In a PR landscape increasingly intertwined with social media, first impressions matter. It’s more important than ever for PR professionals to craft pitches that grab journalists’ attention quickly. With the right subject line, the payoff can be enormous, and the...
We know that ‘earned media value’ sounds like one of those digital PR terms that leaves everyone scratching their heads. But it’s worth learning about because it is, in fact, extremely important. Earned media value is a very useful metric. Understanding it is vital to...
It’s a known fact that both PR and SEO go hand in hand with each other. As PR teams generate content on a wide scale, reaching a diverse, global demographic continues to be a trying task. In a new era of backlinking, search engine optimization and a focus on user...
Over the past decade, YouTube has grown into a powerful marketing tool for brands across all niches for plenty of good reasons. It lets you connect with potential customers and nurture your brand in ways no other platform can. The problem, though, is that with over...
Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms, with around one billion monthly active users. The visual-centric nature of the platform makes it perfect for companies that want to showcase their products or services creatively. With the addition of Reels,...
For decades I've been telling PR agency people that they can learn a lot about media relations by paying close attention to the political scene. Why do I know that is true? Because my first job in our business was with a political PR firm, where I worked on local,...
Effective content marketing and public relations campaigns may distinguish your business and significantly influence campaign success. That being said, most companies typically focus on them separately. However, if you were to combine them, you would be able to...
I’ve often told people who reported to me that the way to get ahead in our profession is to differentiate yourself from the pack. There are various ways of doing so. For me it was to think outside of the box. As a novice freelance reporter, I caught the eyes of...
We're living in the dawn of the age of the metaverse. This is a time when virtual reality and augmented reality are no longer figments of our imagination or topics of popular science fiction movies but viable methods of communication and engagement. In this brave new...
Email is without a doubt the most common form of digital marketing, with 62 percent of businesses using it to retain clients and customers. That's not surprising given how versatile and accessible email can be. With that in mind, it pays to think about what the right...
There’s nothing like working hard on a content marketing campaign only to be rewarded with a low return on investment (ROI). From facing your ad spend losses to cringing at the content marketing labor you paid for in vain, facing a low ROI is every marketer’s...
New research from data solutions firm InterSystems finds that nearly nine of ten—a whopping 86 percent—business leaders at financial services companies aren’t confident that their data can be used for decision-making. The study of more than 550 business leaders across...