An LA Publicist On Pregnant Celebrities…Because No One Is Expecting Right Now

Cleary! To be perfectly honest, we LOVE our pregnant celebrity mommies out there. Working in the Baby & Children’s Division at Konnect PR, we’re not only surrounded by the most adorable-to-die-for-precious-knock-your-socks-off-cuteness baby products and accessories on the market today, but we get to keep a watchful eye on all of the fabulous celebrity mommies out there. As a publicist in the baby business, you learn about the abundance of new mommy & baby products on the market today, most of which you never knew even existed! As of now, the baby product market is a $9.8 billion dollar industry and with pregnancy the hottest trend at the moment, who knows how high that number will soar!

So here’s a big congratulations to all of the new and expecting celebrity mommies out there: Reece, Tori, Uma, Vanessa, Adriana, Ali, Alicia, Alyson, Beyonce, Josie, Kate, Miranda, Molly, Nicole, Rachel, Selma, Tina, Victoria, Kate, Kristin, Katherine, Maggie, Neve, Denise, Elizabeth,  Drew, Hilary, Jessica, Kourtney, Kristin, Jennifer…

How about we just send one big congratulatory shout-out to the newest Hollywood moms instead? Ok, you’ve convinced me. And seeing as every day someone new is pregnant; let’s just extend this congrats to them as well

Xx Jenne

LA Publicist on People’s Most Beautiful List

Working at a Los Angeles public relations firm, you wait for the ‘best’ and ‘most’ lists all the time!

Drum roll please….this morning People released a ‘sneak peak’ of the coveted Most Beautiful People list. The most Beautiful Peron this year is Jennifer Lopez!

Just a little walk down memory lane with Jenny from the Block –

-          Selena: this is where J. Lo was recognized for her ‘ass’ets

-          P. Diddy: she came to the Grammy’s in her infamous green Versace dress

-          Ben Affleck: I like to call this Priness Jennifer days…she was always put together and very pretty

-          Marc Anthony: J. Lo really turned around….she became a mom…a diva…fierce….and also People’s Most Beautiful Person of 2011

Others on this list include Zac Efron (YES!), Reese Witherspoon, Jessica Simpson, Mandy Moore, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Hudson, Kellan Lutz, Dana Delany, Emma Stone, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Lawrence, Eva Longoria and Ryan Reynolds (YES!)

Xx

Maithili

DWTS’ Lacey Schwimmer Loves Pups!

As a public relations agency, one of the ways that we evaluate a successful event is not only by how efficiently an event is run and executed, but also by how our guests’ lives were positively affected. As an LA publicist I was so fortunate to help coordinate an event that was for a good cause.

We are excited to announce that some of the animals that were available for adoption at the Modnique and Much Love event actually found new homes!

One being adorable Akira, a Min Pin/Chix mix, who instantly fell in love with DWTS’ Lacey Schwimmer.

Check out their ‘love at first bark’ encounter on PEOPLE Pets!

~**Kendra**~

Interactive Facebook’ers Make a Difference

So what do Manchester United, Justin Bieber and Glee have in common?
At our pr agency we love Facebook and social media! One of the many great pr tools used to interact with audiences, fans, customers of brands, businesses, celebrities, etc…(the list can go on) is to have a Facebook page. Aside from just to have a page, it is important to stay active and engage with fans. At our LA public relations agency, social media is on high importance of our list of tasks to accomplish daily.
Recently I came across an article on how to measure engagement on Facebook. This does not necessarily mean that you are on top if you have a large amount of fans, but rather to have a higher engagement rate of Facebook’ers on your page.
Below is a list from Wired News of the Top Engaged Facebook Pages:

xo Racine

Friday

Working at a PR agency, one becomes keenly aware when people and events acquire an unusual amount of publicity. Most recently, the name Rebecca Black has been on the tongues of many Americans after her music video went viral. Black is a 13-year-old signed by Ark Music Factory, who’s video for her single, “Friday”’ has been receiving quite the buzz.

Black’s YouTube video already has over 30 million views, but not for the reason you would expect; the single has collected an overwhelming number of negative comments due to its simple subject matter, song writing and autotune use. On the other hand, her single is number 45 on iTunes and some people think the tune is catchy.

Watch the video below and let Konnect PR know if you will be “gettin’ down on Friday” with Rebecca!

~Hilary

#winner

The followers have been counted and a winner has been named!

Twitter is always a topic at our public relations agency. As mentioned in a previous post by our intern Amanda, Charlie Sheen’s Twitter followers have been on an increase by the minute. Literally the minute! Charlie Sheen has set the Guinness World Record for reaching 1 million followers in the shortest amount of time. The winning numbers: 25 hours and 17 minutes.

“In all sincerity… Thank you Twitter community for the warm reception & the followers that helped get me to 1Min in 24 hours!!! #teamsheen”, said Sheen on March 2. Let’s not forget that his first post was on March 1.

Wow…Twitter history.

xo Racine