Click here to read my op-ed in this week’s issue of the Cincinnati Business Courier.  The full text is only available to Bizjournals.com subscribers for the first month but will be available to the general public on September 13. Update: This op-ed has been picked up by the Sacramento Business Journal and is available online […]

Thanks to the good folks at the American Chamber of Commerce Executives, who gave me the opportunity to write the cover story for the summer edition of Chamber Executive magazine.  The article takes a look at how communities across the country are working to brand and promote themselves for economic development, talent attraction and tourism in difficult […]

Langley Group CEO Mike Langley recently wrote an article about rankings for Chamber Executive magazine, the official publication of The American Chamber of Commerce Executives.  I worked with Mike at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development for three years, and I was proud when he called to interview me about the value of rankings in […]

I came across this question on LinkedIn last night, and I wanted to respond because I’ve got some relatively unique and successful experience in this particular area of public relations.  From time to time I’ll share my answers to these sorts of questions here on the Bannon Communications blog, and I invite your feedback. Question: […]