ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 1, 2021

For any PR agency team , a major media interview for a company spokesperson is a solid win. At the same time, having a terrific media spokesperson who can nail the messaging, handle tough questions and make business or technical language accessible isn’t always easy. . Know the reporter and outlet .

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Interviews Media Construction Report 268

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 10, 2016

Those seeking public relations services often pigeonhole it into media relations. Here are just a few: High-level media training. The best media training sessions train the entire team, starting at the top. For a real dash of schadenfreude, check out these examples of what not to do. Long-form content.

Media Relations 120

Media Relations Agency Media Training Training 120

Communications Conversations

MARCH 21, 2017

Google the phrase “Social media training Minneapolis.” A handful of agencies. In a nutshell, that describes my experience with social media training programs (or a lack thereof) in the Twin Cities. Social media advertising –potentially the biggest need of them all right now. Where are they?

Media Training 68

Media Training Training Social Media Media 68

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Earned Media & Media Relations In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 195

Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

Earned Media & Media Relations. In the old days, sending out press releases and then managing a Rolodex of media contacts could help PR pros to land earned media. Today, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In B2B public relations , one of the things we do regularly is arrange media briefings on subjects relevant to our clients’ business. PR people are nearly always involved in setting up these briefings, and at our agency, we always staff them as well. A good PR rep should have a role in nearly any media briefing. A fifth wheel?

Interviews 208

Interviews Media Construction B2B 208

Konnect Agency

JUNE 22, 2023

That’s why it’s essential for businesses to have a crisis communications plan in place and a seasoned PR agency partner to can help streamline that process and create a dependable strategy. This includes employees, customers, shareholders, and the media.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In the PR agency world , after weeks of fine-tuning messaging, crafting stories and pitching reporters, there’s no better feeling than landing a top media interview for a client. Most importantly, of course, a media interview will lead to positive coverage – assuming it goes well. Referring to other media interviews.

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Interviews Media Television Media Training 251

Shift Communications

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

Basic Agency Organization. The PR agency world can be a confusing one—especially for someone looking in from the outside. Let’s take a look at the basic agency organization of a PR firm and what the different people do. These teams look similar across most agencies with a few cultural twists at various firms.

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Agency Internal International Media Training 87

Onclusive

AUGUST 22, 2017

Earned Media/Media Relations. Far from just managing a digital Rolodex, landing earned media in publications that resonate with target audiences is only one small part of the earned-media mix. Owned Media/Content Strategy. Media Monitoring & Analysis. AirPR offers a media monitoring solution.

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Media Training Crisis Communications Conference Training 397

Prohibition

JANUARY 24, 2022

Crisis communications are key in today’s interconnected social media world. Prohibition PR is a full-service agency specialising in crisis communication, reputation management , and strategic messaging. With our wealth of media contacts and track record of good work, we’ll craft the perfect strategy to repair your reputation.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 12, 2016

If you’ve ever worked with a top technology PR agency , you know the business of developing public relations programs for hot tech companies or startups can be challenging. To be successful, there are some key things to keep in mind from the start of a PR agency relationship. Focus the team’s time.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 12, 2019

Even if the executive spokesperson — usually the CEO — is naturally charismatic and confident facing the media, she should never venture into the public eye without media training. For PR tips on successful media training , see our earlier post. PR people cannot control the media.

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Media Training Training Agency Crisis 256

Ishmael's Corner

OCTOBER 19, 2014

As a service to the profession and advancing the client-agency relationship, we’ve captured client phrases that consistently find their way to PR agencies and what they really mean. How’s the media outreach going for the upcoming announcement?”. I suggest you start preparing for an agency review.”. Client Phrase. “We

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Agency Media Training Conference Training 143

Polaris

MARCH 17, 2015

That was many years ago and here I am today running my own PR agency. After Unilever, I worked for a boutique PR agency that specialized in beverage alcohol and gourmet food. To round out my experience I also spent 4 years at multi-national Hill and Knowlton and 4 at an integrated marketing communications agency. What happened?

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Agency eBook Training Media Training 100

Offleash

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

By Robin Bulanti and Julie Tangen Twenty years ago, Joanna Kulesa made her mark on Silicon Valley, launching a unique high tech PR agency model unbound by convention. Technology trends and the very tools powering our business now weren’t more than a twinkle in a founder’s eye when the agency started. The year was 2003.

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Skype LinkedIn Media Training Agency 122

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2018

Most PR agencies bill on an hourly basis, or in monthly retainer fees. But there’s another way of billing that’s fairly controversial among agency professionals, — the pay-for-placement method. So, we talked with someone here who used to work at a pay-for-placement agency and did a little research.

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System Agency Media Training Reputation 220

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. If a brand is new to PR or unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of media relations, it’s time to walk through key items like announcement strategies, timelines and anticipated results.

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How To Meeting Case Study Survey 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Regular “touch-base” calls are a PR agency staple. A PR agency is typically brought on to do more than secure media coverage. If a brand is new to PR or unfamiliar with the ins-and-outs of media relations, it’s time to walk through key items like announcement strategies, timelines and anticipated results.

How To 156

How To Meeting Case Study Survey 156

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 13, 2017

The client and agency contacts have happily bonded at a new business presentation, with great chemistry all around. Of course, employee turnover can happen at any company, but when it happens on the agency side, it should be a blip, not a breakdown. The negative media story. . We’ve all been there. But it happens.

