ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Holidays like Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shopping (for example) present both B2B and B2C PR teams with strong earned media opportunities. The media responses helped our client understand the landscape, and we did manage to secure top-tier consumer tech coverage! . Tech tools for staying connected .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Media relations is a huge part of any PR program , given the third-party validation that comes with earned media. Industry analyst relations (AR) can be a foundation for lead generation. And much like media relations, there are nuances involved. Who are analysts? Navigating the pay-to-play landscape.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 1, 2020

That’s because social media plays a large role in most consumer and B2B PR programs. Of course, the right strategy is key to success, but for amplifying or growing the results of a strong PR program, the best option is usually a blend of paid and organic social media. Here’s why. Paid vs. organic social.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 26, 2021

A year ago, our B2B Tech PR clients were finalizing their 2020 conference speaking strategies, looking forward to sponsoring or winning speaking gigs at tech stalwarts like Cannes Lion, DreamForce, and Hubspot INBOUND. Yet savvy producers created compelling online conferences with the help of tech advances and good old-fashioned creativity.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 28, 2023

Ultimately, the challenge for PR and communications is to highlight the ways these AI systems can enhance human creativity, rather than replace it, while alleviating fears of an apocalyptic robot uprising. For PR, the task is to highlight these opportunities while navigating the hurdles related to privacy, access, and hardware requirements.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 3, 2021

In B2B public relations, we’re always trying to find ways to drive business and trade media interest for clients. When gaining media traction is challenging, how can PR pros generate media attention for the stories they want to tell? And not every business is a household name. Look globally for reactive news.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 30, 2021

Every PR agency team appreciates the importance of relationships with key media outlets and personnel. This is particularly true in B2B PR, where we tend to approach the same business and trade journalists on behalf of client executives and their brands. Building better media relations means making reporters’ lives easier.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Fortunately, most collaborative ideas can be successful, — with research, work, and creativity. We’re living through COVID-19 and a presidential election year, and both eat up a huge amount of media bandwidth. Media relations deals with the news environment, which is by definition unpredictable.

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

B2B PR in particular creates a patina of thought leadership and generates interest and awareness. For example, a PR agency can obtain media coverage that shines a positive light on your brand. Handpicked Related Content. How to Pick the Right B2B PR Agency For You. Handpicked Related Content. Crisis management.

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Shift Communications

APRIL 26, 2016

Developing and implementing public relations programs for organizations in the B2B tech space is a unique challenge, whether it’s in the HR, finance, retail, cybersecurity, enterprise storage or marketing/ad tech industry. To hit the ground running, here are some key best practices to keep in mind while first breaking into B2B tech PR.

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Prohibition

JUNE 25, 2020

With that in mind, here’s our go to guide to help up your media relations game and pitch to journalists successfully. . The problem is, there isn’t a one size fits all rule when it comes to effective media pitching. How can I optimise my media relations activity? How should I be pitching to journalists?

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Shift Communications

AUGUST 4, 2016

As an account executive on the account services team at SHIFT, my role is focused primarily on media relations as it pertains to my client roster. I work closely with reporters and bloggers to get ink for my clients, which for me are B2B technology vendors. Which leads us to our next media relations challenge….

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The statistics selected can be grouped are heavily weighted along the following topics: Statistics about – or for – the CMO ; Statistics about digital and B2B marketing ; Statistics about PR or media relations ; and. As a percentage of revenue , B2B product organizations invest 6.3% 16) Creativity as an employable skill.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Beyond the media relations role, an objective view of the organization will help identify vulnerabilities, opportunities, and new strategies to build a leadership positioning. The right creative campaign, whether earned, paid, or both, can generate extraordinary benefits in the form of brand engagement, credibility, and even loyalty.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 8, 2019

Media references tend to take a back seat to the mad pace that is often B2B marketing. Media references are hard for several reasons. Marketing also has purse strings that can be creatively – and ethically – spent to appease a specific rep with the right reference. 1) Soft interviews on your company blog. Photo: Unsplash.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 1, 2019

B2B brands can often rely on their own website analytics to gauge the power of earned media, while others use third-party vendors to conduct baseline customer research, or calculate share-of-voice movement within a category. But the best campaigns are fueled by creativity, yet informed by research. Muddling the message.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 29, 2022

As B2B PR pros, we’re always looking for creative ways to tell a story. We look to secure an article or segment that not only hits priority message points, but appears in an influential publication relevant to the company’s business.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

As the then director of communications for a B2B software business, my little budget was under constant pressure – and I had a hard time reconciling that cost with the value. Hiring a Solo PR Firm for B2B. The next agency we hired was a solo PR firm specializing in B2B – a one-person shop. Questionable Advice; Big Invoices.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 24, 2018

In my experience doing this, and I’ve done it for a long time in many different B2B environments, here’s where things usually fall apart. Research shows B2B organizations spend an average of $150 for every email address they capture. See these related posts: The PR Opportunity for Brands as Publishers Tinker with Journalism.

