ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

On the agency side, it’s sometimes because the team overpromises in their eagerness to win a new client. Yet corporate PR officers also fall victim to inflated or impractical expectations when their internal clients don’t understand what’s possible. With this, my mind is fresh everyday to think creatively for clients.

Publicity 334

Publicity How To Agency Product Launch 334

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations.

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Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 13, 2023

When I was interviewing with Crenshaw, one of the first things I noticed was that the leader interviewing me was a man of color – someone who looked like me. As I proceeded in the interview process, I noticed more people in the company like me. It can also lead to more innovative solutions and better problem-solving.

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Employee Community Groups Interviews 156

MaccaPR

JULY 13, 2017

What does it take to build a national public relations agency powerhouse from scratch that earns 250 industry awards, competes against the world’s largest PR firms, achieves a double-digit compounded annual growth rate, and still maintains a vibrant agency culture of ‘Spongsters?’. Not agreeing on what success looks like.

Agency 97

Agency Interviews Film Advertising 97

The Resolution Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

From Being Told He Was “Too Gay to Pitch” to Leading an Award Winning PR Agency: Steve Strickland’s Story We got the chance to talk to Steve Stickland, co-founder with Gary Wheldon of new award-winning PR agency Talker Tailor Trouble Maker , about starting an agency, standing out, and creating campaigns that have the “wow” factor.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 29, 2022

As B2B PR pros, we’re always looking for creative ways to tell a story. This will be more comfortable for the PR team, and it doesn’t force the new reporter to scramble for an interview and rush to get a good story together. . Communicate with stakeholders . Our jobs are based around communication.

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How To Media Report Pitching 321

5W PR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Brands at SXSW get to enjoy the glow of Austin’s creative sun, attract new fans, forge powerful connections, and learn more about upcoming trends. Future-proofing the company vision Dive into the latest tech trends , film innovations, and creative ideas, keeping the brand ahead of the curve. What is SXSW?

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wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

Creativity 52

Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

Creativity 52

Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2021

Guest post by Crenshaw Communications intern, Jordan Farbowitz . As many PR agency teams know, our work can be highly specialized, particularly in B2B public relations. Or, if you want to keep tabs on the latest campaigns and creative, check out the Hot Spots column. . AdExchanger.

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Advertising Advertising Privacy Television 322

Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

The negative reaction caused by unplanned events can quickly snowball into a full-fledged mess, but that’s where a PR agency comes in to provide documentation, analysis and actionable advice to help companies handle their most sensitive high stakes situations with professionalism. Book a free consultation with us today!

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Crisis Communications Crisis Agency Communications 62

Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Every time I brought on an intern, they also came to me with their CDs hoping to get signed too. I booked that with my assistant and not a booking agency. Already having an intriguing story to tell, Davis gave a TED Talk on his path out of Reality TV and into the music industry titled “Achieve Your Creative Dream.”.

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Interviews Film Instagram Writing 91

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2018

A PR program operates best when the client has tasked an internal manager for the work, and all parties agree on what the agency needs to succeed. Allow the agency creative freedom. It’s incumbent upon the agency to demonstrate sound thinking and earn results from the start of the relationship.

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Publicity Brand Branding Storytelling 256

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Yet we like fast response time – PR, especially a PR agency, is a fast-paced environment. But we do have those days where it may be after hours and we need to be connected in case of an emergency, especially working with international media or companies. Like media interviews, we often know what questions to expect.

Product Launch 296

Product Launch Training Interviews Software 296

Flack's Revenge

APRIL 27, 2021

For example I started interviewing for PR gigs in my late thirties, after taking a circuitous route through various sales, marketing and IT consulting roles. When all was said and done PR seemed to be my thing, so I set out to interview for client-side and agency gigs while picking up some freelancing business. How to do better?

Storytelling 177

Storytelling Pitching Interviews Agency 177

Shift Communications

OCTOBER 17, 2014

For my team, for my clients, for the Agency. It requires agility, and keeps me thinking creatively. It’s helped me re-connect with the core work of what we do in a tangible way, and it drives home that no matter what each person’s role or rank in the Agency, we all have something to learn from each other. No one day is alike.

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Agency Pitching Training Meeting 146

Ethical Voices

AUGUST 21, 2023

Ant discusses a number of important issues, including: Cision’s AI ethics policy The ethics implications of the use of AI in public relations How much human agency do we require in public relations? We need to determine the appropriate amount of human agency or decision-making in the PR and communications workflows. What is that?

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Agency Publicity Ethics Analysis 80

Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

It is the latest in my series of interviews with industry experts (see this post , which sets the stage). Far too many brands delegate, and relegate social strategy development and implementation to their ad agencies, internal marketing departments, even their PR intern, with a mandate to replicate, share, and spread commercial messages.

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Marketing Facebook Social Media Community 244

wiredPRworks

APRIL 13, 2022

With tight regulations and even tighter internal compliance guidelines, there’s no free and easy posting. Listen in as Barbara Rozgonyi interviews Chris McGuire about what’s working for his company’s financial services clients. Financial Services Organizations Social Media Interview Key Points. How did they meet?

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Financial Social Media Banking Media 52

Deirdre Breakenridge

AUGUST 26, 2014

But this direction has kept me flexible and enhanced my creativity by ensuring I do not simply rely on what works in any one industry. While communications may be your forte, with strengths such as writing, creativity, organization and research, your passion might be for something else altogether.

