As a startup founder, you have a lot on your plate. You're not just building the product and getting it to market; you're working on customer support, fundraising, pitching investors, communicating with partners and vendors, managing employees—the list goes on. With...
September Webinar Recap: Cracking Broadcast—Pitching Secrets for Getting Your Clients on TV
“When coming up with a title, I thought ‘cracking broadcast’, because that's what it feels like,” says Julie Loffredi, award-winning journalist and Head of Content at Broadry in the opening of her webinar for Agility. “Once you crack it, the opportunities keep coming,...
Rings or dragons: Who won the fantasy TV throne? A special PR buzz report
Within a couple of weeks of each other this summer, HBO and Amazon Prime released two highly anticipated fantasy TV shows: “House of the Dragon” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” respectively. Aside from being based on books (at least somewhat in the...
Integrated marketing and communications for PR pros: Agility webinar recap
Anika Jackson started out in marketing long before she got into public relations. “I don’t think I made the connection between the two because I worked with them in silos,” says Anika, in her intro to the August webinar for Agility, “A Successful Union: Integrated...
7 lessons I’ve learned from a decade of pitching journalists that will boost your results
Did you know that an average media reporter receives five pitches per day, but crafts only up to five publications per week? Only 25% of the stories written by journalists come from pitches. That’s why you need to work out some winning approaches to slip your content...
How to pitch broadcast media: Secrets from a former TV journalist
We’ve had the pleasure of working with Celena Fine, Senior Vice President at TierOne Partners, on multiple occasions. Her webinar, How to Pitch Broadcast Media: Secrets from a Former TV Journalist, remains one of our most popular. If you don’t have an hour to spare to...
Crafting a Successful PR Career in Tech: Agility Webinar Recap
On Wednesday, May 25, we were joined by three top PR and comms executives from leading tech companies for a special panel discussion on crafting a successful PR career in tech. Moderated by Adrianna Hosford, VP Communications at WELL Health, Inc., the panel featured...
The Art of the Digital Pivot with Eric Schwartzman: Agility Webinar Recap
On Wednesday, April 27, Eric Schwartzman, digital marketing consultant and author of The Digital Pivot: Secrets of Online Marketing joined us for our monthly webinar series. In his presentation, Eric shared three steps for making the digital pivot and his sequence for...
It’s time to add podcasts to your media monitoring—here’s why
Since we last wrote a podcast related article, the podcast industry has grown. In 2021, there were 34 million episodes, now there are 48 million. Last year, 75% of Americans were aware of podcasting, now 79% are. In fact, these days, more Americans listen to podcasts...
Media relations measurement for the tourism industry: How Travel Alberta shifted to measuring coverage quality with the help of Agility
Travel Alberta is the tourism marketing agency of the Government of Alberta, and is responsible for driving tourism value to the province, a mark which reached $8.3 billion in 2014. The Issue As an indicator of media coverage, advertising value equivalencies (AVEs)...
A study in partnership: How Agility helps Carilion Clinic keep a constant pulse on their brand reputation
Carilion Clinic is a not-for-profit healthcare organization based in Virginia. Through its hospitals, primary care facilities, and specialty physician practices, it provides care for nearly one million people. The Issue When Chris Turnbull was brought aboard as...