The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s not to say that PR agencies can’t get clients into top-tier publications — far from it — it’s just that it’s bloody hard and requires planning, digging for the right stories, and bringing all the elements together that will make the story fly. Importantly, the PR agency and client work closer together on landing these pieces.

Publicity 36

Publicity How To Agency Pitching 36

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Apart from the usual layoffs, cost reduction, and restructuring, we have seen newspapers and magazines getting thinner, TV stations cutting back on programming, and several publications and channels are on the block. However, I believe that the PR agencies should take this as an opportunity rather than a challenge.

Digital PR 79

Digital PR Newspapers Advertising Advertising 79

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Advertising is a distant third. is $100,000 in 2020; it’s higher for in-house PR and corporate communications roles at $145,500 and lower for PR agencies at $90,000. It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. >>> Can your agency bring big ideas and execute?

Survey 95

Survey Industry Leadership Study 95

The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 20, 2017

By Low Sieu Ping , Senior Account Executive, The Hoffman Agency Singapore. Unlike advertising agencies, PR agencies promote companies or individuals via earned media (i.e., editorial coverage on newspapers, magazines, TV programmes), as compared to paid media (i.e., advertisements). Selling an intent.

Publicity 63

Publicity Construction Agency Advertising 63

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. The full report shows some nuance between agency and in-house respondents (graphic and summary by Marketing Charts here and here ). 16% on marketing analytics. Talk to Us

Marketing 65

Marketing Survey Study B2B 65

5W PR

APRIL 8, 2021

Before the internet, press releases used to only get sent to journalists, and if they were considered to be subpar by the newspaper, they would never get published. No Sales Pitch. Its purpose is not to advertise a product even though that would be a great byproduct. It is far more important to be clear, factual and informative.

Engineering 128

Engineering Writing Social Media Tools 128

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 7, 2019

PR intern’s guide to agency lingo. The PR team might pitch some less tailored info about the company for general brand visibility ahead of a new product announcement or a big funding announcement. Earned media – Interns need to learn this term first, since it’s among the things clients bring on agencies for.

Agency 192

Agency Internal International Pitching 192

Waxing UnLyrical

MARCH 4, 2015

Twist Image, acquired by WPP in mid-2014, is one of North America’s most recognized digital marketing agencies. Mitch blogs seven days a week, podcasts weekly, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. Twist Image strategically manages three brands: Twist Image: The digital marketing agency.

Content Marketing 40

Content Marketing Marketing Engineering Advertising 40

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Public affairs: This involves working with government officials and agencies to shape public policy and advocate on behalf of an organization.”. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. This is reflective of a traditional view of public relations.

Interviews 99

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 99

Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 15, 2006

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400 To: prblog@yahoo.com From: " AGENCY " AGENCY@AGENCYNAME.com > Subject: News: NAME Joins AGENCY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FLACK NAME FLACK PHONE FLACK EMAIL NAME Joins AGENCY BETHESDA, MD- August 15, 2006- NAME has joined Bethesda, MD-based AGENCY as an Account Executive and Copy Writer.

Advertising 40

Advertising Advertising Pitching Newspapers 40

Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

When I was a teenager, something like 13-14 years old, I was publishing a neighborhood newspaper on a typewriting machine. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. A PR expert opens a newspaper and reads a bad story about a client.

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Social Media Ethics Travel 52

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 27, 2011

I did reference Gini Dietrich ‘s blog post of what to look for in a PR pro/agency when hiring one. We were looking for someone who could get the client placed in national publications as well as local press outlets like newspapers, to-do papers, community outlets, etc. Again, think of what your pitch says. Guess what?

Brand 70

Brand Branding Local Interviews 70

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Courtney is the director of Allen Hall PR our student run public relations agency at the University of Oregon and the president of the American Women in Sports Media chapter. In addition, Kathryn is highly active in The Agency at Southern Miss, the student run firm. Courtney Mains @courtneyamains. nominated by Dean Mundy).

