Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Every part of the industry has had to recalibrate and figure out how to design, build, sell and advertise vehicles in this new environment. I put an advertising spin on this topic and wrote a piece about how dealers and advertising agencies are depicting mask usage in their ads. Don’t pitch story ideas, pitch sources.

Automotive 92

Automotive Meeting Report Media 92

Ethical Voices

AUGUST 29, 2022

I spent the first third of my career working for newspapers. In the newspaper business, I did have one, and I really thought I’d lose my job over it. The publisher of the newspaper wanted me to do one story that just crossed a line for me. It goes to help pay for the advertising, everybody chips in.

Ethics 91

Ethics Groups Handbook Education 91

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 22, 2019

I suspect, given the company Kantar keeps, the survey sample is heavily weighted towards advertisers, but still, the thinking is useful. 66% said newspapers. It’s a slow build, but when you look at a competitor and feel jealous because they have 100,000 subscribers on their list, it’s because they started in 2012 and kept at it.

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The main one was the response they gave to mainstream media – the statements issued, the news conferences held and the interviews granted. The second, used far less frequently in the days before search and social, was paid advertising. The apology advert or produce recall advert in the national newspaper.

Crisis Communications 60

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Media 60

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Even more unnerving was that the anchor—and, on occasion, other journalists affiliated with the TV network—interviewed his agency’s clients on show segments. Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

Even more unnerving was that the anchor— and, on occasion, other journalists affiliated with the TV network—interviewed his agency’s clients on show segments. Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor.

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40