Cision

APRIL 5, 2016

And no where else are they so reachable, en masse, at such a low cost. Your job is to figure out how to make your content relevant and interesting enough to get a share of their attention. These companies gather information from loyalty programs and credit cards and then match it to social media user IDs.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Facebook B2C 120

Shift Communications

APRIL 6, 2016

For the purpose of this blog, though, I’ve summed up the main talking points: -Several years ago, our jobs as PR professionals (especially applicable for PR professionals working with startups) was much “easier”. -Distributing press materials en masse led to coverage (mass pitches, mass email blasts). -But, times have changed.

Report 60

Report Pitching Creativity Trends 60

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to your Taylor Swift Master Class in Social Media Marketing! Who better to instruct us in social media marketing than this 25-year-old, 7-time Grammy Award-winning “public relations genius” (in the words of the Washington Post)? Taylor uses social media to connect one-on-one with 100 million fans at a time.

Social Media 48

Social Media Marketing Media YouTube 48

Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 31, 2010

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Weekly Roundup: Trick or Treat October 31st, 2010 Tweet Today’s Hallowe’en. But in the spirit of the day, here are seven posts for your Hallowe’en hilarity. Trick or Tweet?

Small Business 51

Small Business Tourism Measurement Social Media 51

MaccaPR

MAY 12, 2016

Former Minneapolis Star Tribune business writer Neal Gendler told me the story about his attempt to reach Edina Realty CEO Ron Peltier for an interview, only to be told by staff that Peltier was in an airplane en route to a distant business meeting. Decades later, Gendler still retells that story with reverence. Be Happy for Everyone.

Reputation 48

Reputation Newspapers Meeting Blogging 48

Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 9, 2010

A round of media training and/or general messaging can help with this. It''s always risky when you bring another element into the story to draw media attention. The case above is common -- whether or not you spent $10K to get media attention. Oddly enough, I''ve also promoted an event with an Olympian as the media draw.

Case Study 52

Case Study Construction Interviews Training 52

Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 13, 2009

Because it occurred to me no one ever taught us how to do it — we just started sending. En masse, the media and other influencers have, at best, come to accept email as their preferred communications tool. Some of our friends who work in the media get so many junky emails that they don’t even see ours sometimes.

Pitching 40

Pitching Film Radio Twitter 40

ZudePR

MARCH 22, 2018

Are you looking for advice on how to get going, without an agent, without a publisher. In this 8,000-word article , you’ll discover how I – a 45-year-old Brit with no writerly mates – turned my pipedream into a not-so-shitty first draft of 87,000 words. *By a first-time (self-publishing) author. Have you always aspired to write a book?

Writing 83

Writing Google Blogging Exercises 83

PR Conversations

APRIL 21, 2016

And even though employee “advocacy” is a new term used for programmed engagement, “activating” staff or encouraging their ”gamification” move them in “social” speak to a new type of en masse command-and-control that is downright creepy. We hope to activate the accounting department first.

Employee 40

Employee Internal International Corporate 40