Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 11, 2015

Today marks the five-year anniversary of Google turning to its corporate blog to communicate changes in China. As I shared in a post last week, Google’s decision gave street cred to corporate blogging. Making the switch to journalism and a move to Bangkok, his career has flourished. In short, he knows his stuff.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Many of the things I choose to write about are reports and surveys that give us a sense of what’s happening in the industry. Sometimes I write a complete blog post on a report – and other times it’s just a blub. At the end of the year, I go back through all my writings and pick out some of the statistics that stand out to me.

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Ishmael's Corner

APRIL 2, 2020

The post I wrote 1,087 Blog Posts, and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt appeared first on Ishmael's Corner ~ Storytelling Techniques For Business Communications. The odometer now reads 1,087. Yet, the post has even more relevance today as companies navigate the Coronavirus era, making judgment calls on what to communicate to the.more.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

The writing is fantastic. And it’s clear, the author (Jennifer Warnick, who writes many of the Microsoft “stories”) has spent a great deal of time in the Garage as preparation for writing the story. They’re not slapped together like some make-shift blog. Doesn’t that read like a novel?

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

By Seedepth The media industry and journalism are experiencing significant change. This dynamic creates new and complicated challenges for journalists and PR pros, who may end up relying on each other now more than ever to save journalism. Hopefully, we’ll see a shift to more thoughtful, long-form, investigative writing in 2017.”

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 30, 2017

The news cycle was faster, social media was hitting the early majority in the Geoffrey Moore sense, and blogs…blogs were everywhere. We started a blog for our employer, a startup in the IT operations space. Some of the newer and smaller startups that had been blogging for a while ran circles around us.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today, the range is much broader, encompassing blog content, confessional-style social updates, and, of course, video. Don’t fear the data The stereotypical PR person is an English, Journalism or Communications major with a facility for writing and a love of media. Just ask Google. But there’s no need to fear data!

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Recently I went back through all the write-ups I’ve published on surveys and boiled the results down to these ten. Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible.

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Doctor Spin

JANUARY 2, 2024

This blog post targets the importance of the central question in guiding successful PR strategies, highlighting the need for clear differentiation and a focused approach to gain that necessary edge. Source: Journal of Brand Management 2 Nandan, S. Journal of Brand Management, 12, 264–278. Strategic Change, 16, 127–136.

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Cision

MARCH 1, 2016

In the Journal of Marketing Management, a group of British researchers write that crisis communication has “implications for brand equity and consumers’ purchase intentions.” They write: “Facebook’s IPO is a flop.” Writing recently in Public Relations Tactics, John J. Monitoring.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Is this a sign of the future of PR (and journalism)? In smaller markets, like where I live, there has long been a tendency for media professionals to seek corporate roles when they become available. Include a link in an online news piece, though, or pay an influencer to promote your brand in their blog post and it gets a bit murkier.

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 29, 2023

Now, in an emerging market, is the time for AI startups to kickstart a strategic AI-PR program, and mind the gap between industry and consumer awareness From mainstream media to trade press and corporate blogs, artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (genAI), in particular, seems to be everywhere. In fact, it is.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Employers are more believable than government, media reporters with named sources, major corporations, media reports with anonymous sources, advertising and “my social media.”. Don’t mash case studies, white papers, webinars, press releases and blog posts together. Write with journalistic ideals. Media distrust grows.

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Contently - Strategy

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

In traditional journalism, diligent fact-checking is a given. This type of work is not journalism, strictly speaking. .” Whether I’m penning a reported piece, ghostwriting, or composing a blog post for a brand, there are a few fact-checking measures I always take. Why accuracy in content marketing is important.

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Critical Mention

OCTOBER 25, 2021

But, this is a blog about PR, communications and media relations, so enough about the plot summary. He is left trying to write down individual tweets, which is both humorous and pathetic. A native New Yorker, he originally began his career in journalism and later moved to marketing, discovering a passion for branding and analytics.

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NewsWhip

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Barbie movie was the big story of the summer, and its success has extended well beyond its opening weekend, with the film still in cinemas as we write this blog halfway through September. Coincidentally, it was also a top story in a different sense, as it came out on top of our brands coverage analysis in August.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 17, 2019

Branded media, defined in this report as blogs, social media and video weren’t far behind with 27%. How often should you publish on your company blog? The answer may well depend on how much traffic you want to glean: “With data showing that B2B companies that publish 16+ blog posts per month receive 3.5

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Presspage

JANUARY 23, 2018

He writes the blog Silicon Valley Watcher — reporting on the collision of media and technology. In 2006, Foremski published one of his most unforgettable blogs titled Die! As of today, the Silicon Valley Watcher blog is driven by PressPage's newsroom platform. Press release! Press release!

