We’re proud of the work we’ve done to help Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica use Twitter to open up county board meetings. We know that the mainstream media — and voters — are following his Tweets, and they’ve even used it to get leads to break real news stories on the evening news. Now, it [...]
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Merc Launches New Site for Law & Economics Center at George Mason Law
Today, we helped launch the new Web site for the Law & Economics Center (LEC) at George Mason University School of Law. The LEC is a national center for research and education that focuses on the timely and relevant economic analysis of legal and public policy issues. This new Web site will be part of a [...]
Domino’s Riding Social Media Wave to Higher Profits?
Domino’s Pizza UK released its earnings statement this week and revealed that it has increased its pre-tax profit by 29% — not bad for a pizza retailer in a down economy. But, as Mashable reports, the company’s CEO is crediting its use of social media — specifically Foursquare — for its resurgence: CEO Chris Moore [...]
Some New Clients for Team Merc
by Curt Mercadante We’re fortunate to work with a great group of clients that challenge us each and every day. And we’re pleased to announce the addition of some new clients to our team: Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (email advocacy) Illinois House Republican Organization (email advocacy) Gary DeMoss for Maryland State Senate (online communications … [...]
Merc Client Wins Illinois Republican Primary
Congratulations to Jason Plummer, the winner of the 2010 Republican Primary for the office of Illinois Lt. Governor. Jason made a strong commitment to building his campaign’s strategic online program, and we were honored to help him build a strong, statewide online grassroots network that was a strong component of his winning effort. Over a [...]
The Web as Storytelling Device: The Jim Ryan I Know
We are big believers in utilizing modern communications tools are story-telling devices. While these tools are merely the efficient means to deliver the stories — the key is and always will be the quality of the stories. On that note, we were proud this week to launch a new Web site — TheJimRyanIKnow.com — for [...]