As strategic PR professionals, we’re constantly looking for opportunities to work with leading companies and game-changing industries and one such industry, esports, provides a perfect opportunity for us to do just that. With live competitions filling massive arenas and awarding millions to esports athletes, tournaments becoming sports book fodder in Las Vegas and viewership outpacing…
Have you seen your doctor lately? How did you make your last healthcare appointment? Do you have a main primary care physician (PCP)? If you are a millennial (or younger), chances are high that you don’t have a PCP and/or that your last interaction with your doctor was digital – via telemedicine or a patient…
Here at RH Strategic, we’re always looking for the latest disruptive technology that challenges the status quo; in our opinion, blockchain fits the bill. Blockchain has immense potential to shake up all industries, including security and healthcare. As strategic PR professionals, we keep our eyes open for these forward-thinking technologies in order to prepare our…
In case you missed it, we were thrilled to win a PRSA Puget Sound Totem Award for work done on behalf of Haystax Technology. The Totem Award is a symbol of creativity and accomplishment for the PR industry, and representative of the level of service we strive to deliver for our clients. Our team put…
When – if ever – is it appropriate to use a tragic event reported in the news to pitch your own (or your client’s) message? At RH Strategic we’re pretty successful with the tactic of “newsjacking”: jumping on events like a government shutdown or a data breach to insert our clients’ voice into the…
Every day, more of what makes up our daily lives seems to be conducted online. Calendars, address books, notepads and other objects that were commonplace in the physical environment just 15 years ago increasingly exist only online, accessible via our mobile devices. Consumer preferences for mobile over physical transactions are also driving innovations like Apple…
Your big day has arrived. After a lot of hard work to do what is best for your customers, investors and employees, your company is starting to get the recognition it deserves. The Wall Street Journal just emailed you for comment on an emerging trend related to your business. Piece of cake! Story in the…
I recently took a Gallup Strengthsfinder survey, which helps people identify their talents and what they do best in order to develop them into strengths. One of my strengths is “Futuristic.” I suppose this is why I was drawn to tech PR. Every day I get to read about emerging, exciting technology trends that promise…
If you’ve been following our blog for a while, you know that we often discuss the impact and benefits of being a thought leader. In our business, thought leaders carry the message, elevate and create visibility for the brand and, hopefully, shape or re-shape attitudes and views. If you know Randstad Technologies you probably know…
While channel surfing one evening this summer, I stumbled upon a great miniseries on National Geographic – “The 80s: The Decade That Made Us” followed up by “The 90s: The Last Great Decade.” Both offered the history buff in me an overview of cultural and political milestones that I wasn’t around to experience firsthand or…
With topics like Heartbleed, the Target Hack and the ongoing fallout from the Edward Snowden disclosures constantly in the news, cybersecurity is a hot topic that affects consumers, businesses and government. To stay abreast of major updates, readers need reliable sources of news that they can depend on. A few weeks back, my colleague Kara…
Amazon has consistently proven that it is one of the leading innovators in the internet economy (having announced last year that it would start delivering packages via drone soon.) Now, Amazon has set its sights on another vertical – the smartphone market, with the recent release of the Fire Phone. The phone offers a number…
