready?

Rising Above Social Stigmas: Introverts and Extroverts

Financial Services PR: Doing It Right

Social Media Transforms the Way We Search

Avoid Looking Like a Fool with These Eight Grammar Tips

Three Tips Every PR Student Should Know

The Social Media Escalator—Not Quite Stairway to Heaven, but Close

Productivity: My Strange Addiction and Why Siri Won’t Save Me

Build PR and Marketing Value with Effective Teamwork

Cyberposium Brings Big Names in Tech to Cambridge This Weekend

Metis Named MITX Interactive Award Finalist

PR Inspiration from Pop Artists

3 Steps to Creating Your Best E-book Yet

Internet Dating for Tech Entrepreneurs Seeking Startup Happiness

The “Battlestar Galactica” Guide to Business

The Socialnomic Shift

10 Ways B2B Companies Can Successfully Use QR Codes

The Intersection of IR and PR

5 Ways to Spruce Up Your Blog Posts

Metis Launches Monthly Open House for One-on-One PR Coaching

Metis Takes on Fenway

CEO Magazine Features Metis’ Courtney Hurst, Weekend Lobster Hauler

Addressing the Workplace Dress Code

Four Tools for Today’s Mobile Worker

Curing Smartphone Syndrome: Cutting the Cord One Device at a Time

Interested in PR? Check Out These Tips For Success

Five Reasons Why Pro Bono Work Matters In PR

Attract Readers to Your Press Release In Four Simple Steps

How to Build a “We” Culture

Five Tips to Pitch Your Early-Stage Tech Startup to Investors

The PR Creativity Zone: Inspiration from an Afternoon at the ICA

Five Tips for a Smooth Entry into PR

Cosmyk the Punisher Exposes, Shames Lying PR Pro

How to Invest in Your Future

Work Out Your PR and Communication Skills by Building Your Vocabulary Muscle

Want Social Success? Get Visual.

The Intersection of Big Data, SpongeBob SquarePants and Thought Leadership

IDG Visits Metis to Discuss PR Best Practices

The Four C’s of PR and Business

What’s the difference between traditional, new media?

“Focus. Breath. Achieve.” Metis Gets in Motion for PR Success

Beware of Cosmyk, Punisher of Unworthy PR Pros

Creating a Productive, Distraction-Free Workplace

Meet Metis’ New Faces in PR

Office Drinking Jumpstarts PR Creativity

How To Gain Market Awareness With Limited Resources

Grabbing Control of Those Daily To-Dos

Are You on Google+?

A Call to the Elements Focuses Our Lives

Seven warning signs that your corporate blog is neglected

Is Finding Yourself As Easy as Pressing a Button?

Five Tips to Build Your Facebook Fan Page

Content Creation, Curation Go Hand-in-Hand

Getting a Grip: Productivity in an Expanding Technological World

How to Find The Best Networking Events

Why You Need to Start an E-newsletter Today

How To Generate Content Using Surveys

5 Misconceptions About Public Relations

Speed Networking for Entrepreneurs

8 Lies PR Pros Like to Tell

How to Spring Clean Your Email Inbox

Reporters Identify Biggest Tech Trends

The Startup Genome Highlights Top 25 Startup Ecosystems

Insight from Paul Arden on Rising Above Market Noise

Get Yourself on TV: Broadcast PR Benefits

PR Tips from Journalists

Lead Industry Conversations By Leveraging LinkedIn

How to Pitch SaaS Stories to the Media

Industry Leaders Dispute Shale Gas Issue

Business Lessons from The Hunger Games

Do You Want to Get Hired?

Catching the Big Fish: Reeling in Good Marketing Ideas

Four Misconceptions About B2B Social Media

Seven Blogging Mistakes That Make You Look Dumb

Congrats to BostInno Insider Award Winners

What Can PR Do for Small Businesses?

