Stern + Associates

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PR for consulting firms is crucial for distinguishing value and expertise in an increasingly crowded – and commodified – market. It also enhances SEO, creating backlinks to your website and providing compelling material for social posting. That editor will be swamped – too busy to even conduct interviews, in many cases.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

While some marketers may be concerned that AI could threaten their job security, the truth is that AI will more likely be a tool that makes it easier to deliver effective marketing campaigns. In this blog, we outline how AI is changing the face of marketing in 2019 and beyond. Marketers can now focus on the big picture.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

We typically interview the prospect and based on the outcome of the discussion, gauge the odds of winning the business, determine how to budget and staff for the pitch and roll the dice on a positive outcome. It also provides opportunity for those just starting out in the business to flex their writing muscles.

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PR Fuel

MARCH 8, 2021

And how do you encourage journalists to write about your products or services? You write effective and attention-grabbing press releases. To write the perfect press release you need to understand what elements to include and the best pest practices to follow. Every organization has a different way of writing press releases.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In the time I spent in-house for a global company and focusing on marketing to lawyers, one of the questions I’d consistently hear in the course of work from attorneys was this: There’s so much noise in marketing, how can I tell what is real and what is snake oil? Larry is my guest in this latest interview in the Off Script series.

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Cision

APRIL 18, 2017

It also increases your SEO and search rankings, which brings those prospects directly to you. If you already have a list of vetted keywords from your marketing team to work from, skip ahead to step two. If you already have a list of vetted keywords from your marketing team to work from, skip ahead to step two. Do it well.

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PR 20/20

OCTOBER 11, 2018

This post originally appeared on the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Institute's blog. The Marketing AI Institute was created and is powered by PR 20/20. Marketers always have the same question when it comes to artificial intelligence: “How do I get started with AI?”. But there are a lot of vendors out there.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 29, 2015

I have been interviewing PR practitioners from all over the world as part of my interview series called 20:20 Vision. The concept of these interviews is that I ask each practitioner 20 questions about themselves and they give us a brief glimpse into their working lives and what makes them tick.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Myth #1: Journalists Will Write About Your Press Release Without Contacting You. Want to coach your executives to better interviews? A few years ago, Google representative Matt Cutts said that press releases wouldn’t benefit your SEO rankings, though many have questioned the validity of that statement.

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Norton's Notes

MARCH 21, 2017

This is an interview I did with the guys at Vuelio for their Blogger Spotlight section after I was kindly listed in their top ten PR bloggers for the third year running. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what made you start writing your blog? How do you measure the success of your blog?

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MaccaPR

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

So what can you as a marketer or corporate communications professional learn from the magicians’ world of levitating supermodels and vanishing Bengal tigers? Successful branding favors those marketers who identify what their products or companies are not and then focus on what they can do better than anyone in the business world.

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The Resolution Blog

JANUARY 8, 2018

Tip of the month: “Take someone in finance to lunch and learn how you make money ” This is just one of the amazing tips from the Queen of metrics Katie Paine in this interview on PR News. Check out this interview to begin to improve your measurement today. What if what we know in marketing is holding us back?

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 28, 2022

Many marketers use editorial calendars to plan their marketing campaigns and support their overall marketing strategy. As a result, you’ll collaborate more effectively with other teams, better align marketing with product changes and other high-level business updates, and make more relevant data-driven marketing decisions.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 11, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. When a reporter covers your launch, interviews your CEO, or praises your service, consumers tend to have a higher degree of trust than when they get the information directly from the company. Others may run it verbatim!

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Norton's Notes

MAY 13, 2015

Over the next few months I will be interviewing practitioners from the world of public relations and digital marketing from across the globe, people I respect and look up to. My first interview is with Arik C. Hanson from Minnesota who is the principal of a marketing and communications consultancy called ACH Communications.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 24, 2018

Before jumping in, the PR and marketing teams should develop a detailed strategy, complete with goals and KPIs. This is a sign that their expertise is relatively up-to-date, and academic credentials are a plus, particularly when it comes to being quoted in media interviews. But where do PR teams find third-party influencers?

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Sword and the Script

MAY 27, 2017

This issue will directly impact everyone with internet access in America – and I have also conculcated it will have outsized effects on marketing and PR. Given how intertwined marketing has become on the web, I believe there’s good reason to believe this will fundamentally change the economics of marketing and digital marketing.

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Cision

JUNE 25, 2015

Write a press release. From a digital perspective, Google’s search algorithm favors press releases, so a well-crafted release boosts your company’s SEO when you distribute through a wire service. If it was a major interview, consider a behind-the-scenes look about how the coverage came to be. 500|5000 list).

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Buzzstream

AUGUST 12, 2020

Does this person write on the topic you’re pitching? . The “need for speed” often can cause even marketing experts to take the time to check: Is it only writers from the outlet’s team who contribute? As expert-level marketers, it is imperative to check-in and make sure that you simplify your touchpoint and show that you are credible.

