ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 18, 2018

If it’s in writing, you have to be able to stand behind it. This goes for business writing as well as media pitching. Here’s some great advice from Bryan Garner, author of The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing. Read your writing through critical eyes, and make sure each word works toward your larger point.

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Pitching Writing Journalism Guidelines 136

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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Crisis Crisis Communications Journalism YouTube 120

Landis PR

JANUARY 18, 2023

Polly Ikonen : So, there’s writing a blog post, and then there’s writing a blog post anyone would want to read. A terrific foundational exercise for a 15-year-old. ChatGPT’s blog lacks specifics, anecdotes, cultural references, stylistic oomph. Landis: What is ChatGPT’s effect on journalism?

Education 52

Education Training Technology Journalism 52

Journalistics

JANUARY 3, 2016

As part of my effort to get the blog back on track in 2016, I spent the past month doing some quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand how this happened. I’ve shared the results from this exercise in the first half of this post below (“Why I Was Not Blogging”). Why I Was NOT Blogging.

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Blogging Analytics Google Writing 40

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. You can also edit and delete a blog post relatively easily.

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Survey Report Media B2B 102

Journalistics

JANUARY 24, 2016

In my first post of the year, I confessed my blogging sins and provided some insights around what caused me to blog less the past few years, and what I learned from the process. This posts was the first step in my journey to blog more in 2016. About This Two-Part Series.

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Blogging Strategy How To Writing 40

Sword and the Script

MAY 16, 2020

I’d do a considerable amount of blogging. Occasionally, I’ll use the service Help a Reporter Out (HARO) to field responses for a blog post. This stuff isn’t hard, and while I’m not a reporter, an exercise like this is a glimpse into their world. Of all the media relations insights the best one is this: be relevant.

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Survey Media Relations Pitching Media 171

Buzzstream

JUNE 16, 2021

Sometimes we’re seeking to replicate the success of others in a pretty abstract way – we see other people’s successful campaigns on Twitter, LinkedIn, industry blogs and so on, and feel the pressure to replicate the results that others have achieved. Actually, they don’t spend a lot of time writing up studies at all.

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Digital PR Film Instagram Writing 160

Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Ten Reasons PR Pros Should Blog November 10th, 2010 Tweet Last week, Joe Hackman hosted Danny Brown , Gini Dietrich and me on his BlogTalkRadio show, aptly entitled PRapalooza. Blogging is a strange beast.

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Blogging Facebook Twitter Writing 90

Cision

AUGUST 16, 2016

He reveals how his background in journalism has shaped his view of the industry, his growing appreciation for PR professionals and gives insight into how journalists in the TV industry truly want to be pitched. How has your background in journalism influenced your abilities in PR? I could write a book on this topic.

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Television Pitching Journalism Interviews 120

Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

That’s a fruitless exercise for all involved, which brings us to the next point. For many B2B marketing shops, content marketing just means putting stuff up on a website under the blog section. In other words, they must choose between sending that well-researched blog post to the company email list or that demand generation email.

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Content Marketing B2B Marketing Exercises 64

Cision

JUNE 29, 2015

. “Talking about ourselves—whether in a personal conversation or through social media sites like Facebook and Twitter—triggers the same sensation of pleasure in the brain as food or money” – Robert Lee Holz, “Science Reveals Why We Brag So Much,” Wall Street Journal, 2012. What do you think of me ?”

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Study Writing Facebook Groups 120

Karen Freberg

AUGUST 15, 2017

What is exciting always is to see what professors have come up with to integrate new forms of technologies, platforms, and exercises to teach their students all about social media. Some of the exercises I wrote about for Hootsuite can also be applied and adapted today with some of the changes we have seen with some of the platforms.

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Social Media Media Resources Education 69

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Our staff is thrilled: Reporters like to write for a shiny, glossy package that lets you create a cover story in a different way. Please weigh in!

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Print Newspapers Interviews Journalism 48

MaccaPR

APRIL 12, 2016

Sure these folks can all write. Get It in Writing. I’ve been lucky to learn from some of the best and the brightest in public relations and journalism. Find outlets for having fun, exercising, volunteering and eating right. And yeah, they have good media skills. They can put a great plan together. Alexis WalsKo.

Travel 48

Travel Exercises Corporate Internal 48

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 22, 2010

The Chuckle-icious Seven If you’re looking for some great blog posts for when you need a chuckle, here they are: 1. Why: A new discovery of mine thanks to Brian Meeks , twins Alexandra and Kymberly dole out fitness advice that will exercise your laugh muscles along with everything else. Regardless, thanks for visiting!

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Twitter Facebook Measurement Blogging 68

ZudePR

JUNE 6, 2016

Links out to the 10 best blog posts I've read (on getting stuff done) during five months of exhaustive research. I'm writing a blog post on how the best communicators "go deep" and get stuff done. I know how I've done it; but how do others achieve it, I wondered (hence the blog post). My favourite seven. Here's the email.

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Writing Social Media SEO Blogging 114

Cision

APRIL 6, 2016

And in the era of information when more than five exabytes of content are created almost every day, blog posts, videos, infographics and social posts all contribute to this “how” and establish a company’s voice and personality. The whole point of the exercise is to get closer to buyers. They are not created keeping buyers in mind.

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How To Tools Exercises Viral 120

Buzzstream

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

What I wasn’t initially anticipating within the field is the creativity, anticipation and thrill it entails when conceiving campaigns, writing pitches and landing links. You may not use any of the concepts from this exercise in your final piece, but they may stem thoughts that you turn into ideas. Statistics. Case studies.

Digital PR 170

Digital PR Industry Strategy Film 170

ZudePR

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Reading this book inspired me to write this blog post , which has been shared more than 1700 times on social media. #2: Speak, write, blog, tweet, make videos — whatever. Being a good writer is about more than writing. Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. You write it as soon as you wake up.

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Writing Google Meeting Airlines 84

MaccaPR

APRIL 14, 2015

Oftentimes a young applicant lists coursework they’ve taken in college that’s related to PR, journalism or social media. Instead, highlight the real-world PR problem solving skills you exercised during internships, volunteer or part-time work or freelance gigs; illustrate them by quantifying the results you achieved.

Agency 48

Agency Real Estate Social Media Writing 48

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example). And guess what?

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40

Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Multimedia journalists are expected to be able to produce or adapt content for an increasingly wider-range of media, including traditional broadcast, print and Web formats, as well as blogging, podcasting (audio and video), social media, and live content platforms (Periscope or Facebook Live for example). And guess what?

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Media Relations Media Mobile Pitching 40