The Academy Awards Guide To Ignoring Your Customers

How To Get and Give a Great TV Interview

How to Sell Your Company To Prospects

How to Keep Your Company LinkedIn Profile Active

Compelling Facebook Content + Engagement = Vibrant User Communities

Flexibility Required for Newsjacking and PR Success

Why Tech Brands Should Join Pinterest

Content Works: 5 Insights to Help Your SEO Efforts

Smart Mistakes: Entrepreneurship Lessons Learned

Brandstreaming: How to lead discussions about your brand

Why You Need an Inbound Marketing Strategy Now

Leveraging PR In an Election Year

Highlights from Boston’s #MegaTweetUp 2012

How to Get a Great Tech Product Review

Facebook Can Humanize Your Marketing Efforts

Everyone’s Talking: How to Create a Positive Social Echo

Tips for Setting Goals in the New Year

Six Ways to be a PR Superstar

Creative Advice from World-Famous Chef Ferran Adrià

Carpe PR Diem: Seize the PR Day!

Crafting Your Story: The Path to PR Success

Use Twitter to Launch Successful Surveys

The Naughty-And-Nice List: 2011’s PR Peaks, Pitfalls

PR Wish List for a Happier Holiday

10 awesome job perks

Five Simple Steps to Turn Sales Leads Into Clients

PR, Lead-Gen Pays Off for High-Tech Startups

HubSpot’s Five Food Groups for Healthy Blog Content

The Future of Writing and How to Stop It

Watching the VC Cleantech Landscape

Why Your Business Needs A Blog

Mass PR Pitches Are Evil

Boston: The Almost Headquarters of Facebook

On Hard Stories, Traditional Journalism Prevails

A (Visual) PR Trend: Infographics

Five Ways to Measure Your Press Release Results

Social Media and Your Professional Reputation

Four Ways to Increase Activity on your Facebook Business Fan Page

Grassroots is at the Heart of Social Media

5 Traits of Entrepreneurs

Blog for Sales and Exposure

Did Good PR Help Free Amanda Knox?

The NEXT Startup Game: Max Marmer’s Genome Compass

Use 1 Piece of Content 5 Ways

How to Create a Stellar PR Internship

HubSpot User Group 2011 Recap: Online Marketing Takeways

How to Network and Play Kickball Simultaneously

Craft the Perfect Elevator Pitch for PR

Blog and PR Lessons from Ender's Game

Codzilla Attacks Our Company Outing

Clichés: The Serial Killers of Good Writing

Remote Work Habits Change Definition of “Typical” Office

You are a Member of "The Survivors Club"

Customer PR Programs Pay Off For Tech Clients

10 Tips for Writing a Press Release

Are other women hurting your career?

Was #askobama a success?

Interns in Public Relations = Yes!

Management Lessons From Ender’s Game

Social Media is About Quality, not Quantity

The Right Mix of PR Components Will Satisfy Any Appetite

Mobile Apps for PR Pros On-The-Go

Five Ways To Build A Better Business With A Work-Free Retreat

PR Pros CAN Work Fewer Hours and Still Be Successful

Avoid Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt in PR

My New Favorite Game: How to Build a Startup

Coastal Wine Trail Festival on June 26th

The Many Delightful Benefits Of A Customer PR Program

How to Build Strong Relationships with Bloggers

Lessons In Modern PR From Ancient Teachers

Takeaways from World Environment Day

How to Master Social Media and Influence People

How To Get Your Press Release Mocked On Comedy Central

Share Your Industry Research Online

The Fundamentals of SEO

What's on Your Allowed List?

PR For The Greater Good: Joyful Heart Foundation

Getting the Most Out of Your Corporate Blog

Bring Kelly Cutrone to Boston

How to Approach a Journalist

Distraction as a Creative PR & Marketing Tool

Stuck in a Little PR and Marketing Box? Read “Content Rules.”

Bostonians: Technology Focused In Every Generation

How PR Can Imitate Art

Making Connections: Can You Read the Signs?

The Science of Timing Recap: Facebook Posting Tips

PR Lessons from American Idol Contestant Casey Abrams

Spring Fever Is Good For You

The Science of Timing Recap: Twitter ROI

April Fool’s Day (AKA, Christmas for Geeks)

Push Online Content, Not the Sale

How to Hit a PR Home Run

A Salute to the Best Internal Marketing Champions

PR + Webinars = Success

PR Pitching Tips from Charlie Sheen

Tech News Tidbits

Storybook PR Leads to Happily-Ever-After Results

Back to the Future: Writing Essentials

Social Media ROI By Another Name

Increasing PR Productivity Through Comedy

PR Tips for Tech Startups

Storming Brains, Playing Games

The Strength of Passion in Food, Business and PR

Building PR Success from Day One

Good PR Shuns Smoke and Mirrors

VCRs and High-Tech Public Relations

Exercise and PR – work it out

The Power of Persistence in PR

Building Better Businesses By Doing Common Things Uncommonly Well

How to Work with a PR Firm

The Tragedy of Storytelling

Not Achieving Your Flow? Try Pandora.

