Now is the winter of our discontent. Words said by Richard III vis-a-vis the writing of William Shakespeare that tells the story of how the first few weeks of each new year is filled with awards and titles that seem to crawl up under people’s craws. Ok, so Old Bill wasn’t talk about Awards Season,…
New rules for crisis communications As a firm that does a lot of crisis communications projects and work, we know a lot of the long-time rules of how to handle then and mitigate them. You know the ones: writing a media statement; clamping down on social media; crafting talking points; effective use of lobster cages…
Last week, our local news agregator/daily newsletter GVLtoday posed the question “What is Greenville missing?” on their Facebook page. 545 comments later, our own John Boyanoski’s answer “unique architecture in our new buildings downtown” at 51 reactions was one of the top liked answers without a single negative reaction. That got us thinking, maybe he’s…
Football season is upon us once again. This Saturday the vast majority of college football teams will be starting their 2019 season with one goal on their mind. To win the national championship? No, don’t be silly. No, the vast majority of teams have one goal. To be just mediocre enough to be invited to…
Fifty years ago today, Americans landed on the moon using less technology than we used to write this blog. Read The Retrain Your Brain Seminar (see more below) landed on the front page of the Upstate Business Journal. Ever wondered how you can best support local businesses? Ask local business owners Mary and Alix Bernard,…
We have a guest Friday Flash this week written by Mary and Alix Bernard of Joe’s Place that originally appeared in GVLToday. It was so strong that we wanted to share it. There is an interesting business trend that is happening and it’s not unique to Greenville. We call it “I wish I had known.”…
Hello! My name is Annie Clyborne. I am originally from Greenville, but moved to the countryside of Landrum about 10 years ago where I live with my family which includes: my mom, dad, two dogs, and two cats. In 2017, I graduated from Saint Joseph’s High School and went on to attend Lander University with…
If you’re not a die-hard Game of Thrones fan, as of late you’re probably like me: gently poking your head out from behind a wall to comment on pretty much the only things you know about the show, (looks at sentence written on the palm of my hand) “Jon Snow is important and Daenery’s white…
The Super Bowl returns to Atlanta for the third time this Sunday. This time, it’s the Los Angeles Rams vs. the New England Patriots. You like knew one of those facts already. Maybe both. Maybe neither? If you are in the neither group (or group one or group two) keep reading because Complete PR has…
A few weeks back, a meme start floating around the interwebs that the 1970s movie Zardoz was set in 2019. For those who don’t remember this movie or have blocked it from your memory, this was one of Sean Connery’s first post James Bond movies. Instead of looking uber cool and debonair, he runs around…