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Prohibition

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

With a range of clients across B2B and B2C in sectors including FMCG, finance, technology and education, no two days are ever the same, and that’s how we like it. It’s true we have traditional PR down, but we don’t believe in limiting our creativity. But we know it’s not all about the clients you’d be working on. About you: .

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 23, 2022

These meetings are also the PR team’s initial opportunity to assess potential B2B spokesperson, define their “lanes,” and gauge how comfortable and effective they will be in a media interview or keynote situation. . We like to plan a full or half-day session that ideally brings together different client-side executives for briefings.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

MARCH 5, 2024

Yes, it’s true that in today’s digital landscape, public relations professionals no longer rely on earned media alone. Most PR pros today use some form of the PESO Model which includes owned, shared, paid and earned media. However, media pitching and media relations to secure earned media still dominate the industry.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 8, 2019

Some forecasts say AI will replace a significant part of human interaction of public relations, too. That’s unlikely; however, automation can and will help us sift through data, target client customers and, to a degree, optimize media relations.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 28, 2017

The Media Reference Challenge. However, for many B2B marketing organizations, obtaining publicly referenceable customers willing to speak to the press is an insurmountable challenge. Sometimes this is also self-inflicted: B2B sales with an account management model adds a layer of complexity. If not, give our services a try.

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PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

2020 is the perfect time to take a fresh, creative approach to your partnerships. Things to think about How can you leverage organic content (with permission, of course) and empower your everyday fans to continue to share your brand message creatively? If you’re in the B2B arena, this is a critical space to amplify in 2020.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

They use pressure-testing strategies to ensure they tie back to objectives and think creatively about using data and insights to tell a better story and drive specific action and sentiment in their audiences.”. That’s definitely true – PR pros have been saying media relations is getting harder for years. Yes and yes.

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

My public relations career began with media relations. Although I’d never recommend someone go through the “boot camp” experience I had, it did teach me how to secure media opportunities quickly and make them stick. As you can imagine, I’m a big proponent of media relations. Media relations can be tough.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 18, 2021

As many PR agency teams know, our work can be highly specialized, particularly in B2B public relations. That’s why it’s especially important for PR people not only to understand the tech, but to follow the key media in the industry very closely. Guest post by Crenshaw Communications intern, Jordan Farbowitz . AdExchanger.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

OCTOBER 5, 2021

And there are certain B2B tech sectors, like cybersecurity, where reactive media pitching is often a large and important program component. Because news moves quickly, the pressure is on to develop a creative, well-packaged message that provides an original, relevant angle. Are you fast enough?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 10, 2023

Amid budget cuts, tools like generative AI are ushering in a new era of creativity. Reading that in 2009 — when it was published — might have led you to believe that media relations was no more. Faced with budget cuts, PR is a line item that is repeatedly scrutinized, and in-house PR professionals are not immune.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 13, 2021

As most PR agencies know, a speaker program is an excellent tactic for building thought leadership and brand recognition in the B2B space. There are different ways to be creative with this. By targeting prospects, it can also help fill the sales funnel.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In PR , a content calendar is a key part of any public relations plan. For B2B clients like those we represent, it can include the topics and suggested resources for bylined articles, blog posts, social media posts, digital video, and longer-form content like white papers, among other elements.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

My mix has always included agency partnerships, but 2020 forced me to get creative and leverage those agency partnerships to stabilize my business. Agency A: A boutique creative and digital shop that dabbled in PR. To the rest of the team, I was just traditional media relations. What are agency partnerships?

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wiredPRworks

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Barbara Rozgonyi, CEO of CoryWest Media and host of the podcast “Growing Social Now,” will moderate an expert panel with four intrepid social media marketers representing B2B, B2C, NFP, and Startups. Social Media Trends for 2022 Expert Panel. About Barbara Rozgonyi CEO, CoryWest Media.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

To get started, you develop a creative concept and a marketing strategy, which you pair up with copywriting and art direction to create your assets. After careful planning, you place your media budget with third-party publishers who can expose your messaging to potential customers. Source: Public Relations Review 3 Turk, J.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

If you work in PR and engage in media relations , it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. The 2018 State of the Media report by Cision is an annual survey of reporters that offers some insight. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews.

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The Resolution Blog

MAY 24, 2017

Gold for Most Effective B2B PR campaign for Bright HR and Silver for Most Effective Consumer PR campaign for Silentnight Tell us a bit more about one of the campaigns, what was the objective? We’ll let the AMEC judges tell you that: “We loved the creativity both in the execution, media mix and news hijacking. Congratulations!

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