To Get Great PR Results, First Get Real

How to Optimize Your Work Environment

PR 101 for Startups and Emerging Companies

Friendly Competition Jumpstarts Productivity

On the Cusp of the New Year, Tips for a Great Life

Attributes of a PR Pro

Happy Holidays From Your Favorite PR Elves

A PR Practitioner's Letter to Santa

PR Predictions for 2011: What's on your "yes" list?

IT Admins, Moms and Other Mission-Critical Leaders

How to Succeed in Public Relations When You’re Sick

Public Relations Tips for Newbies

Journalist Tips for Public Relations Success

For “New” Media or Old, Expertise and Skill Matter Most

To Tweet is Human; to Retweet Is Divine

Customers are the Cornerstone for Public Relations

Startup Technology Success Hinges on Persistent Public Relations

Is Transmedia Just Another Online Marketing Buzzword?

The Evolution of Analyst Firms

Corporate Blogging: The Emerging Darling of Online Marketing

Puppies and Public Relations

2011 data center trend predictions

Integration is the key to any communications strategy

Public Relations Flavor and Lush Varietal Character

Trade show PR 101: Make the most of your investment

Create Content in Just 30 Minutes a Day

What A Short, Strange Trip It's Been

It's Time to End The Backlog

Shop.org 2010 Annual Summit: Online Marketing Optimization Tips

Listen to Your Elders

VMworld 2010: Oh My Moscone!

Making Blog Comments Count

The Spirit of the Real-Time Web

Book Review: Delivering Happiness

Unleash Your Inner Superhero

Will You Use Facebook Questions?

Mahalo: living a virtual public relations presence

Tools to Create Online Portfolios

Live from the Internet Retailer Conference and Expo

That Dirty Water

Journalism: A Faith Lost and Regained

Cleantech Rocks - Register for AES2010 Today

What really works in public relations pitching?

Online Content Sponsorship: Finding the Right Balance

Unemployment: A Story of Hope and Public Relations

Public Relations and Blogging 101: What are they teaching in college?

When Engineers and Social Media Intersect

What is the Real Value of Public Relations?

Calling all seniors: Looking for a job in public relations?

Happiness = Building Relationships with Meaningful Conversations

When PR Firms Go Public: Kell on Earth

High Tech PR Without Electricity: A Lesson in Workshifting

Online Media Relations: IM is Clutch

What online media is worth the payment?

Media relations advice: Please read my pitch

Measuring ROI of social media campaigns

GreenTech – The Rising Star of New England

Mayor Menino Visits the South End

Making the Case for Cleantech in the U.S.

The Emerging Economic Power of Women

VMworld 2009 Recap

A Jersey Girl in West Coast Chaos

Ben & Jerry’s Celebrates Gay Marriage

Peace without Borders

August Music Night at J.J. Foley’s

Rest in peace, Senator Kennedy

A Whale of a Time

How to Write a Great Blog Comment

Boston’s Summer Restaurant Week 2009

Jack Coates: A Fighter

Music Nights are the Best Nights

Ignore Everybody is a Great Read

Who doesn’t love free, live music?

Penelope Trunk: Fearless

Friends Don’t Let Friends Visit Boston Without Eating Chowda

TechCrunch Recognizes Three Metis Clients

Tweeting too hard? How much is too much?

The Thing About Freelancers

Useful Tools for Twitter

Phoenix @ The ‘Dise

Oh Twitter, Help Us Protest a Presidential Election

Are relationships always the key?

The Google Wave is Riding High

How do you deal with stress?

Twitter… What’s next people?

The Boston Globe? Say it ain’t so!

The Price of Journalism

YouTube Video “Twouble with Twitter”

Is Free Content King in Journalism?

Clarizen is Auctioning Off Five (5) FREE One Year Subscriptions to TechCrunch Readers

CRN’s Channel Champions Video

2008 Products of the Year Awards for FalconStor & Embotics

Check Out “The Story of Stuff” Video

Free Live Music Nite at J.J. Foley’s in Boston

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