Deirdre Breakenridge

April 15, 2009 was the launch party for the Perspectives Book Series at Barnes & Noble in Clifton, New Jersey. Course Technology PTR, part of Cengage Learning, and series creator and editor, Jason Miletsky, who is my business partner at PFS Marketwyse, published Perspectives, which is an innovative new book series that covers topics such as marketing, branding, managing employees, and increasing sales.

wanted to share my recent interview that appeared in a new book, Perspectives on Branding, part of Cengage/Thompson Learning’s, Perspectives Series.” I participated in this interview for a few reasons. First, if you know me, I can’t say no to the opportunity to educate professionals and to discuss PR 2.0. I was also happy to participate in this interview because my business partner at PFS Marketwyse, Jason Miletsky, is the series editor.

As a marketing and PR agency professional, I definitely discuss with my clients the importance of transparency and showing their human side. I know that I write a lot about brands and how they must develop a voice and talk directly to customers and social media is a great way to do that. So, I asked myself, “What has my agency done lately? How have we been transparent, shared meaningful information and how have I, personally, furthered this quest to have conversations to build better relationships.