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Understanding the Automotive News PACE Awards Process

Bianchi Biz Blog

Step 2: Finalists Announced Prior to the Finalists being named publicly via email and in a print edition of Automotive News, the point person listed on the nomination form will be contacted via email with the result of the initial evaluation.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Tokyo, Japan – Premier Destination for Business

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are pleased to share the first in a series of in-depth profiles of a key international market written by one of our PRGN partners. Faces and Markets of PRGN is a new series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight.

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Meet the Media: Madeleine Winer, Editor of AftermarketNews

Bianchi Biz Blog

I am in charge of gathering news for our daily newsletter, hosting and producing podcasts, covering events and writing original content for our monthly print magazine and daily newsletter, among other projects. Paying attention to who owns who helps give us insight into how a company goes to market. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Borrowing Trust: The Surprising New Marketing Role of Citizen Influencers

Cision

Digital marketing success is fueled by creating great content and building a targeted audience, but there’s a third piece missing from that equation—ignition. The key idea here is that the economic value of content marketing does not come from content. Aligning a brand with a celebrity is the oldest type of influence marketing.

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Meet the Media: Robert Schoenberger, Editor-in-Chief at IndustryWeek

Bianchi Biz Blog

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. I left newspapers in 2013 shortly before T he Plain Dealer in Cleveland started cutting back print publication schedules. A colleague in our marketing department recently asked me how many pitches my staff gets a month.

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Earned Media: Is it worth all the trouble?

Bianchi Biz Blog

Generating media coverage in today’s fractured media environment is getting more and more difficult, especially for automotive suppliers and vehicle technology providers. It’s no wonder marketing communications and PR professionals are frustrated. CES2022 PR Planning Forward: 5 Noteworthy Data Points. Author: Jim Bianchi.

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What Do Journalists Want? Five Elements of a Good Story

Bianchi Biz Blog

Or this comment from Nora Naughton , formerly of The Detroit News and now with the Wall Street Journal : “… I also think that every aspect of the American automotive industry touches so many lives, especially in the Detroit area, so I’m always looking for that intersection between business and real people.”. What is the takeaway?”