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Industry Fashion Travel Tourism 316

Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

In this interview, Mark discusses why brands need to focus on delivering a consistent message, how to best approach the media and the role social media plays for PR. I believe this problem is best solved by appointing and empowering a lead agency or team member to own internal and/or international coordination.

Pitching 120

Pitching Interviews Creativity Internal 120

Prohibition

JUNE 28, 2023

How luxury brands can benefit from podcasts Podcasts provide fashion houses with a platform to showcase their expertise, creativity, and unique brand identity. This global reach is particularly beneficial for fashion houses that aim to establish themselves as international luxury brands.

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Fashion Brand Branding Case Study 62

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Creativity and risky marketing efforts don’t always find receptive purse strings in B2B, but it could well be the only thing left in “a sea of sameness.”. That sea of sameness is how the Cindy Klein Roche , the CMO for Cybereason, describe the competitive landscape in cybersecurity during an interview with the Marketing Smarts podcast.

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B2B Creativity Film Trade Shows 64

Konnect Agency

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

It was crickets and a few interviews here and there for months and then pretty much overnight, I decided that within the next month I was going to move six hours away in hopes to work at a PR Agency in LA. Get creative! If you’ve already graduated from college you probably wouldn’t want to intern anymore and that’s totally okay!

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LinkedIn Interviews Meeting Agency 75

Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This is regulated by international conventions and laws. The Bulgarian Association of PR Agencies BAPRA is the first in the world to adopt the Warsaw rules as its own. Host: Will this take the creativity and fun out of art? I think it will support creativity. You can watch the whole interview here.

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Ethics Guidelines Comparison Creativity 64

The Hoffman Agency

JULY 29, 2020

By Chauncey Rasmussen, Intern. However, at the end of the day these jobs left me feeling unsatisfied; not allowing for me to be creative or feel challenged. In the winter of 2019, I began looking for jobs and opportunities more in-line with art and creativity (partly due to the well-meaning, but unsolicited advice of my mother).

Internal 68

Internal International Creativity Interviews 68

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2017

The knowledge gained working for a PR agency is often described as a mile wide and an inch deep. If dynamics of clients and agencies are likened to relationships, it’s the effective integration of these two perspectives that often make a meaningful difference. 1) You spent a long time at an agency and then when in-house.

Agency 60

Agency Corporate Interviews eBook 60

Konnect Agency

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

All of which work together to amplify a brand’s message through creative multi-platform content. At Konnect Agency, our team of influencer marketing experts works alongside brands to develop meaningful partnerships that drive ROI during this holiday sale season. and media-ability (for interviews, product trials, events, etc.)

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Creativity Analytics Guidelines Agency 59

Solo PR Pro

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

To guarantee timing of a bylined article placement or published article after an interview? So why expect your PR person to talk with a reporter and tell them to not print that statement you made to them in an interview? The same comparison is true of a big PR/Communications agency vs a boutique or solo practitioner.

Communications 99

Communications Comparison Exercises Interviews 99

The Hoffman Agency

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With every sentence Tori said, Hoffman sounded more and more like an ideal first agency to work at post-grad. This was reaffirmed through three interviews, where I met seven Hoffman employees who were all so nice and positive that I thought, What am I going to do if this doesn’t work out? Catastrophize” is my middle name.

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Agency Creativity Writing LinkedIn 36

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2017

This is why we always want to make sure that a prospective client is truly ready to work with a PR agency , knowing that part of securing media coverage is a willingness to prepare in advance. These can be internal studies, sales information, customer and competitive data, or simple workaday anecdotes. Prepping for Press.

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Media Interviews YouTube Hotels 199

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

One of the great reasons to work in a PR agency is the diversity of clients you meet. We recently helped client HiFX, an international currency firm, launch in the U.S. This kind of micro-managing and undermining of a client interview is a good way to see your client cut from a story and make me reluctant to work with you again.

Print 136

Print Interviews Pitching Meeting 136

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

With another decade of experience in communications and marketing agencies, Scott has advised clients that include Walmart, McDonalds, IBM, Coca-Cola, and Google, among others, and The Economist ranked him as #1 atop the list of 25 Social Business Leaders. It demonstrates initiative, creativity and uniqueness.

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Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 16, 2021

By Katrina Lockhart, Intern. My last position was more marketing- and advertising-focused, and although I didn’t have prior PR agency experience other than what I learned in school, I thought an internship might be my next best fit. Fortunately, The Hoffman Agency was hiring interns. I interviewed. I applied.

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Internal International Creativity Journalism 41

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

We've been following Manifest's PR campaigns for a while and have been impressed with their creativity and bold approach. Here we interview senior team member, George Hayley about Manifest team's values, creativity and why the traditional PR agency structure just doesn't work for their modern approach.

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Creativity eBook Meeting Banking 120

Solo PR Pro

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The agency beat Atrium Health and another smaller comms firm to take top honors in the category for their work on a three-month campaign for Pat's Place Child Advocacy Center. Laura Frnka-Davis' agency LFD Communications is on track to have its best year yet financially and continues to land clients.

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Banking Film Transportation Financial 96

Cision

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

That’s because a satellite or virtual media tour enables brands to conduct interviews with network and local news anchors, radio personalities and bloggers around the country over the course of a single morning. When done right, they can be creative and compelling. These tours aren’t just efficient, though.

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