PR pros have certainly embraced social media as a tool for communicating directly with clients’ (and their own) audiences over the years, and social has slowly but surely become a reliable way for PR to perform media outreach and even pitch stories to journalists. If...
“Leave it to a public relations agency to make a good PR move.” That’s what NBC10, the Philadelphia NBC affiliate, wrote in covering some news I recently put out for my agency. I offered free PR services to any retailer selling an absurd handgun-shaped iPhone case,...
Got some great news to share but not sure how to get it out there? Despite what you may have heard, the press release is not dead. It can still be the most effective way to relay information to the press, and ultimately the public. But it does take a certain skill to...
When you’re first starting your content marketing efforts, finding a topic that resonates with your audience might be tough, and the wrong topic, coupled with weak or misplaced reach, almost always makes for low engagement. Luckily, if you use social media...
All of a sudden, it seems like everyone is experiencing a network glitch. Last week, United Airlines grounded all of its U.S. flights for two hours, causing massive delays, over an automation issue. About an hour and a half later, all trading on the New York Stock...
It was a virtual certainty that Subway would suspend its relationship with Jared Fogle after police seized computers from his Indiana home as part of an investigation into child pornography. The privately held company had to take this action—and quickly—to preserve...
As consumers embrace and experiment with a host of new ways of watching TV content, a new GfK MRI report has identified six new TV viewing audience groups and how they combine emerging and traditional options for TV use. TV Share of Clock—the first of four studies in...
Call it the little startup that could: SourceRise, a two-person website that’s only a year old, surprised even its founder when it recently nabbed The Global Editors Network’s best media startup prize. Based in New York, SourceRise acts as a matchmaker for journalists...
So you’ve done your media analysis, and have identified your top authors and publications. You’ve also completed your media list. Now what? You have to make media calls. Whether you’re following-up on a pitch previously sent via email, calling to pitch a new story, or...
Earlier in June we saw Reddit up-in-arms over new interim CEO Ellen Pao, who quickly became target to severe backlash from the community after establishing that Reddit would no longer be a “completely free-speech platform.” As such, many users transitioned their way...
Lack of a single customer view, an inability to deal with large amounts of data and lack of time for optimization are among the challenges that cause the biggest headaches for modern marketers, according to new research from Econsultancy, in partnership...
As consumers tune out banner ads and fast forward through commercials, brands need to refocus their marketing priorities and shift resources to non-interruptive methods, said Tom Gerace, CEO and founder of marketing and storytelling firm Skyword, at the company’s...