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Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Today’s a first for this blog–and series. You had a vibrant and long career in PR, working in almost every possible setting–from corporate to agency to non-profit. Corporations and non-profits are not that different from each other. I was a solo corporate comm. Many times, this backfires.

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Presspage

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Not long ago, a brand newsroom editor pushed positive but often bland, corporate-toned pieces to the brand’s newsroom. The new corporate newsroom managing editor has a different set of responsibilities today that didn’t exist 15 years ago. Brand Journalism. Hence, the introduction of brand journalism.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

My goal was to simply share my story and experience on-line through a blog, and to then re-share on social media. While I started engaging on social media channels, I realized that blogging and writing about my experiences would be central to sharing my story. When I was asked to speak outside of the U.S.,

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

Michael Ares, MDA Corporate Marketing, LLC. reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 10, 2018

Pearlstein is a long-time reporter and editor turned professor says he was looking to write about “well-run company.” He found Clorox appealing because it has won some awards recently and he was “intrigued by the challenge of writing about a company in a ‘boring’ industry like consumer-packaged goods rather than tech or finance.”.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 27, 2019

Blog content from people with varying writing skills (this even applies to some “media “sites now). Heck, even the Wall Street Journal is saying “Yes, You Should Be Using Emojis at Work” (that was the actual headline!). Posts from friends (full of typos and poor grammar). They even show up in emails!

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Cision

JUNE 25, 2015

Write a press release. If your company landed major coverage in a book, peer-reviewed journal or spot on a publication’s annual list, it warrants a press release. Blog about the coverage. Explain more in a blog post and post to your site. Jennifer Lawhead is the Corporate Communication Manager at TTI Success Insights.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

At the time of this writing, it wasn’t clear if Propel built broadcast monitoring tool itself or partnered with a mature provider to obtain it. Picks from the trade pubs and vendor blogs Here are a few posts that stood out for me in pursuing the PR tech vendor blogs: a. What do you think of the layout and navigation?

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Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

As part of an effort to get smaller blogs to write about the film, I contacted blog owner, Jamie Bullock, of Project:Women and told her about the film. I suggested she post a story that we would write, to not only help the film – but to help her add valuable content to her blog about women going after their dreams.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

Artificial intelligence also has the potential to revolutionize journalism. Digital storytelling, social listening and native advertising will all dramatically increase in significance as well, even as blogs maintain an important role in disseminating information.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Is Pay-to-Post Blogging The New Advertorial? A few weeks ago, they asked a question about paying for blog posts. I will never again trust a review this individual writes. Do we really want that?

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Prakkypedia

FEBRUARY 28, 2015

When I studied journalism at the University of South Australia in the late 80s/early 90s, one of the compulsory text was The Elements of Style by Strunk and White. It was my introduction to style guides and an early lesson in the value of having a touchstone when it comes to … how you write stuff. I don’t understand clauses.

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Ishmael's Corner

MARCH 22, 2015

The Bulldog Digital Awards recently named my blog as “Best Blog for PR Agency/Consultancy” with the gold designation. Considering the dowdy design, I’m especially appreciative of the growing number of folks who make the time to read the blog. Part of the blog’s growth has come from stockpiling posts over the years.

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Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 27, 2015

You see, Max’s blog on consumer electronics had gained such a following that the likes of Dolby and HP were courting Master Swisher. While many fixate on native advertising, the partnering of publications and brands in the making of journalism is the more jarring trend. The Wall Street Journal Bombs at BuzzFeed-like Storytelling.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 17, 2014

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m a big devotee of reading the hard copy print edition of my local newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. And, it also includes some syndicated content from the Wall Street Journal, which I really enjoy. But at the end of the day we write off a fair amount of work.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

He not only agreed to speak with our client, but wound up writing an entire profile piece dedicated to their partnership with Microsoft. Getting reporters to tell your company’s story is great, but there’s nothing wrong with you telling your own corporate story too!

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

Of course, I couldn’t write a post like this without nominating a couple people myself! Courtney landed her permanent role off a 6-month social media internship in the Corporate Communications department at UnitedHealth Group. I put a few guidelines on this–these folks had to be non-manager/non-director level.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

She did review it and ended up writing about it too. This is why content marketing plays such a crucial role in media relations , among many other aspects of PR and corporate communications. >>>Also see: The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism. The pitch was about a study they had done.

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Content Marketing Marketing Pitching Survey 89

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Additionally, I still write, and will take on event coverage or feature assignments. I really enjoy writing stories where people share their experiences or perspective. I created a blog, In the Driver’s Seat, to document my entire experience ( [link] – scroll to the bottom for the beginning of the series).

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