Every company and business owner is constantly looking for new strategies to generate media coverage in the public relations industry. However, not everyone understands what it really takes to reach out to news outlets or reporters, and to have a story ready in a way...
Even though I covered sports for about a decade as a journalist prior to entering the PR business, and was also the sports marketing specialist for many years at Burson-Marsteller (in addition to playing key roles on none sports accounts), I always cautioned clients...
In every single industry, companies are constantly positioning themselves as business leaders through putting out multiple different pieces of content as part of their public relations strategies. Thought leadership is an effective PR approach where experienced...
Content marketing is a great approach for building a relationship with a target audience. In the 21st Century, traditional sales tactics rarely yield fruit. Instead, consumers prefer to build a relationship, bond with a brand and feel they are purchasing goods and...
The way we consume and create social media is constantly changing. As consumers become producers, the line between what is the news and what is UGC has begun to blur. (Image Source: Medium) As over 71 percent of young people report that they consume their news on...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, internet commerce became more essential to our lives than ever before. With everyone quarantined, businesses had to find a new way to promote their products virtually. Social media became a huge source of entertainment and apps like...
The fake news epidemic continues to be a major threat to media and communications, and journalists are not only frustrated by the movement, but also at a loss on a strategy to corral it, according to a new study from strategic comms firm Greentarget. As fake news...
A great journalist writes stories, and collects and assembles information from dangerous and extreme locations all over the world. You can sometimes find them on your TV disseminating the state of a particular region. Journalism can be seen as a career for the money...
Media results and coverage are core deliverables for most companies that seek PR agency support. Nevertheless, today’s PR agencies are too easily distracted by other communications disciplines and mechanics, thereby neglecting the fundamentals required to be effective...
My dislike of trite words and phrases is personal: When I was a reporter for several years prior to jumping over the journalism fence to the PR side, a “kindly old editor” told me, “Son, if you want to keep working for me, stop using trite phrases in your copy.” And...
Every year, marketers learn more about what consumers want. And every year, consumers want something a little different. The constant innovation is part of what makes the work interesting, but it also highlights a frustrating truth. In marketing content, precision is...
Eye-opening new research reveals tectonic shifts in how Americans perceive, consume and pay for media content—showcasing new attitudes about media trust across a variety of media formats. The new study, from media-focused AI-driven audience engagement and sales...