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DC Interactive Agency Archive

Bobby Zafarnia Interviewed by Yahoo on Lance Armstrong

January 17th, 2013

Click here to read Bobby Zafarnia‘s latest interview on Lance Armstrong‘s crisis PR strategy, this time discussing what’s happening behind the scenes with his big Oprah interview.

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Praecere Recognized for Pro Bono Efforts

November 7th, 2012

It’s an honor for Praecere to be recognized by the Appleseed Network for PR pro bono contributions!  Appleseed recently presented its 2012 Pillars of Justice awards honoring pro bono service …

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How to respond to Negative Tweets…

August 6th, 2012

… and online comments, Facebook critics, and more.  Yes, there’s actually a fairly simple solution that, in most cases, not only defuses the angriest ranters, but also adds humor to …

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Prediction for December 2012

January 18th, 2012

For our friends in the PR industry… you know how December reliably yields “Top 10 PR Stories/Blunders/Hype of 20XX” features?  Let’s make a bold (haha) prediction: The first list item in …

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$7.2 Million Could Buy Awesome Crisis PR

January 17th, 2012

The controversy may be local to Washington, DC, but its PR lessons are certainly universal.  The University of Maryland recently announced construction of a new school president’s house, and adjoining …

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An (In)Convenient Fee… Part 2

January 9th, 2012

We didn’t expect to do a second post on the theme from the last one, but customer fees continue to grab negative headlines.  That means in the age of 1% vs. …

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Praecere In The News

December 21st, 2011

Rounding out 2011!  We’re honored to be mentioned in a few places online, check it out: • PR Daily syndicated our recent blog post on what retailer Target had to do …

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Triple Bogey Brand Damage Is Hard to Undo

December 2nd, 2011

We all know about body doubles running rampant in Hollywood.  We even know they are used by F-list celebrities who sponsor various products.  If we actually watched such sleight of …

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9 + 9 + 9 = Ineffective Crisis Management

November 1st, 2011

With Herman Cain, the (d)evolution of his campaign’s response to sexual harassment allegations has marked a total failure on basic crisis public relations principles.  Here’s a rundown of all the mistakes …

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PR and the Buffett Rule, Part I

September 21st, 2011

Our last blog post discussed the decidedly poor website brand President Obama’s 2012 campaign created to combat political attacks.  Since then, Obama announced his latest push to reduce the deficit, …

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