Category Archives: public relations

Art, Meet Marketing

Recently Make Hay received an email asking if we could offer marketing assistance to an artist – a painter – who wanted to: 1)      Generally, increase her profile as an artist 2)      Specifically, promote an art gallery show in a … Continue reading

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Creative – live!

It’s a meta-meta world. Well, at least it is this season on this blog page. Make Hay, in addition to delivering creative and strategic work to our business and non-profit clients, publishes a community web site, theFlesherton.ca (It even has … Continue reading

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Social Media – Do or Don’t?

Social Media is everywhere. We communicate with friends, our co-workers, our distant relatives, sometimes even our kids in the next room. We post what we ate for breakfast, what the baby said, vacation pictures, where we bought our new shoes … Continue reading

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The Measure of your Success

“It was a huge success!” What do you think when you hear this about an event or an internal initiative? Perhaps you think the success refers to many participants or raising a lot of money or changing minds, delivering a … Continue reading

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Is it News?

Writing an advertisement for your up-coming event and then putting -30- at the bottom of the page doesn’t make it a Media Release. Even in small town Ontario, where many newspapers are pressed for reporters, and media releases are often … Continue reading

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