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Author: Gerry McCusker

CommBank on verge of tourism PR coup

Forget Lara Bingle. Forget Baz Luhrman, Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman. Don't tell DDB, but the perfect campaign for Tourism Australia is already in the can (at least that’s what the Welsh wonder strategist Garry and I think), the only issue is that it’s actually owned by a major Aussie corporation. You see, ...

Consumer-generated campaigns are PR's domain

Two weeks ago in The Australian, Clems' James McGrath and Patts' Ben Coulson seemed to concur that ads that really engage audiences will be all the rage at Cannes from June 15-21. Traditional advertising is apparently waning in effectiveness compared to consumer-generated or audience-participation campaigns. So, ...

Web smarts turning clients into ad agencies

News outta the US says that a new clutch of internet players are giving potential advertisers the low-cost opportunity of buying, creating and monitoring their own online ad campaigns. Just like online car sales ads have caused a shrink in newspaper classifieds, should ad agencies be even more fearful that their ...

Online reputation matters, but can Aussie communicators be arsed?

In a recent ‘e-consultancy' survey of cross-sector international practitioners, 99 percent of agency, in-house or freelance PR and marketing types thought online coverage was hugely important. Another survey finds that 75 percent of journos use blogs and online sources for story ideas. Now, a few weeks back at ...

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Gerry McCusker

Gerry McCusker runs EngageORM a PR, communications and training consultancy helping brands, organisations and individuals monitor and maximise their online presence.

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