Shift Communications

MAY 16, 2017

In order to truly have a successful program, you’ll need a planning process that is comprehensive and creative, no matter how long the team has worked with the client or how much knowledge the team has about the industry. However, not just any plan will do. The best planning process is when both parties come to the table well informed.

Creativity 141

Creativity Measurement Pitching Internal 141

Cision

AUGUST 10, 2016

Angela DeRusha, vice president of advertising services at French/West/Vaughan, believes understanding your consumers is key to effectively communicating with them. In this interview, Angela discusses how consumers have evolved over the years, how to improve your brand’s advertising campaign and why maintaining authenticity is so important.

Advertising 120

Advertising Advertising Consumer Travel 120

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Improve internal communications. While advertising can support such endeavours, the driving force is usually public relations. Keep stakeholders well-informed.

Publicity 52

Publicity Public Affairs Journalism Corporate 52

Journalistics

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most PR practitioners quickly learn that the wall protecting editorial integrity from the influence of paid advertising can be, like the Pirate Code , “more of a guideline than an actual rule.” For better or worse, at a great number of well-known and respected media sources, advertisers are often given preference in coverage.

Advertising 52

Advertising Advertising Ethics Conference 52

Cision

APRIL 2, 2015

Because content and the incredible amount of social media posts used to promoted suffer from over-messaged sales pitches. It does not matter how many followers it may have or the amount of native advertising a company purchases. Image: Todd Huffman ( Creative Commons ), Geoff Livingston. Want to create standout content?

Content Marketing 120

Content Marketing Corporate Social Media Internal 120

Onclusive

JUNE 14, 2017

PR’s job is to pitch and secure stories that align with the brand, as told through third-party endorsement. Marketing and advertising teams A/B test ad copy to see which messages resonate the most with their customers. Marketing’s job is then to identify key audiences and directly market to them through the lens of the brand.

Marketing 170

Marketing Measurement Trends B2B 170

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion. While advertising can support such endeavours, it’s all about PR. It’s also a major field of academic research!)

Publicity 52

Publicity Marketing eBook Public Affairs 52

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 11, 2018

If she finds that change frightening, I can only imagine the sleepless nights big advertising must be having. So, if you’re a b-to-b CMO, you need to be able to lead these pitches because it removes all these instincts and it gets to the essence of what your company is. Let me explain why. and execute them? Talk to Us !

Marketing 73

Marketing B2B Pitching Advertising 73

Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The company works with adtech networks to do for media coverage what adtech is doing for advertising. Adtech networks already have tracking on major media sites to deliver performance information for advertising hosted there, and Cision works with these companies to do the same thing for coverage.

Publicity 90

Publicity Media Advertising Advertising 90

Cision

MAY 8, 2015

Scott herself studied painting and printmaking before entering the advertising world. As Dienstag related, Golin’s insights-fueled new business team had lost only one pitch since he’d been working there, and that loss occurred because the team was perceived as too forward thinking. (Is Fueling creativity is hard.

Creativity 120

Creativity Survey Advertising Advertising 120

Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

Fashion 120

Fashion Pitching Journalism Social Media 120

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

Internal communications: PR practitioners may also be responsible for communicating with employees and stakeholders within an organization. Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales.

Interviews 100

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 100

Cision

JULY 14, 2016

For as long as I can remember, I have loved art, writing and being creative. Knowing I had a way with words, I eventually wanted to find an industry that utilized those skills and allowed for creativity. While I excelled at all my classes, I would always rather write an essay than take a multiple choice test. Rapid Fire Round.

Travel 120

Travel Agriculture Tourism Internal 120

Buzzstream

MAY 2, 2024

Resources Mentioned: Glenn Allsopp’s article on who controls search Cyrus Shepard’s Study on Internal Linking Nate’s LinkedIn Nate’s Twitter Main Takeaways 1. Internal linking is one of the least appreciated jobs in SEO. You don’t want to use the exact same anchor text on every internal link. Positional is now live!

Internal 118

Internal International Insurance Insurance 118

Konnect Agency

MARCH 31, 2020

Show Empathy: Remember that this is an incredibly stressful time for everyone and let that inform the way you shape your communications, both internally and externally. Try to be as transparent and direct as possible. This is a time where people may have many questions and you need to try to be as patient as possible.

Communications 69

Communications Crisis Communications Crisis Social Media 69

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. Second, PR needs to think about the video elements – and I don’t mean pitching video – but rather the capacity to be interviewed on video. What stood out for you?

Survey 102

Survey Report Media B2B 102

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 18, 2017

Assign a small, but demonstrative project to scope out an agency’s creative and strategic chops. Trust a savvy PR team to get the news out in a number of ways — most often with a pithy, well-written pitch, offering a “first look” to a select group of reporters. Ask for credentials and applicable case histories.

Skype 136

Skype Conference Agency Product Launch 136

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 6, 2023

Ad Optimization: AI-powered advertising platforms leverage learnings to optimize ad targeting and placement. What these AI tools produce today still needs strong human guidance,” says Laurent Thevenet , head of creative technology, Publicis Groupe APAC & MEA. “I Most of them are using AI for some internal work.

Communications 40

Communications Marketing Technology Data 40

MaccaPR

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Why should it matter to a chief marketing officer that her advertising and public relations agency teams are all white, blonde and marinated in the same suburban, upper middle class culture? But our advertising and PR community in the Twin Cities is a long way off from that goal: Only 6.3 Should we care that barely 4.5

Marketing 48

Marketing Advertising Advertising Agency 48

OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

Should PRos only be pitching individual journalists? I would only pitch individual journalists. You need an actual human being to care about your pitch and want to run with that story. Any type of generic email pitch that goes to multiple people means nobody feels the need to individually handle it. It’s never too late.

