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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. What are you writing about? You report the facts.

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The Importance of a Briefing Doc and How to Write One

Remote PR Jobs

While public relations is a creative field, a briefing document requires quite a bit of preparation as it incorporates all the nuts and bolts to make an interview run smoothly. Pro tip: Make sure to ask the reporter if they will be on camera, if it is a video conference. The specific reporter or analyst that will be participating.

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5 Solos Share Best Practices for Writing a Compelling Proposal

Solo PR Pro

5 solo PR pros share tips for writing a proposal. This month, we asked our panel of solo PR pros to share best practices for writing a compelling proposal for a prospective client. Jessica Lawlor, Jessica Lawlor & Company. The videos are short — typically 2-5 minutes — but they’re effective.

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How Stone Temple Kills it with B2B Marketing Videos

Flack's Revenge

Through this collaboration I learned of Stone Temple’s very creative use of video. On the face of it, the idea of using video for B2B marketing in 2017 might not seem that groundbreaking. But how do you do this well and consistently if you are not already a huge company? How often do you post them?

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Content analysis tool BuzzSumo adds journalist database for SMBs [PR tech sum no. 48]

Sword and the Script

I’ve been writing this monthly column about PR technology companies for nearly five years – and I’m still continuously reminded that while these companies make software for communicators, they are not typically communication experts. In doing so, it joins at least five other PR tech companies that have done the same.

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4 Creative PR Ideas for Crisis Communications

Sword and the Script

Constraint breeds creativity. Writing on the Ignite Social Media blog, Bruna Camargo gave the vehicle manufacturer good grades for its response, “Instead of issuing some lame press release about how they’re sorry their guy couldn’t be more eloquent, they embraced it, rolled with it, and are now about to bank on it.

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Removing the Tension from the Budweiser Puppy Love Video (Literally)

Ishmael's Corner

You never hear about a company hiring a PR agency “to get the bad word out.”. Whether you call it tension or drama, there is none unless something bad happens, which sets the stage for the company to demonstrate its character in overcoming the bad stuff. Instead of the classic story arc, the revised video plays out like this.

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