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Our blog is where we share insights from the front lines of franchising, public relations, and marketing. From industry trends and strategic guidance to lessons learned through client work, we offer perspectives designed to help brands stay informed, competitive, and positioned for growth.

PR Associate Bailey Hewitt Discusses Organization and Time Management

In any field of work, organization and time management are essential. Here at All Points, we have developed several methods of organization to help improve prioritization and time allocation. The benefits of incorporating methods like weekly team meetings, weekly to-do sheets and responsibility charts have allowed the agency to operate more efficiently and produce a … Read more

Cloud Storage: Remixed

“It’s in the cloud.” There’s a phrase that meant nothing more than an uncommon meteorological event even five years ago. The meaning has since changed – cloud storage has become a common habit for individuals and businesses of all sizes to store and access data, quickly overtaking physical servers. Your run-of-the-mill server is bulky, expensive … Read more

What the Heck is Meerkat, and What Can We Learn from its Launch?

If you frequent social media circles like we do at All Points, you’ve been hearing a lot of buzz lately about Meerkat, the newest social media app that’s allegedly ready to take the world by storm. Debuted at South by Southwest (SXSW), the annual music, film and interactive festival held in Austin, Texas, Meerkat enables … Read more

President Jamie Izaks Shares Strategies for PR Success

As a franchise PR firm, we are constantly juggling the expectations of our clients. Nothing is more important than staying organized and systematic. Organization allows us to have our priorities in check, making it easier to plan for the days, weeks and months ahead. With this in mind, President Jamie Izaks gave a presentation laying … Read more

4 Critical Digital Marketing Lessons to Enhance Franchise Development

The All Points PR team attended the International Franchise Association (IFA) Convention in February where we were able to mix and mingle with franchise industry insiders and soak up insight that we as a franchise public relations firm thrive on. In particular, we brought back many lessons from social media marketing and content marketing panels, … Read more

3 Distinguished Public Relations Lessons from Downton Abbey

Written by All Points Public Relations Senior Account Lead Katharine Nichols  Downton Abbey, the clever and colorful British PBS series, has delighted viewers around the world for five seasons with its wit, drama and unmistakably dry one-liners. As an avid follower by night and strategic business communicator by day, I dare to admit that Downton … Read more

4 Lessons from Serial We Can Use to Craft a Compelling Brand Story

If someone had told me a year ago that a podcast produced by National Public Radio (NPR) would turn the world upside down, I would have called that person crazy. It’s probably obvious that I’m talking about Serial, the hugely popular and massively addicting podcast produced by Sarah Koenig through NPR’s This American Life, the … Read more

Social Media for SMBs in 2015

Business owners, no matter how small the operation, can no longer ignore social media. Make the most of your online presence in 2015 by learning to turn posts into sales. ENGAGEMENT > FOLLOWER COUNT While having millions of followers is great, it’s more important to have an engaged following. Engaged followers buy your product, encourage … Read more