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Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned. Earned media is sexy.

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News planning, tools and workflow to build an editorial calendar

Stephen Waddington

It’s a form of workflow borrowed from a media newsroom. The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. The reality of modern media is that news stories are published to the web instantaneously. Media and event websites are also a good source of information.

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Media Interview Skills: Why Silence Is Not Always Golden

Polaris

Yet public speaking and media interview skills are essential for most executives and business owners. And a poorly handled print or broadcast interview could turn a relatively benign issue into a full-blown crisis. A video of the comic’s performance went viral, the media piled on. A lot of nervousness—not so much.

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The Silicon Valley Watcher to publish on PressPage

Presspage

In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the blog Silicon Valley Watcher — reporting on the collision of media and technology. Every Company is a Media Company The media landscape has changed drastically.

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8 Ways to Make Your Press Release More Effective

Cision

According to a survey of the releases distributed by (a certain PR firm) on one day: 78% of public relations people spend extra money to dress up their releases with printed letterheads and color…the 78% broke down into 34% on a simple black letterhead, 16% on a one-color letterhead, and 28% on a letterhead with two or more colors.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

Alice Riot is a line of professional women’s garments that serve as the canvases for limited-edition prints of original works by female artists. I did go back to work at Fleishman Hillard for a summer while in grad school (2004). How long have you been in this job/field? How long have you been in this job/field? Five years.

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Forget “Better PR” — The PR Industry Needs Education

Doctor Spin

Social media began to emerge with behemoths like Facebook, founded in 2004 and Twitter in 2006. We got to experience the hippie web (2005-2015) revolving around earned and owned media. Paid online media has its fair share of challenges, but a profound lack of PR knowledge is causing marketers real headaches. At first.