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Critical Mention

APRIL 19, 2019

Today, there is a multitude of channels for marketing professionals to promote their product or service; the promotion can quickly become white noise. Prospects are bombarded with so many marketing emails, social media messages, and video marketing campaigns that it can be tough to cut through the noise. Focus on listening.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. When a reporter covers your launch, interviews your CEO, or praises your service, consumers tend to have a higher degree of trust than when they get the information directly from the company. Others may run it verbatim!

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How To Newspapers Analytics SEO 52

PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. When a reporter covers your launch, interviews your CEO, or praises your service, consumers tend to have a higher degree of trust than when they get the information directly from the company. Others may run it verbatim!

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How To Newspapers Analytics SEO 52

The Resolution Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

We had the pleasure of picking her brains about all things inbound, as well as her book, “ Inbound PR: The PR Agency’s Manual to Transforming Your Business With Inbound ”, which looks at how inbound marketing can be used in the PR world, how to get started, and how it can work in different verticals. Inbound is pull vs push with content.

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PR Fuel

JULY 16, 2017

Don’t forget that you can reuse content you create in multiple ways—write a how-to guide then make a video about it or expand it and turn it into an eBook. And don’t think you have to write a book to publish an eBook, you can also turn a series of related blog posts into an eBook. Your audience will come to expect it from your company.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Ryan posted interviews with key PR leaders. Who would have thought we’d all miss legendary marketing reporter Bob Geiger, with his prickly coverage of the agency scene!) ” Joel Swanson, vice president-marketing & communications, Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union. Over those 15+ years, he published 5,638 blog posts!

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2011

Waxing UnLyrical personal, possibly poetic, musings on public relations, media, communication, and everything in between About Shonali Four Free Digital Marketing Tools for Non-Profits January 24th, 2011 Tweet Guest post by Erica Holt These are frugal days, and everyone loves getting and writing about free stuff.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

The thing is, despite the ad nauseam posts on SEO for news releases, I discovered this recent report from Schwartz Communications that shows a pitiful 18% of news release headlines are SEO-optimized. A word to the wise In my experience, communication pros these days are, more often than not, wise to SEO in general.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 12, 2020

Better organize your announcements and media contacts, make the “news” easy to find and stick to business etiquette; pro PR tips About a year ago I started writing a monthly summary of PR technology news. Many websites mix news, content and marketing. This provides context and may lead to additional interviews.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 17, 2012

However, one book I couldn’t put down was Lee Odden ‘s Optimize , which he graciously sent me earlier this year (disclosure: I received a free copy of the book but was not even asked to write a review). I was so excited when it arrived, that I immediately started thumbing through it.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 25, 2015

The organization published a well-written press release that drew me in and pointed to one overarching conclusion: Most view their content marketing process as ad hoc, decentralized and driven by internal stakeholder interests. Content marketing is maturing slowly and steadily. Content marketing is proving effective for demand gen.

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PR Fuel

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Now you need to know how to write a press release that will catch journalists’ attention. You can write a great press release, but people will look right past it. If you’ve done any email marketing, you know the importance of subject lines. A local journalist may not be interested in news from the Asian market.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Image: Greig Christie via Flickr, Creative Commons Since Google Instant’s launch just over a month ago, digital marketers have been scrambling to figure out how search engine marketing strategies might need to change. So far, early research indicates little difference in the length of searches since Google Instant.)

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. Other disciplines, notably marketing, have encroached on PR practice in areas that lead with paid media, such as influencer marketing and search engine optimisation (SEO).

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Wildfire

AUGUST 1, 2018

Marketers expect PRs to be able to do the same, and then we end up trying to measure the wrong thing, which serves nobody well. The ROI of Marketing” – new cartoon and post on the communication gap between CMOs and CFOs [link] #marketing #advertising #ROI #cartoon pic.twitter.com/U58dnGwQfY. — Seriously, who cares?

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

As I’ve done in recent years, I’ve asked a whole bunch of smart people for their marketing predictions or PR predictions for the next year. And now on with the marketing and PR predictions for 2020. 1) Marketing embraces sustainability. 2) Marketing analytics enable better efficiency. “In 5) Marketers will slow down.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 17, 2012

It can be valuable for SEO , useful as a straight-forward marketing tool , and increase the reach of your message via social media in countless ways. All you may need to do to bring a great piece to life is record an audio interview and spend time with an editor to put it all together. Guest post by Sue O’Hora.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It’s not just thinking about writing that I’ve been engaging in. Image: mj*laflaca via Flickr , Creative Commons It’s about how that writing looks. Ann Wylie gives you some funny formulas to spice up your writing Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! D’oh, you say. Pull out the bag of tricks.

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