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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

In the PR strategies toolbox, the practice of media relations gives PR practitioners an opportunity to distinguish themselves while also giving their organizations an edge over the competition. As earned media, stories placed through media relations efforts are cost-effective.

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Out-of-Work Writing Talent Means Huge Opportunity for Brands

PR 20/20

In 2008, the financial climate started to take a turn for the worse in the United States and around the globe. Media companies began to lay off droves of journalists and writers in our industry. At the same time, some of the greatest media titles on the planet were struggling to keep up with content demands since letting staffers go.

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3 Customer-Focused Ideas for Generating Content on Social Media

Solo PR Pro

Consider the current situation for today’s social media specialist or manager who’s in charge of developing content for a company’s channels. They’re typically fairly overworked — too many responsibilities to focus all that much on the writing/creation process. Apparently, not so much. What can we do about this?

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Meet the Media: Sean O’Kane, Senior Reporter at The Verge

Bianchi Biz Blog

An overwhelming number of the startups I cover have recently gone public by merging with special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, so I spend a lot of my time now closely following and writing about that transition. They let me write while I did that, and I’ve been with them ever since.

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SpeakerNet News | How to Write a Press Release for Speakers

wiredPRworks

“How to Write a Superstar Speaker Press Release to Attract the Attention, Business and Applause You Deserve!” Register or Purchase the How to Write a Press Release for Coaches, Speakers and Authors Replay. It’s hard when you don’t have the skills to get the media’s attention. Get your PR PRIMER now.

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The top 10 most-read blog posts on Sword and the Script in 2023

Sword and the Script

The content readers viewed the most were largely about the topics of generative AI in PR and marketing – with a touch of Twitter and a sprinkle of marketing budgets In 2008 I came home from a long deployment to find the PR and marketing world had changed. Social media was blossoming. And the media landscape was evolving.

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How my social media journey has changed the last 12 years

Communications Conversations

That post represented the start of my social media journey. In the meantime, I wanted to write. That was my social media “ground zero” moment. I was a social media addict. This blog + Twitter momentum carried me from late 2008 through probably about 2011. I still remember my first blog post.