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How To Set Expectations In Public Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yet corporate PR officers also fall victim to inflated or impractical expectations when their internal clients don’t understand what’s possible. No one wants to be negative, but a viewpoint grounded in experience and phrased constructively can go a long way in heading off trouble later. Offer honest feedback. Explain what is required

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Finding confidence from feedback 

The Hoffman Agency

If I could have a meeting with my three-months-ago, first-day-as-a-Hoffman-intern self, the girl who was lacking in workplace confidence and needed a few trial runs to learn how to schedule a meeting, I would tell her this: feedback is the goal. By accepting constructive feedback, I found the courage to try new things.

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What The PR Agency Isn’t Telling You

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But most journalists won’t accept a pitch just because they like you. Media contacts are valuable because they can enable a quick answer and constructive feedback that helps PRs refine our approach. We promote our talent and our creative spark, but the biggest contributor to great media coverage might be old-fashioned spadework.

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How To Get The Best From Your PR Agency

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Several times during a pitch meeting, a prospective client has asked our team, “What do you need from us to succeed?” Even an inspired agency team likes to be challenged in a constructive and creative way. Be an internal champion. Speak up about problems. And encourage the agency team to do the same.

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Top 10 Reasons To Work At A PR Firm

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

While some PR firms boast comprehensive intern or entry-level programs, they may be short on actual PR practice and long on busy work. A growing independent agency thrums with new and existing account activity that provides soup-to-nuts opportunities to pitch in and a double dose of experience. A chance to show creative flair. .

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Meeting Marc C. Whitt

Wadds Inc.

This does not mean we build a protective force shield around us, hide in a cavern, and wait for the storm to pass, or construct a drawbridge and moat to keep invading forces from attacking. In my nearly 40 years in this work, I have learned through various experiences to practise the habit of resiliency.

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Virtual Trade Shows: The Good, The Bad, and How Make The Most Of It

Konnect Agency

From bustling offices that turned to 100% remote working environments, and in-person connections moving entirely to Zoom, the way we conduct business internally and externally pivoted almost overnight. At the risk of sounding cliché, 2020 was a year that brought infinite challenges to the business world. What Is Lost In The Virtual Format.