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These are challenging times. And, for many, facing the uncertainty of when this pandemic will end and what its ultimate impact will be is even more difficult than social distancing.

Natalie Colby leads Sparkpr’s South Africa office as a social media specialist. She has identified best practices for creating successful social media strategies in the modern era. In this blog, she explores these steps to success by detailing successful campaigns that greatly impacted previous Sparkpr clients.

Tim Turpin, Spark’s VC practice group leader since 2007, has observed a positive new trend in this industry: VCs are evolving their models to have greater social and/or environmental impact. In this blog, the first in a series, he explores this trend and explains the impetus behind it.

We’re back from our annual pilgrimage to CES, having survived the crowds, the travel headaches, the driverless Lyft surge pricing - and we learned a lot. Each year, CES reveals a treasure trove of better-and-better gadgets, proofs of concepts, and eye-popping innovations that make us rethink our world.

CES is a who’s-who in tech and innovation showcasing the world’s smartest minds and coolest gadgets, featuring the latest products from big brands to startups. There’s something for everyone, from gaming to auto, home to office, and lots of robots in between. 

As both our San Francisco and New York offices continue to grow, our new hires put a spark in our step. We'd like to extend a warm welcome to our two newest team members.

We don’t want to toot our own horn but - toot, toot! Our team has tremendous talent that’s based on ability (not just seniority), which is why internal promotions are happening!

Core Values act as the North Star for your content strategy. They help provide clarity and specificity over what topics to post about so that you can better align yourself and your company/brand with your target customers. Instead of wondering what to post about, you can navigate the fast-paced world with ease by focusing

Spark has accomplished a lot over the past two decades as an international PR and Marketing agency – from helping to launch nearly a thousand technology companies to assisting in close to twenty billion dollars in exits –, but ask Co-founder Donna Burke or CEO Alan Soucy what they’re most proud of and their answer is identical: the people.

Effectively measuring public relations programs is still considered a challenge by many PR practitioners. In order to overcome this challenge, we have decided to write a three-part blog series (Principles, Essentials, Advancement) that outlines key measurement areas that can help every PR practitioner institute and practice a PR measurement program for any type of client.