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The Best PR Agency Asset: Flawless Media Contact Lists

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a PR agency team, few things are more important than having media contacts at the ready. That may sound easy enough, but check out any reporter’s Twitter feed and you’ll probably see complaints about agencies who reach out to irrelevant or outdated contacts, or target their pitches in clumsy ways. Media contacts aren’t magic….they’re

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21 things that defined PR agency life before the web (you won’t believe no #5)

Stephen Waddington

Public relations in an agency is unrecognisable from 25 years ago. 25 years ago workflow in an agency was defined by media relations. The first agency that I worked for was A Plus in Slough, UK. Here’s another 21 things that defined PR agency life in the early nineties. Thanks to everyone who jumped into the conversation.

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Agency Culture: Interview a Coworker

5W PR

Being an IST major at Penn State landed me my first job as an application developer, where I exclusively focused on front-end web development. Growing up, I was very curious about website development and always saw myself doing something in the technology field. I also freelanced many websites throughout college.

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Interview Series: CMO of UL Discusses How PR & Content Marketing Are Evolving in 2018

Onclusive

We’ve grown quite a bit, and our team now includes Corporate Social Responsibility, our own in-house agency team, a Demand Operations/Lean Gen capability, Strategic Meetings Management, and, most recently, Customer Advocacy. It specifically helps bring to the forefront our brand promise. This blogpost was co-authored by Heidi Sullivan.

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[L]earned Media: An Interview with Sam Zises

Critical Mention

Agency life can be tough, but [L]earned Media’s CEO Sam Zises has got it down to a science. In our interview with Sam, he offered powerful insights into the world of content marketing, social media and “cutting through the clutter.” Sam Zises is the Founder and CEO of [L]earned Media , a leading creative marketing agency based in NYC.

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Hacking AI in PR: using AI tools to write a press release

Wadds Inc.

How to experiment with the use of AI tools in your agency or communication team workflow. The accessibility of tools means that anyone with a web browser can try them out for themselves using command line prompts in a web interface. He’s the CEO of marketing transformation agency Brilliant Noise.

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7 reasons why effective PR is more important than ever

Remote PR Jobs

Of course, metrics will always vary by program, but even with simple (and free) tools like Google trends and access to web analytics, we can often pinpoint the impact of earned and owned content and social sharing with a fair degree of accuracy. Goodwill has value. What is more valuable than a brand (or personal) reputation?

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