Strategy 52

Strategy Interviews Pitching Energy 52

MaccaPR

JULY 13, 2017

I recently sat down with Doug Spong, APR, Fellow PRSA, founder of the Minneapolis PR agency Carmichael Lynch Spong (now Carmichael Lynch Relate) and former president and managing partner of Carmichael Lynch Advertising. A shift in employee attitudes from an internal campaign? So what was your favorite campaign? A gain in market share?

Agency 97

Agency Interviews Film Advertising 97

Critical Mention

JUNE 22, 2017

We pitch traditional media and social media influencers to create content favorable to our names, brands, and reputations. And in the spirit of community, we often share other people’s content (OPC) when we believe our external and internal audiences might find it interesting. As PR pros, our jobs revolve around content.

Film 60

Film Print Creativity Internal 60

Critical Mention

JUNE 21, 2017

We pitch traditional media and social media influencers to create content favorable to our names, brands, and reputations. And in the spirit of community, we often share other people’s content (OPC) when we believe our external and internal audiences might find it interesting. As PR pros, our jobs revolve around content.

Film 60

Film Print Creativity Internal 60

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Disruptive opportunities like the chance to rank first for voice search in search engines: “Beyond playing into trends, voice interactions with chatbots, virtual assistants and other IoT technologies have the potential to upend traditional search and display advertising models in the near future, even for giants in the space like Google.

Tools 60

Tools Pinterest Marketing Media 60

wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

Creativity 52

Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

wiredPRworks

APRIL 29, 2020

One of the fun things about being a creative is, well, you get to be creative! – that mapped out the best possible creative solutions? When you automate creativity, you discover the best options. Small changes in creative lead to big changes in performance. Marpipe is a multivariate creative testing platform.

Creativity 52

Creativity How To Engineering Advertising 52

Sword and the Script

JULY 2, 2019

Writing on the company’s blog , Lindsey Woodward , who leads the client support team said, “Whether jumping on a call to assist in creating an internal newsletter or report for your boss or setting up new employees on the Meltwater platform, we want our clients to have personal and open communication with Meltwater.”. via BurrellesLuce.

Trends 60

Trends Media Report Technology 60

Prohibition

MAY 4, 2017

Barcelona star Suarez is as infamous for his culinary habits off the pitch as he is for his impressive soccer skills, but no matter which way you look at it, the forward from Uruguay is social media gold. Our clients range from major international companies and well-known brands through to smaller specialist businesses.

Sports 54

Sports Social Media Instagram Media 54

The Resolution Blog

APRIL 26, 2019

From Being Told He Was “Too Gay to Pitch” to Leading an Award Winning PR Agency: Steve Strickland’s Story We got the chance to talk to Steve Stickland, co-founder with Gary Wheldon of new award-winning PR agency Talker Tailor Trouble Maker , about starting an agency, standing out, and creating campaigns that have the “wow” factor.

Agency 120

Agency Pitching Energy Creativity 120

Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

She is particularly interested in pursuing a career with an international nonprofit that works to alleviate poverty and improve educational opportunities around the globe. Since the fall semester Brown has interned with the City of Hattiesburg mayor’s office, a position at which she has excelled. Kathryn Duke, @dukekathryn.

Sports 0

Sports Leadership Internal International 0

Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

And then, I became a journalist, although I studied International Business and graduated in Prague, the Czech Republic. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. One day, a big American petroleum company came, and they invited me for a pitch in public relations.

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Social Media Ethics Travel 52

Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

It requires a high level of resilience, creativity and organization. It can be extremely unpredictable and it’s not guaranteed like advertising. If you’re an aspiring public relations professional, try your hand at pitching media because if you enjoy and have success with this skill, you can make a lot of money doing what you love.

Media Relations 40

Media Relations Media Measurement Conference 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Traditional journalists and publishers still chafe at such practices, but as the economics of publishing become ever more challenging, particularly for niche industry trade publications, editors will increasingly turn to this practice in order to attract advertisers and pay the bills.” ~ Tom Pick , Digital Marketing Consultant, Webbiquity LLC 12.

Writing 194

Writing Communications Marketing B2B 194

PR Job Coach

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In close to four decades in the communications business, Patti has held senior leadership positions in four different areas of the industry: PR, Advertising Corporate and Start-up. It demonstrates initiative, creativity and uniqueness. Patti is also Forbes contributor and public speaker. Hitachi, Loral, ASARCO, Gould Inc.,

Corporate 274

Corporate Leadership Advertising Advertising 274

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Internal comms takes center comms stage in hybrid work. With the new dynamics of hybrid work established worldwide, Public Relations – as a professional who builds and consolidates relationships – becomes an even more strategic professional regarding the internal audience. Marketing turns to creative to stand out from the clutter .

Marketing 190

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 190

PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

A volunteer pitch that persuaded. Several groups presented over the morning, but it was The Toronto Fringe’s volunteer coordinator, Natasha Boomer , who provided the most-compelling pitch. Almost all of the Fringe plays had creative postcards, business cards or show programs as marketing collateral (some of them pictured above).

Community 40

Community Print Twitter Creativity 40

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

We can measure the initial impacts of marketing and advertising efforts almost immediately, but that doesn’t mean we should. But it’s not advertising, and it’s not ‘influencer marketing’ in the Kardashian style. Podcast advertising revenue will exceed $1 billion in 2020. 5) Marketers will slow down.

Marketing 101

Marketing Content Marketing Advertising Advertising 101