Sports 0

Sports Leadership Internal International 0

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

I have an affinity because I recall being a young account executive getting envelopes of newspaper clippings in the snail mail from their team in Maine. Products: media database, media monitoring & reporting, email plugins for Gmail and Outlook, pitch analytics. Products: contact management, email distribution, pitch analytics.

Technology 93

Technology Software Resources Pitching 93

Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

Austin & Williams, the advertising, branding and digital marketing agency has recently tapped Jody Fisher, a NYC PR veteran, to head up its new in- house PR practice. Jody joins the agency with an extensive background in communications. If you find the compelling human story in what you’re pitching, you’ll be successful.

Enterprise 227

Enterprise Agency Radio Fashion 227

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

There are so many thoughtful contributions – from people working on both the in-house and agency sides. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. To that end, this year’s roundup is uh-mazing. My own predictions are listed at the very bottom. I see a few things.

Marketing 189

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 189

PR 20/20

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

In this narrative podcast, Buffer explores the history and approach of an agency that’s helped launch or expand some of the world’s most unexpected and iconic brands, like quip, Harry’s, SmileDirectClub, and Warby Parker. Each episode explores what makes the agency so effective, including its culture, and approach to marketing and brand.

Marketing 74

Marketing Conference Content Marketing Agency 74

NewsWhip

JUNE 23, 2021

Agency of the future | Jump to text. And Zach, I think it’d be good to learn more about yourself, your role, the insights team at Kivvit, as well as getting a sense really of what his concept of the agency of the future means for you and for Kivvit. And it’s almost ironic to talk about agency of the future.

Data 78

Data Media Analytics Energy 78

Flack's Revenge

JULY 25, 2014

For the uninitiated, the group blog is a great forum that covers a range of PR subjects that should be of interest to client-side and agency folks around the world. Most seem to confuse it with advertising, others may think that it is sneaky and vaguely illicit. PR is not advertising.' Those who say they do know the field (e.g.

Education 120

Education Advertising Advertising Newspapers 120

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Indeed, many of the hottest public relations agencies such as Manifest and the Romans, and large international networks such as Golin, Ketchum, and Weber Shandwick, proudly lead with earned media. The Daily Telegraph was the first UK national newspaper to go online in November the same year.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Cision

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Want to learn the new rules of media pitching? I also think it will be very interesting to see how and where PR will continue to intersect, complement and perhaps overtake advertising in terms of ROI. . My daily newspaper of choice is…The Washington Post. How did you get your start in PR? Second, be intellectually curious.

Public Affairs 120

Public Affairs Trends Reputation Newspapers 120

NewsWhip

MAY 27, 2021

In the digital age the rules for reaching an audience change almost constantly, but agencies are rising to the challenge of high expectations for content on newly emerging channels.?. Influence of local newspapers | Jump to text. Companies have scaled back their advertising. Paul Quigley, CEO and Co-Founder, NewsWhip.

Healthcare 78

Healthcare Storytelling Communications Local 78

Bad Pitch Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2006

The Bad Pitch Blog calls this condition Steamroller PR. Phone rings, I pick it up and say my name, a young girl asks for a BEAT reporter who left here for another newspaper earlier this year. She pitches me anyway, without asking who I am or what I do, on U2''s Bono''s TV ad campaign against AIDS. She keeps pitching.

Pitching 40

Pitching Newspapers Report Media Relations 40

Communications Conversations

MAY 13, 2015

She is editor-in-chief of The Winonan , WSU’s campus newspaper; she is president of the WSU Public Relations Student Society of America chapter; and she is executive director of the WSU St. She has a strong background in advertising, public relations and marketing and is skilled at primary research (surveys and focus groups).

Groups 60

Groups Internal International Conference 60

MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’? A former Edelman PR executive published a 300-page book. Its title: “Trust Me, PR Is Dead.”. Why do I know that?

Content Marketing 48

Content Marketing Marketing Advertising Advertising 48