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Media Training Policies Agency Interviews 249

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2017

When it comes to good public relations , a company can have great potential that for one reason or another is never realized in the form of media coverage. One thing that makes for an excellent PR partnership is the organization’s willingness to share raw information that can be translated into media interviews and stories.

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Media Interviews YouTube Hotels 199

Deirdre Breakenridge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

ET the #PRStudChat community will gather for a Twitter chat focused on Digital Media and AI. Our special guest driving the discussion will be Martin Waxman, APR, who leads digital and social media training and workshops. Martin is a communications strategist and teaches digital strategy.

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Onclusive

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

No matter who speaks on behalf of your organization, it’s a good idea to provide some media training and practice. At this point, I recommend that early startups initially hire a PR contractor who can develop a relationship with the business and manage the smaller amount of work that may not be financially viable for an agency.

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How To Media Training Storytelling Financial 221

PRSay

AUGUST 17, 2020

In 2020, there are fewer media outlets than ever and seemingly higher standards for stories, so it isn’t a secret that getting media coverage was already becoming more difficult before the pandemic. The short answer is: You ask journalists. Find out what journalists want today. Connect with her on Twitter: @LisaArledge.

Media Relations 157

Media Relations Journalism Media Survey 157

Stuart Bruce

JULY 15, 2014

Yesterday, the Financial Times published the fifth FTSE350 Boardroom Bellwether survey which revealed that almost half the boards of the UK’s largest public companies have not discussed their social media strategies in the past 12 months.

Social Media 132

Social Media Public Affairs Media Crisis Communications 132

PRSay

MARCH 9, 2017

In short order, it was followed a barrage of requests from media asking to use the footage. Social media is your competition. Meanwhile, social media posts from the affected police agencies were weak and sporadic, as were any attempts to simply post statements to their official websites. Who is winning that competition?

Crisis Communications 160

Crisis Communications Social Media Crisis Communications 160

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 5, 2019

Social media, data science, predictive analytics, news releases and comms plans – what do young communicators need to learn? Martin Waxman, MCM, APR, leads digital and social media training and workshops, is a communications strategist and teaches digital strategy. About Martin Waxman.

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Communications Analytics Social Media Media Training 208

Mindful Marketing

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Hiring an agency can seem pretty cool – having a dedicated team of professionals promoting you and your business all day sounds nice, right? So when is the right time to hire a PR agency? There are a plethora of tools to make it easy until you reach the pivot point to needing a full blown agency. That depends.

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Agency Crisis Communications Measurement Analytics 50

PR in High Definition

AUGUST 24, 2020

Is social media too powerful? When our PR agency Firefly was born, I could not have imagined the mere existence of social media, let alone the impact it would have. Fast-forward to today and social media is not only dominating the world around us but playing an active role in the comms world too.

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Social Media Media Television Ethics 86

Landis PR

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Here’s one example; when Bruce Willis’ aphasia diagnosis was announced, the Landis team offered up experts on the disorder from client Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS) to local media. Have they been media trained? How can you newsjack to support your strategic communications program? Prepare your subject matter experts (SMEs).

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Tools Case Study Media Training Local 64

Barokas

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Social media and influencer relations are taking a growing share of marcom budgets. Digital and interactive media have largely displaced print. But media expectations and budget reality are no joke. A charismatic, media-darling mid-level exec is better than a guarded or overworked CEO any day. Keep her in the limelight.

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Strategy Media Storytelling Pinterest 78

Communications Conversations

JANUARY 23, 2018

I know we see eye-to-eye on a lot of current issues and topics in PR, comms and social media marketing. In my interactions with Cydney over the years, I’ve always found her to be uber professional, smarter than hell and yet easy-going (she was a great “professor” at our recent sparked social media training!).

Social Media 141

Social Media Media Marketing Leadership 141

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Depressingly the need for more investment in training was also one of the main findings of last year’s report. In contrast 21% point to the marketing department (up by 5%), and 23% the social media team. The average (mean) percentage of marketing budget spent on digital and social media is 25%, which is up from 16% in 2015.

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Training Digital PR Media Training Education 119

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 16, 2018

Agency teams may think they’re in constant touch with clients as the emails fly back and forth, but that’s not enough. Misguided media relations strategy. Lack of preparation for a media interview. Some CEOs and others in leadership positions shun the idea of media training. Insufficient communication.

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Skype Interviews Crisis Communications Crisis 170

Barokas

JANUARY 9, 2019

Whether you are working with an agency, handling in-house or preparing to kick off the RFP process, there are a handful of key questions to ask in building your media and communications strategy for 2019. But media expectations and budget realities are no joke. What media placements will really move the needle?

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PRSay

JUNE 26, 2019

Not only did he prove that talking points are necessary; he also showed the world that even superstars need a solid PR team to help them prep for media appearances. And then sit back, relax and watch as your spokesperson nail their media appearances. Keep it simple. Follow these tips when you create talking points.

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Interviews Media Study Course 144

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 25, 2018

.” In a slightly less outrageous instance, Papa John’s founder John Schnatter is embroiled in a public fight with company officers after he, too, apparently used the n-word during a media training session with a marketing agency. But even if true, why would Schnatter comply? He’s the client.

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