Typically, cold outreach involved emailing a journalist or site owner who you’d never connected with before. These days, it’s not so different in that people are still emailing new prospects they have never met. But, it’s easier than ever before to slowly build...
Health food stores are no longer a niche interest for a small portion of the population. The demand for healthy foods and alternative nutrition options has grown exponentially, and this is great news for any health food business owner. But the market has now been...
Client relations can be a hassle no matter the industry. It can get especially tough for PR and marketing agencies. “The customer is always right” is something that might work in retail, but for a PR representative, those words might be unpleasant to hear. In any...
Professionals inherently recognize the power of branding, but many stop short of applying it on a personal level. Whether you work in marketing, advertising or otherwise, putting yourself on the market begins with brand positioning. As with any credible brand, this...
Among the many things that stood out during an extraordinary 2020 were the businesses that took a public stance on a host of social issues. We saw organizations large and small step in to fill a leadership void with their voices and actions in response to the year’s...
If you're running a business and you're in the process of becoming more sustainable, don't miss out on the gigantic opportunity for some great PR. Whether you've hired a PR strategist or you're doing it on your own, there are some tried and true techniques for getting...
As a PR professional, you probably spend large parts of your day fostering relationships with journalists. You're normally trying to convince other professionals in one way or another—tirelessly befriending people who can influence your brand's success. But there's...
Distilled to its essence, public relations is the action of building relationships with key stakeholders and target audiences. COVID-19 has shaken up the strategies and channels that PR pros and marketers typically optimize to build these relationships. The pandemic...
I remember attending my first client tradeshow, a big travel industry event at the McCormick Place in Chicago. My client at the time, a technology upstart looking to disrupt the corporate travel booking process, had high hopes for the show. It had debuted its latest...
Promoting the thought-leadership profile of our clients is a hallmark capability of The Reis Group and something that we do for our health care clients regularly. As the pandemic continues to threaten the health and economy of our nation, and social injustice issues...
One of the earliest definitions of public relations was: “Public Relations consists of a planned and consistent programme of communications between an organisation and its publics.” Breaking that definition down a little, today we wouldn’t use ‘publics’ but rather...
Public relations should be a top priority in any business. Effective and well-planned PR campaigns can bring about several great rewards. In particular, PR allows businesses to create meaningful connections with their audience and build credibility and authority...