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Prezly

Frederik Vincx

The challenge Back in 2009, in an increasingly fragmented media landscape, brands needed more effective ways to share their stories. Role As a co-founder, my role was broad, mostly focussed on the creative aspects. Frederik’s diverse creative skills, resourcefulness, and honest feedback make him a vital team member.

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13 Leadership Lessons for PR Pros (Taylor’s Version)

PRSay

We are creators, storytellers and writers. For Swifties of a certain age, the image of Kanye West interrupting Swift’s acceptance speech at the 2009 VMAs is unforgettable, but she came back stronger than a 90s trend. Her storytelling is personal and intimate and gives a glimpse of what she’s feeling at the moment.

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Public Relations Lessons From Jesus, The Apostles And The Bible

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Martin LaBar via Flickr, Creative Commons And even many non-Christians will be relaxing, perhaps joining in the revelry (as many of my friends did when I was growing up in India). Jesus as the ultimate storyteller Regardless of the accuracy of the story of Jesus (when exactly he was born, who the Magi were, etc.) Here are three.

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PR Is As PR Does

Waxing UnLyrical

It’s the reason I was really happy that BNET chose me to be its Startup Storyteller … and it’s what I do. Image: mstofan ‘s Flickrstream, Creative Commons Thanks so much for stopping by WUL! This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart, though. And that, I think, is something we sometimes forget.

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How Reading Fairy Tales Can Improve Public Relations

Waxing UnLyrical

Also… Image: Thom Watson via Flickr, Creative Commons OK, I’ll stop now, I can see you rolling your eyes, going, “Come on, act your age.&# Storytelling is the magic ingredient that gets people engaged. I actually have a bunch of them. There’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, of course. Also Cinderella.

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How to Build a Marketing Tracking and Reporting Process

PR 20/20

In other words, we are creatives, strategists, communicators, and storytellers. Case in point, in 2009 after watching the MTV Music Awards when Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, I wrote a blog post about how the whole thing as a publicity stunt. Yet here we are, working in the digital age of marketing.

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Media relations is thriving

Stephen Waddington

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. Role of creativity in earned media Aligning an organisation’s story with the agenda of a media organisation is the key to successful media relations.