Vietnam is a country with a rapidly growing business landscape, home to over 500,000 companies, with a staggering 98% being Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). These businesses collectively contribute a…
Tag: public relations
The entrepreneurial journey in Vietnam’s public relations industry : The motivation, the role, the challenges
Presentation at International Conference on Communication & Media Studies 2021 Conference. Toronto, Canada. 2021. View the presentation here: Abstract With the increased importance of SMEs, especially in the Asia Pacific…
The five-year journey of my agency, EloQ Communications
This year marks the fifth anniversary of EloQ Communications (formerly Vero IMC), my public relations and marketing agency based in Vietnam, and I’m glad to share here its story. Over its course,…
Cultural implications in public relations
There’s a little context on the public relations industry, and how in its very infancy, it has faced a lot of negative attitudes. I was interviewed by a young yet…
Assessing entrepreneurial motivations: From the perspectives of Vietnamese founders in the public relations industry
Presentation at the ninth International Conference on Entrepreneurship and Business Management (ICEBM). Jakarta, Indonesia. 2020. View the presentation here: Abstract With the increased importance of SMEs, especially in the Asia…
It’s time for PR people to ‘PR’ for themselves
Although PR agencies make a living from beating the drums for others, hardly do they know how to advertise for themselves. Eight or nine out of ten PR agencies have…
What does PR do exactly, and is it essential?
Singaporean newspaper The Strait Times recently completed a survey on people’s perception of essential jobs. The result shows that public relations (PR) was ranked third in the top 5 of…
What marketers should keep in mind when marketing situation has changed post-crisis?
Recently, the COVID-19 pandemic leaves heavy impacts on Vietnam and the world by changing the global situation, the thinking, perception as well as human behavior. For that, this global change demands a…