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Shutting Down Shamu: When Social Media & Legal Don’t Connect

On May 20, Edelman Montreal co-hosted a Social Media Summit with a leading Canadian law firm and Edelman client, McCarthy Tétrault, titled “Bridging the Gap between Marketing and Legal.” VPs of both marketing communications and legal departments let loose on their concerns and the challenges they face in going digital. The roster of speakers included Edelman’s own Steve Rubel, David Armano, Sylvain Perron

Health Digital Check-Up: The Breakdown on Unbranded Sites

While the ambiguous regulatory environment has generally stymied online communications for the healthcare industry, unbranded disease education websites have provided an opportunity to maximize reach, engagement and innovation of online initiatives without contravening existing FDA regulations.

As evidenced by recent warning letters issued to pharmaceutical companies about unbranded websites, in the eyes of DDMAC, the distinction between branded and unbranded is…

Companies Leading Customer Service Via Twitter

In a world where consumers expect instant answers, here are six companies dedicated to helping in 140 characters or less.

Comcast

Many have argued that Comcast was the company who pioneered real time responses to customer service issues. The transition of Comcast’s original Twitter agent, Frank Eliason, was part of the inspiration for this post. Frank quickly became a web celebrity of sorts, standing for a new service directive in a very sensitive corner of the industry. Well done, Frank,…